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Breakthrough on zero hours victory for all

The Labour Party is justifiably celebrating a victory on legislation to end "zero-hour contracts" even if it is victory on a fine point of law.

Claire Trevett: Key faces more colds as farming sneezes

It was an ominous sign when Prime Minister John Key wandered into his weekly post-Cabinet press conference and announced, "I've got a bit of a head cold."

Editorial: Labour could make mark on security report

Little more than two years have passed since the country had an intense debate on the rightful limits of the state's powers of domestic surveillance.

Barry Soper: Only trouble with a laudable policy

They all suffer from it but some of them are more inflicted with it than others. Essentially it's the politics of convenience, writes Barry Soper.

Audrey Young: Hands across the parliamentary aisle

The longer a Government goes on, the more it needs to minimise the fronts on which it can be attacked, writes Audrey Young.

Courts to get hi-tech help for sentencing

Punishments dished out by judges could soon be influenced by cutting-edge computer data modelling on offenders' behaviour.

Claire Trevett: Pipe dreams and green beans from Labour

For those who can't come up with their own dream, Labour has even prescribed one. This is what you dream of: a house, work, love and hope, Claire Trevett writes.

Labour pushes Kiwi dream theme

MPs personalising their messages to voters as they attempt to tap into underlying concerns for future.

Stephen Jacobi: What Labour's not seeing in TPP deal

In an open letter to Andrew Little, Stephen Jacobi argues Labour should take closer look at the TPP deal.

'Three years of free tertiary education'

Labour has announced a multi-billion dollar plan to provide every New Zealander with three years of free tertiary education.

Audrey Young: Labour leader gambles in opposing trade deal

Anti-TPP policy is strongly favoured by unions and caucus left, writes Audrey Young.

Little instructs Shearer to apologise

Labour leader Andrew Little instructed his foreign affairs spokes, David Shearer, to apologise to the caucus over comments on the TPP.

MPs break ranks on TPP

Labour has joined the campaign to oppose the deal as the focus turns to the signing in Auckland next week.

Labour appoints new general secretary

Andrew Kirton has been selected as the Labour Party's new general secretary.

Twyford's seat targeted after Chinese-names furore

A former Labour member plans to run a candidate in Te Atatu in protest at Phil Twyford's use of Chinese-sounding names to analyse Auckland property purchases.

National steady at year-end

National has finished the first year of its third term in as strong a position as it was a year ago, according to the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey.