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John Armstrong: Key's smile shows full set of shark's teeth

Editiorial: MMP partner useful in fibre rule backdown

Budget will get books in order - Key

The November 26 general election will be a test about economic management and tomorrow's budget will show the Government is up to the challenge, Prime Minister John Key says.

Mana Party

John Armstrong: Key aims for middle of road to recovery

<i>Inside Money:</i> Will Kickstart get the boot on Zero Budget Day?

Editorial: Future city calls for bold vision

John Armstrong: Budget likely to be stingy effort

Political diary: One week in the life of NZ politicians

<i>Brian Rudman:</i> The monster is loose... and his figures add up

Parliament pay moving tributes to Pike River miners

<i>John Armstrong:</i> Declaration featherlight but rich in symbolism

The declaration is so light on where the NZ-US relationship goes from here that it could have floated out of the Beehive on hot air.

<i>Claire Trevett:</i> 'President Clinton' goes with the flow

<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Bit rich for Goff to find voice now

Goff has spent much of the past week playing political football with two of New Zealand's major trading relationships.

Aussie MP wades into <i>Hobbit</i> row

Australian MP Eric Abetz is accusing the actors' union advocating a boycott of the film <i>The Hobbit</i> of threatening thousands of jobs on both sides of the Tasman.

Ministers meet <i>Hobbit</i> filmmakers

Two senior ministers have made themselves available to mediate in the industrial dispute surrounding <i>The Hobbit</i> after meeting with Fran Walsh and Sir Peter Jackson today.