The government is at a transport crunch point - Labour`s first year as a majority has seen it scrap or reshape major projects and programmes, while decisions about the future of others loom. Read...

Moscow has been accused by some of playing politics with gas supplies, but there`s a range of factors at work. Read...

OPINION: Our place in geo-politics and trade is up for negotiation. Read...

Podcast - Political Editor Jane Patterson takes politicians` temperature on Covid-19 and the economic response, and how that impacts efforts to combat inequality. Read...

Jake Law is a qualified teacher, is fluent in Mandarin, and got his first taste of politics alongside his grandfather, a former Rodney mayor. Read...

OPINION: There`s a phenomenon in psychology called the `cognitive miser`, which tells us that our brains crave simplicity and shortcuts. A lot of the decisions made in politics play to these instincts. We`ve seen it in successive... Read...

ANALYSIS: The unvaccinated have three weeks to get started if they want to be immunised by Christmas — it will matter a lot for the politics of holiday freedoms. Read...

Invercargill’s deputy mayor Nobby Clark wants a mechanism introduced to local body politics where councillors can trigger a mayoral by-election. Read...

The surprise announcement has fuelled speculation that his daughter will run for president next year. Read...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he is stepping aside from politics, fuelling speculation he may be clearing the way for his daughter to run to succeed him. Read...