John Key and Barack Obama have more in common than you'd think. The main difference is that New Zealand's prime minister-elect has big shoes to follow
Read MoreNational News Brief, Thursday November 13
National confirms tax cuts and spending despite "bigger" deficit; Maori Party begin hui debating government deal; Mike Williams to stand down; businessman cleared of assassination charges; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday November 12
US car-makers could follow banks into bankruptcy; Wall St bailout plan at risk; Chinese inflation falls; Zimbabwe unity government deadlocked; and more
Read MoreJohn Key's survival depends on making new friends
Cementing the National Party in the political centre – that is John Key’s major challenge in building a government capable of taking New Zealand through the recession and back to health. Reaching out to Maori is a good start.
Read MoreOne smart, tough Kiwi rooster
Helen Clark, consummate international performer, leaves big shoes for John Key to fill as he heads to Peru's APEC as her successor
Read MoreNational News Brief, Wednesday November 12
John Key's cabinet taking shape; John Banks slashing Auckland budget; bankruptcies up by a third; Phil Goff a workaholic; answers for David Bain; and more
Read MoreA new America
Barack Obama won the US election thanks to young people, African-Americans, Hispanics... and the rich?
Read MoreLabour's failure of leadership
Appointing Phil Goff as leader is an admission of guilt by Labour, not the visionary step forward it needs. But they had no choice, because the obvious candidate to replace Helen Clark isn't even in parliament yet
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday November 11
China launches US$586 billion stimulus plan; 70,000 financial sector workers to lose jobs in US; South Korea debates how to push US FTA; Kevin Rudd rides economic crisis to improve popularity; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Tuesday November 11
National to form a minority government, keeps allies out of Cabinet; Goff to be named Labour leader today; Vela brothers make late $100,000 donations; Key loves the limos; men living longer; and more
Read MoreThe Hangover Election
Jon damns the media coverage in this campaign, reviews the Clark era, and picks his standout moment of election night.
Read MoreThe good and bad news for National, Labour and the minor parties
Trying to get our head round what Saturday's results mean, we survey the outcomes for each party. You can add your own positives and negatives...
Read MoreNational News Brief, Monday November 10
Key in a rush to establish government; Phil Goff tipped to lead Labour; tax cut legislation before Christmas; NZ First future unclear; property prices down 6.8 percent; and more
Read MoreElection 08 – the Sunday morning analysis
National takes the spoils to lead what looks like a very right-wing government. But if John Key wants to survive more than one term, he will have to stick to his centrist mandate
Read MoreLast polls. No really, this time they're the last polls.
The Roy Morgan poll says it's close, and Pundit can exclusively reveal that internal Labour polling has the centre-left bloc AHEAD
Read MoreThe invisible election
UK-based NZ voters have struggled to find more than a handful of mentions in the papers. And those were hardly helpful
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday November 7
Obama moves quickly into transition mode; the power players behind the president-elect; East Asian stockmarkets stumble; Israel sends warning about Iran; and more
Read MoreThe wise blogs vs. the woeful newspapers
The print media has let down its readers today with poor coverage of the last polls. At odds with their reputation, it's the blogs which are offering the superior journalism on the last day of the campaign
Read MoreOur last Poll of Polls
Crunching the numbers in the last, late polls. Is there a swing further right? Is Winston toast? Has the Maori Party lost its kingmaker's crown?
Read MoreNational News Brief, Friday November 7
It's all about the election today: new polls and leaders on the trail
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