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The Electoral Commission is looking into an ad placed by the horse racing stalwart Sir Patrick Hogan during last year's election campaign.

Opinion - Both sides of Parliament were looking for a smoking gun in RNZ's comments at today's select committee hearing, but only found a steaming water-pistol, writes Andrew Geddis.

Opinion - Outside of National's caucus room, there will be two sets of people glad to see Carol Hirschfeld and Clare Curran caught up in a political whirlwind, Andrew Geddis writes.

Opinion - A High Court hearing was this week shut off to everyone, including media - something even the judge calls "anathema to the fundamental concepts of fairness," writes Andrew Geddis.

Analysis - The scrutiny faced by the Green Party's Golriz Ghahraman is another example of how in politics, perception is everything.

Can prisoners, teenagers or foreign spies be sworn in as MPs? Sometimes, yes. Phil Smith finds out what the criteria are.

Opinion - A commitment from the new government to reintroduce the anti-party hopping law puts too much power in hands of party leaders, writes Andrew Geddis

The New Zealand First board is meeting tomorrow to discuss who might form the next government.

Opinion - The announcement of the official election count, including special votes, is both unsurprising and at least potentially game-changing (to use a much-abused cliché), Andrew Geddis writes.

Opinion - Winston Peters has said he'll wait for the special votes to be counted before deciding who to support in government. But why does the count take so long, Andrew Geddis asks.

Opinion - National's got to be in the box seat for putting together a governing deal - but not just because it's the largest party, writes Andrew Geddis

More than 340,000 people are still not enrolled to vote, a day out from the election, and just under half of them are under 25.

Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders are now choosing advance voting, raising questions about the effectiveness of the polling day blackout.