John Key
PM promising to toughen up local election laws
The Prime Minister is promising to toughen up local election campaign laws even though he accepts ACT Party leader John Banks did nothing wrong during the 2010 Auckland mayoral campaign. Audio
PM defends loyalty scheme
The Government says a loyalty bonus scheme will deter New Zealanders from quickly flicking off their shares in state energy companies. Audio
PM denies acting in bad faith over water rights hearing
The Prime Minister is insisting the Government is acting in good faith over an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing on water rights, after saying the Government has no obligation to heed the outcome. Audio
PM acknowledges court action could delay asset sales
The Prime Minister says the sale of shares in public assets could be delayed if the Maori Council was to win an injunction in the High Court. Audio
PM says surplus not at any cost
The Prime Minister says the Government will abandon its Budget surplus target for 2014-15 if things get too tough, prompting the Labour Party leader David Shearer to accuse John Key of shifting the… Audio
Prime Minster says he won't be standing ACC Minister down
The Prime Minister is rejecting calls from the Labour Party to sack his ACC Minister over her handling of the public corporation and its privacy breaches. Audio
John Key talks about Merkel meeting, polls
Prime Minister John Key met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin at the end of his Europe visit and after arriving back in New Zealand yesterday said Spain and the worsening Eurozone crisis… Audio
John Key in Hamburg 'no damage to confidence and supply'
The Prime Minister has been defending the Government's backdown on education policies to reporters in Hamburg. Audio
Education professor says small classes improve teaching
Prime minister John Key, speaking from London, says the government has to do a better job of explaining government policy to New Zealand parents while his education minister Hekia Parata has had the… Audio
Queen greets crowds from Buckingham Palace
The celebrations marking Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee have reached their culmination in London. Audio
Compulsory drug testing - maybe - in tourism, says PM
The Prime Minister says he won't sit back and do nothing about revelations of drug abuse by adventure tourism operators but he won't confirm exactly what he will do. Audio
PM defends minister's handling of cuts at MFAT
The Prime Minister is defending the actions of his Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully and the way he's handling the cost cutting process. Audio
Banks insists he didn't know donations came from Dotcom
John Banks is now talking in more detail about the claims he faces over anonymous donations, and continues to insist he did not know two 25-thousand-dollar donations came from Kim Dotcom. Audio
Key backs ACC Minister
The ACC Minister, Judith Collins, has sent letters threatening defamation action against Radio New Zealand and two Labour MPs. Audio
Key says good progress being made on FTA with Korea
Prime Minister, John Key, is also in Seoul for the Nuclear Security Summit. He's also been discussing the progress of a South Korean free trade deal with the country's president, Lee Myung-bak. Audio
John Key on Nick Smith's resignation
National's Nick Smith has quit all his ministerial portfolios over the help he gave a friend with her ACC claim, while he was the ACC Minister. Audio
John Key confirms merging of ministries
More jobs losses are on the way for public servants with the government's announcement today of a new super ministry employing more three thousand staff. Audio
Labour says Egypt consul will lose job
Further to that story, the Labour Party says the New Zealand consul Barbara Welton will lose her job as part of cuts at the Foreign Ministry. Audio
PM denies employers being encouraged to get tough on unions
Opposition parties say some employers are getting tough on employees because they've been emboldened by looming changes to industrial law. Audio
More on welfare reforms
The Government will pave the way for its sweeping welfare reforms with law changes beginning next month. Audio