Andrew Bayly

A new study confirms what you may have already suspected, banks are making big profits, even out doing their international counterparts. The four main players have focused on making money rather than… Audio

The laws that govern our money-lending landscape are in for another shakeup. Audio

The Commerce Commission has launched investigations into the country's two big supermarket chains, after complaints about pricing and promotional practices.

The Commission is looking at Woolworths… Audio

In the Port Waikato by-election, National's Andrew Bayly has won the 123rd and final seat in the new Parliament.

The win also allows for National Party list MP Nancy Lu to join the government's… Audio

This Saturday the 122nd and final seat for the next Parliament will be confirmed when the Port Waikato byelection is held.

The byelection was triggered by the death of ACT Party candidate Neil… Audio

National is promising to allow people to split their KiwiSaver between different funds.

The party says this is about allowing greater consumer choice, but Labour argues that it erodes consumer… Audio

The National Party is accusing the Government of failing the building and construction sector.

A new report out today from CoreLogic says the sector's under extreme cost pressures with construction… Audio

There could be big changes to the grocery sector with the Consumer Affairs Minister not ruling out going further than the Commerce Commission's recommendations.

National Party MP Andrew Bayly spoke… Audio

National's embattled leader surprised the media by spurning some interview opportunities this week - and the public exposure that would have come with them. But while political reporters often… Audio

This week Parliament banished four member’s bills to dusty oblivion, but like a game of whack-a-mole three more popped up to replace them.  Audio

Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about controversial sportscaster Martin Devlin reportedly returning to the radio; the Forever War in Afghanistan; football… Audio

The National Party says the Budget delivered by Finance Minister Grant Robertson yesterday afternoon is simply papering over the cracks.

In its first unconstrained Budget in decades, Labour hiked… Audio

National says that a surprise decline in GDP shows that the government's shovel ready projects have failed to stimulate economic activity.

The 1 percent drop in the December quarter appears to be… Audio

Critics have been quick to pick holes in the Government's surprise plea for the Reserve Bank to help cool the rampant housing market.

The Bank's Governor has told the Finance Minister it already… Audio

The National Party says the Reserve Bank's plan to pour $28 billion into the financial system needs to be rethought.

The Opposition finance spokesperson, Andrew Bayly, has argued that the money will… Audio

Business leaders aren't backing National's call for the government to "rein in" the Reserve Bank and insist conditions be put around new funding.

The National Party wants the government to ensure… Audio

The Reserve Bank is being accused of adding pressure to an already stretched housing market.

It is offering to pump another $28 billion dollars into the economy over the next couple of years through… Audio

Farmers around Auckland's southern border are finding themselves unable to check their stock, and having to drive vast distances to get feed and equipment.

They're calling on the government make them… Audio

National is offering a cash package of up to $30,000 for people who've lost their jobs and want to start their own business - the catch - most of it would come from their own KiwiSaver funds.

Judith… Audio

When was the last time you used a cheque?

Kiwibank, Inland Revenue and ACC will stop accepting them as payment as of this weekend - and other banks are expected to follow suit.

However, the National… Audio