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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the regions are being ignored and he is visiting rural areas on his campaign trail to show that they matter.

NZ First leader Winston Peters has been meeting locals in Feilding today buoyed by latest poll results. An average of four recent surveys has the party on 6.2 percent. Audio

The Australian think tank, the Lowy Institute, says a lot is riding on the outcome of next week's election in Fiji.

The Internet Mana Alliance is promising free tertiary education at all public institutions and wananga, if elected, and says it will stop the growth of student debt.

As the Conservative Party inches closer in recent polls to the threshold to get into Parliament without winning an electorate, we look at what some of its candidates stand for.

National's latest four-poll average was down a bit, to 48.9%, but on this reading the party could still comfortably return to office with its same three support parties.

Latest poll good news for Winston Peters, NZ First.

Is protesting more or less relevant in the digital age, when everyone has a platform?

The latest One News Colmar-Brunton poll has National dipping four points, but at 46 percent still 21 points ahead of Labour, and John Key as preferred leader with 46 percent support. Audio

An Auckland -based Fijian academic Steven Ratuva says there is a real possibility of a coalition government following next week's election in Fiji.

The latest One News Colmar-Brunton poll has National dipping four points, but at 46 percent still 21 points ahead of Labour, and John Key as preferred leader with 46 percent support. Audio

The green 'cross-now' symbol of a man at eight Wellington intersections has been swapped for an image of suffragist Kate Sheppard to encourage people to vote.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says he is not worried about claims his party is losing votes to the Conservative Party, which has gained in polls taken recently.

A new TV3 Reid Research poll published on 10 September kept National firmly in the box seat at 50.3%, fractionally up on its most recent four-poll average reading.

New Zealand could be a model for what an independent Scotland might look like, a Dunedin academic says. Scotland will next week vote on whether to become independent. Audio

Conservative Party leader Colin Craig says he wouldn't immediately want a ministerial job if his party got into Parliament. It is on 4.7 percent in the latest poll but lower in a poll average. Audio

The leaders of Britain's three main political parties - David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg - have rushed to Scotland to try to persuade voters to stay in the United Kingdom.

Labour candidate for Tāmaki Makaurau claims the Crown does not trust tribes to keep land open to the public and when it says its returning land to Māori, it is not.

The third TV leaders' debate between Labour's David Cunliffe and National's John Key has focused on tax plans, home ownership, jobs and regional development. Audio