John Key is basking in political sunshine after one year in office. This is despite all the odds that would otherwise be stacked against a National Government and especially one led by a declared millionaire.

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On Q+A this Sunday: Prime Minister, John Key will be interviewed by Guyon Espiner on the last episode of Q+A for the year. Paul Holmes interviews United Nations Development Programme Head, Helen Clark live from NY.

NZ scientists endured the dark polar winter to find what drives the dramatic growth of sea ice

Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath labelled Phil Goff's apology to the nation at the recent Labour Party conference "half-baked and half-witted", and dismissed it as an empty political stunt.

29 June 2009 - Rabin Rabindran will chair the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA).

Mr Rabindran, currently the acting chairman, replaces Mark Ford who stood down from ARTA to chair the Auckland Transition Agency (ATA). Mr Rabindran has been deputy chair of ARTA since 2005.

Labour Leader Phil Goff today warmly welcomed Andrew Little as the new president of the New Zealand Labour Party.

30 October 2008 - National Party Shadow Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee says it defies belief that Labour's self-appointed chief strategist, Helen Clark, did not know what Mike Williams was up to in Australia.

"Helen Clark is now asking the public to believe that she both accepted and rejected Winston Peters' story about Owen Glenn's donations and his appointment as honorary consul to Monaco," says National Party Shadow Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee.

9 September 2008 - Helen Clark must explain why she hid from the public her knowledge about Winston Peters' donation from Owen Glenn, says National Party Leader John Key.

25 July 2008 - National's Transport spokesman Maurice Williamson says it's a disgrace that Labour has stacked the board of the newly formed New Zealand Transport Agency with its stooges.

"Labour's cronyism knows no bounds," says Mr Williamson.