New ZealandLabour questions police 'underspend'Stuart Nash highlighted the spending patterns after a Herald investigation revealed more than 90 per cent of burglaries went unsolved last year.11 Mar 04:00 PM
EditorialBreakthrough on zero hours victory for allThe 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.10 Mar 02:08 AM
OpinionClaire TrevettClaire Trevett: Key faces more colds as farming sneezesIt 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."10 Mar 12:24 AM
EditorialEditorial: Labour could make mark on security reportLittle 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.08 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionBarry Soper: Only trouble with a laudable policyThey 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.06 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Hands across the parliamentary aisleThe longer a Government goes on, the more it needs to minimise the fronts on which it can be attacked, writes Audrey Young.04 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandCourts to get hi-tech help for sentencingPunishments dished out by judges could soon be influenced by cutting-edge computer data modelling on offenders' behaviour.25 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionClaire TrevettClaire Trevett: Pipe dreams and green beans from LabourFor 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.25 Feb 01:07 AM
New ZealandLabour pushes Kiwi dream themeMPs personalising their messages to voters as they attempt to tap into underlying concerns for future.23 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Strip of sand not worthy of Govt fundingLabour leader Andrew Little thinks it would a good idea for the Government to chip in and support the social media campaign to buy a sliver of land in Golden Bay.11 Feb 12:26 AM
New ZealandCrackdown on Kiwi OEAnother British law change has just made it harder for Kiwis to live and work in the United Kingdom.06 Feb 08:13 PM
OpinionRodney HideRodney Hide: Nothing beats an honest bribeIf I was a greedy, grasping, socialist, I would be totally underwhelmed by Labour leader Andrew Little promising free "post-school" education.06 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandKey lacking leadership, says LittleLabour leader Andrew Little has accused Prime Minister John Key of a lack of leadership and says he will still visit Te Tii Marae today.04 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandAnti-violence group's funds dry upA flagship anti-violence initiative that counts the Prime Minister as an ambassador is without funding for the coming year after Government support dried up.03 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionMike HoskingMike Hosking: Labour is in a right mess over TPPIf this was such a bad deal, how is it possible that a dozen countries all got sucked in and put their name to the sort of trouble the placard wavers are proclaiming?03 Feb 04:00 PM
EditorialEditorial: An expensive fix which has little purposeFree tertiary education is a daring reversal of the thrust of educational and economic policy of the past 30 years.02 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandSales pitch for education policy beginsLabour leader Andrew Little says any unfairness in Labour's scheme for three years of free tertiary education will only be short term.01 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionStephen Jacobi: What Labour's not seeing in TPP dealIn an open letter to Andrew Little, Stephen Jacobi argues Labour should take closer look at the TPP deal.31 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungComment: A vow, a hope and a prayerOn today's forecasts, the promise of one free year from 2019 at an annual cost of $265 million is not unrealistic, writes Audrey Young.31 Jan 04:00 PM
New Zealand'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.31 Jan 05:16 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Labour leader gambles in opposing trade dealAnti-TPP policy is strongly favoured by unions and caucus left, writes Audrey Young.29 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandLittle instructs Shearer to apologiseLabour leader Andrew Little instructed his foreign affairs spokes, David Shearer, to apologise to the caucus over comments on the TPP.29 Jan 06:20 AM
BusinessMPs break ranks on TPPLabour has joined the campaign to oppose the deal as the focus turns to the signing in Auckland next week.27 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandLabour appoints new general secretaryAndrew Kirton has been selected as the Labour Party's new general secretary.14 Jan 09:39 PM
New ZealandTwyford's seat targeted after Chinese-names furoreA 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.13 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandNational steady at year-endNational 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.15 Dec 02:15 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungLabour's mini revolt smacks of pettinessThe "powerful" privileges committee has an unusually full agenda owing to some blatant breaches of parliamentary standards by the Labour Party.04 Dec 04:00 PM
EditorialEditorial: Labour Party shuffle looks to the futureLabour leader Andrew Little has carried out a refreshing reshuffle of his parliamentary line-up.01 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandMaori Party weigh in on Labour's reshuffleMaori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell has weighed into the debate over Labour's reshuffle.01 Dec 01:11 AM
New ZealandMore Kiwis face homeless old ageGrowing numbers of Kiwis risk becoming homeless in old age because of falling home ownership rates, rising rents and static housing subsidies, the Salvation Army says.30 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandInquiry report kept on holdThe release of a report on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' decision to grant immunity to Muhammed Rizalman bin Ismail will be put off at least until he is sentenced.30 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandLabour to celebrate 80th anniversaryA dinner to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the election of the first ever Labour Government will bring together a potentially explosive mix of people.26 Nov 11:41 PM
OpinionClaire TrevettClaire Trevett: More funding ought to equal more transparencySpare a penny for the poor? This time around, the poor in question are not the homeless or the children, but the MPs themselves, writes Claire Trevett.25 Nov 08:30 PM
