Labour's ousted MP Chris Carter says his controversial trip to China is being used to cover up concerns about Phil Goff's leadership.

Wellington, July 30 NZPA - Labour's errant MP Chris Carter says the Chinese government paid for his controversial trip to China and Tibet which he didn't tell party leaders about.

Wellington, July 30 NZPA - It is not clear who paid for outgoing Labour MP Chris Carter's unsanctioned trip to Tibet, but it can not be ruled out that taxpayer money was involved.

An unsanctioned trip to Tibet may be behind Chris Carter's downfall, but the outgoing Labour MP remained defiant today.

Wellington, July 30 NZPA - An unsanctioned trip to Tibet may be behind Chris Carter's downfall, but the outgoing Labour MP remained defiant over his actions today.

A decade after the first Novotel Survey was conducted in Australia and New Zealand, the new survey of in-hotel habits reveals that guests of both sexes are leaving their rooms cleaner and greener, but are still ending up naked in corridors and leaving unusual objects behind in their rooms.

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says the first report from the 2025 Taskforce should be recognised for what it is - a rehash of the discredited economic dogma that led to the widening of the Trans-Tasman income gap in the eighties and nineties.