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Bill English has yet to be sworn in as Prime Minister and is already facing pressure over a possible early election and questions around who will make up his Cabinet.

Education officials are moving to change the way charter schools report their NCEA results, following concerns they are not being held to the same standards as state schools.

National MPs are rejecting Labour's claims that a three-way leadership contest is a sign of conflict within the party.

John Key's main legacy will be economic leadership - his biggest regret the flag referendum failure, he tells RNZ. Audio

New Zealand's political parties are paying tribute to Prime Minister John Key's eight years in power. Video

The seven-year prison sentence handed to a man who pinched a prison guard's bottom is being slammed as barbaric, grotesque and unjust.

Opponents of the government's overhaul of resource management law say New Zealanders are about to lose their right to have a say on environmental issues.

The leaders of National and Labour say they will work with whoever wins the US election, but other MPs have been less diplomatic.

Two children suffered head injuries when a tree fell on them at a childcare centre, its owner says. Video

The ACT Party is backing calls for stronger protection of property rights, because it says the government must not be allowed to bully people out of their homes.

The Green Party is calling for the Foreign Minister to resign over the Saudi sheep deal, despite the Auditor General clearing the government of any criminal liability over it.

Opinion - The IPCA's take on the use of a fake breath-testing checkpoint is likely to be severe - and it should be, writes Jarrod Gilbert.

An elderly euthanasia supporter has described how police officers came to her home with a search warrant last week and seized a helium balloon kit.

The jostling to replace Phil Goff as MP for Mount Roskill has already started, as a date for the by-election is set.