A ban on commercial landings of marlin caught within New Zealand waters has been upheld.

Nathan Guy's job is safe even though Labour is calling for his head over the Chinese frozen meat saga.

The Government says there is nothing amiss with its connections to a mining company granted access to conservation land on the West Coast's Denniston Plateau.

The Greens say Treasury has backed its numbers that show a wealthy few got the bulk of the retail shares in the float of Mighty River Power.

New figures are being used by the Greens to attack government claims over partial asset sales.

The Primary Industries Minister is being accused by opposition parties of kicking his own staff when they're down.

The Prime Minister is defending controversial immigration law changes in the face of criticism from an international human rights body.

Oil and gas companies will today begin bidding to get exploratory permits for Block Offer 2013, knowing last year's offer has seen one of the largest number of explorations planned for summer.

An open cast mining project on the West Coast's Denniston Plateau has been given the green light by the Government.

Labour is worried too many people are having their power cut off because they can't pay their bills.

It's set to be a tough race to become Labour's candidate to replace Parekura Horomia in the Ikaroa-Rawhiti seat.