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Cartoon: Planet Key

Herald on Sunday editorial: A monkey on the PM's back

Teachers condemn 'ropey' data

Tau: I’ll get a tattoo

National MP Tau Henare says he is serious about getting a tattoo of the 28th Maori Battalion's logo in defiance of a bureaucrat's request he stop using it on his social media pages.

Claire Trevett: Key the ostrich has head firmly buried in sand

Claire Trevett says John Key's actions show that there are at least two ostriches in New Zealand: him and Act leader John Banks.

John Armstrong: The farce grows with every day

John Armstrong says the Prime Minister's defence of John Banks looks more ridiculous by the day. The risk is that even more damaging material will seep out.

Banks a reliable partner, says Key

Opposition parties have renewed their calls for John Key to sack Act leader John Banks, claiming a police finding showed he had misled the Prime Minister.

Nats starting to look 'plain nasty'

Toby Manhire says slash a parent's benefit and you hurt their children - children who, chances are, already have it extremely tough. To argue otherwise is fantasyland.

Editorial: National's MMP review timid

The National Party's considered response to the Electoral Commission's proposals for improving MMP suggests not much change is likely in the life of this Government.