John Key's right-hand man is living it up with big-spending lobbyists in the casinos of Las Vegas.

Finance Minister Bill English says the debate around compulsory superannuation will come again and revive the issue of whether means testing should be introduced.

While Bill English has singled out Kiwibank as an attractive asset for buyers, he said the Govt would not sell assets without a public mandate.

The government's description of the leaky building issue as a "natural disaster of huge proportions" is both a clever device and a dangerous precedent.

Banks' strategists are going to have a hard time getting media to believe their political spin from now on.

Tuhoe are holding emergency hui to discuss John Key's announcement that iwi ownership of the Urewera National Park is off the negotiating table.

National's decision to rule out giving Tuhoe the Te Urewera National Park as part of its settlement was prompted by 'a failure of nerve', the tribe says.

John Key says there will be a strong focus on science, innovation and technology in next week's budget.

Charlotte Grimshaw's new novel stars a National Party leader tipped to be the next Prime Minister. Does this man resemble anyone we know? Linda Herrick reports