PremiumPremiumNew ZealandThe Maurice Williamson email trailMaurice Williamson resigned following revelations of his contact with a police officer.01 May 01:51 AM
New ZealandWilliamson 'crossed the line' - PMNational MP Maurice Williamson crossed the line in making a phone call to police over the case of a wealthy businessman, Prime Minister John Key says.01 May 12:58 AM
New ZealandMaurice Williamson resignsMaurice Williamson has resigned as a minister after Herald revelations he contacted a top police officer after a businessman was arrested for domestic assault.01 May 12:33 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Williamson's 'significant error of judgment'Maurice Williamson's resignation as a minister was forced by "a significant error of judgment" in the words of Prime Minister John Key, writes Audrey Young.01 May 12:26 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Why Maurice Williamson should be sackedMaurice Williamson's interference in the police case involving businessman Donghua Liu is a sackable offence, writes Herald political editor Audrey Young.30 Apr 10:09 PM
New ZealandPM: Leaving legal highs on market was a mistakePM John Key says leaving some synthetic drugs on the market was “a mistake” and Government should have banned all products until a rigorous testing regime was in place.28 Apr 02:37 AM
New ZealandLegal-highs ban: Families elatedNew Zealanders whose lives have been blighted by the dangers of legal highs are thrilled by plans to pull them from sale within a fortnight.27 Apr 06:34 PM
OpinionRodney Hide: Reverse racism fails to raise ireIt's a wonderfully Kiwi thing that National Party honcho Sir Wira Gardiner financially supported Shane Jones' bid to become Labour leader.26 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandEnvoy kept tabs on CollinsNZ's ambassador to China asked Judith Collins to tell him anything he needed to know about a Beijing dinner with an unnamed senior Chinese official.22 Apr 09:11 PM
New ZealandCraig wary of sweetheart electorate dealConservative Party leader Colin Craig says he does not intend to ask National to gift him an electorate.20 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandNat Party president married in rest homeNational Party powerbrokers Peter Goodfellow and long-term partner Desley Simpson have married in an intimate service at a resthome.19 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandCollins: I do recall ambassador talksJustice Minister Judith Collins has recovered her memory after telling Parliament she could not recall whether she had briefed New Zealand's ambassador to Beijing about her Oravida dinner.18 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandCollins battles on two frontsJudith Collins was under pressure on two fronts yesterday, facing further questions over both the Oravida conflict-of-interest saga and widespread fresh privacy issues in her ACC portfolio.16 Apr 04:15 PM
OpinionWhat completes the Oravida jigsaw?Winston Peters has got to the crux of the matter of whether Judith Collins is guilty of such a grave conflict of interest she would have to be sacked, writes John Armstrong.16 Apr 04:15 PM
KahuPM: No strings attached to dinnerJohn Key says his attendance at a fundraising dinner for the Maori Party had no strings attached and did not mean a guarantee it will go with National over Labour after the 2014 election.15 Apr 02:21 AM
KahuParty's $5k dinner with PMJohn Key helped the Maori Party throw a $5000-a-seat fundraiser at which diners at the event were promised the chance to "chat confidentially" with the Prime Minister.14 Apr 05:25 AM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Man of principle with political feet of clayDon Brash's autobiography reveals he is a man of principle who doesn't appear to know what side his toast is buttered on, writes Fran O'Sullivan.11 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandBrash likens rail link to Think Big projects of the 1980sDon Brash has likened the proposed Government-backed Auckland central rail link to the worst of National's white-elephant Think Big energy projects of the early 1980s.10 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandBrash's Brethren meetings - no regretsDon Brash devotes all of three paragraphs to the Exclusive Brethren in his 330-page autobiography despite his dealings with the Church.09 Apr 10:10 PM
New ZealandBrash: I considered ending my lifeFormer Reserve Bank governor Don Brash considered taking his own life "to end the pain" following the failure of his two marriages.09 Apr 08:50 PM
New ZealandScathing verdict on Key Govt's performanceTimid and hypersensitive to opinion polls - that is Don Brash's scathing verdict on the performance of the Government led by the man who replaced him as National's leader.09 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandTau's best political hits and missesDirty Dog sunglasses, that infamous punch-up with Trevor Mallard outside the debating chamber...what will we do without Parliament's bad boy?08 Apr 04:15 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Memories of HenareTau Henare had the 'X-factor' and will be missed by Parliament, writes NZ Herald political editor Audrey Young.08 Apr 02:00 AM
New Zealand'It's been a hell of a lot of fun'National MP Tau Henare says his decision to retire from politics was influenced by a low list placing for the general election.07 Apr 11:23 PM
New ZealandKey disputes NZ First's bottom line on foreign home ownersPrime Minister John Key has disputed a suggestion that the issue of absentee foreigners buying houses in New Zealand has always been a bottom line for Winston Peters'.07 Apr 07:45 AM
New ZealandDotcom to speak at Mana AGMInternet Party founder Kim Dotcom will address the Mana Party annual conference in Rotorua next weekend.06 Apr 07:42 AM
New ZealandNZ First doing 'far better' than polls suggest - PetersNew Zealand First is doing "far better'' among voters than recent polls would suggest, leader Winston Peters says.06 Apr 05:02 AM
OpinionBernard HickeyBernard Hickey: Key's election strategy plays on voters' mortgage fearsPM John Key knows homeowners in the electorally crucial mortgage belts of Auckland are nervous about rising mortgage rates, writes Bernard Hickey.05 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandPro-life lobby pressures NationalA fiercely anti-abortion lobby group is putting pressure on the National Party not to select an experienced doctor whose job has involved authorising and performing abortions.04 Apr 03:15 PM
