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National was still well ahead of Labour in the final polls of the election campaign and New Zealand First has made it over the 5% threshold in one of them.

There is little public appetite around the world for building new nuclear reactors, according to a poll conducted for the BBC.

The National Party says no advice has been sought from officials on extending its partial asset sales plans past the four energy companies named earlier this year. Audio

Voters will go to the polls on Saturday with a clear choice between the two major parties and their likely allies.

National Party campaign chairperson Steven Joyce predicts the outcome of the election will be closer than people think. Audio

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says repeated suggestions his party would make a government unstable are scaremongering. Audio

The National Party retains a large advantage over the Labour Party in two opinion polls released on Thursday. Audio

The Green Party has had its request to the Chief Ombudsman to allow the release of Treasury documents on proposed partial asset sales turned down.

Labour is sticking with asset sales as its main election issue as it heads into the final two days of the campaign. Audio

The latest political poll has the National Party increasing its lead over the Labour Party as the campaign enters its final days.

Postal votes from overseas ballots mainly from the United States will be crucial in determining final outcomes in the Marshall Islands national election. Marshall Island voters went to the polls...

The National Party is being called on to state its position on the labelling of genetically modified food in trade talks if it is re-elected.

With only three full days of campaigning left, the minor parties look set to bring some little-known names into Parliament off their lists. Audio

Labour Party leader Phil Goff says the National Party has tried to sugar-coat its asset sales plan, but New Zealanders don't want a bar of it.

Labour Party leader Phil Goff says National must be worried about its candidate losing New Plymouth if it has decided to have John Key visit the seat twice during the election campaign.

In the Marshall Islands, early indications of vote counting show three incumbents in Majuro have a good chance of retaining their seats. Thirty six thousand voters went to the polls...

Primary school teachers and principals are crying foul over the National Party's education policy, saying the plan to make schools more accountable for their results will lead the school system into a…