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Paul Foster-Bell to stand for National in Wellington Central

Broadsides: Student loans

Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye, on NZ's student loan system.

<i>Audrey Young:</i> Labour leadership issue re-ignited

Key hints Epsom seat safe for Hide

John Armstrong: Goff sees chance as wary turns to weary

A new political force to be reckoned with

Broadsides: Help for first-time buyers

Two of Parliament's youngest MPs, Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye, begin a weekly blog for nzherald.co.nz today.

Key defends English's comments on Transtasman wage gap

Prime Minister John Key said at his post cabinet press conference today that the Government was still committed to closing the wage gap with Australia.

Liquor ban call in Christchurch

Marine bill win draws line in sand

Amid cries of racism and snipes between the Maori Party and its former colleague Hone Harawira, the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill was passed yesterday.

Act ploy to delay foreshore vote

National selects Rimutaka candidate

Deborah Coddington: National must pull the curtain on Hide's Act

Speech ban ends for foreshore bill

Government permits its MPs to comment after attempt to speed up progress on legislation fails

Editorial: Act needs to show it's worth saving

Parties get set to fight foreshore legislation

Legislation that will replace the Foreshore and Seabed Act could become law by the end of the week, and in Parliament today parties opposed to it were preparing to fight it to the last clause.

Hide: We'd raise 'hundreds of billions' by mining national parks

Act leader accuses middle class of stopping projects which create jobs for less well-off.

Harawira to hold meetings for new party from today