Power Play

Power Play with Brent Edwards - The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security apparently wrote two reports into the SIS release of information embarrassing to former Labour Party leader Phil…

Power Play with Brent Edwards - Andrew Little faced his first major test since becoming Labour Party leader in deciding who would get the plum jobs in his new line-up.

Power Play with Brent Edwards - Slowly but surely, the Government appears to be softening the public up to break its promise of getting its finances back into surplus this financial year.

Power Play with Jane Patterson - So who's it going to be? The four Labour leadership contenders have wrapped up their nationwide roadshow - with no clear favourite.

Power Play with Brent Edwards - The Prime Minister is adamant New Zealand won't be sending troops to Iraq to help fight against Islamic State insurgents. Well, he was in June.

Power Play with Brent Edwards - Prime Minister John Key has made dealing with child poverty a priority for his third term government.

Power Play with Brent Edwards - It's funny how the political language changes after an election. What wasn't a problem, suddenly becomes a challenge once a government's re-elected.

Power Play with Brent Edwards - As Labour's leadership ructions play out in the media, John Key's National Party quietly got on with forming its third term majority government.

Power Play with Brent Edwards - Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom was the most brutally honest politician on election night and he was not even standing for office.

Power Play with Brent Edwards - The country's political leaders are making their final desperate bids for votes before campaigning finally winds up this evening.

Power Play with Brent Edwards - New surveillance claims have raised serious questions about the GCSB and forced the Prime Minister to make disclosures which had been secret. Video

Power Play with Brent Edwards - John Key says the country is on "the cusp of something special" and voters should not put that at risk by changing the Government. Audio

Power Play with Brent Edwards - After a week of news, National Party leader John Key announced his tax cut package yesterday. Except it was not a tax cut package. Video

Power Play with Brent Edwards - Next Monday the National Party leader John Key is set to announce its tax cut plan, except it will not be a tax cut package.

Power Play with Brent Edwards - John Key launched the National Party's election campaign on Sunday and it was no accident the party chose South Auckland for the rally.

Power Play with Brent Edwards - This week, probably the most important election document was released. But, unlike Nicky Hager's book, it got scant attention.

Power Play with Brent Edwards - Let's be clear. Investigative writer Nicky Hager's new book Dirty Politics is not a book only relevant to political insiders.

You know the election is not far away when political parties start ramping up the rhetoric on race relations. The race debate has flared on two different fronts this week.

Last week race was raised as part of the political debate leading up to the general election. This week the other old chestnut of foreign ownership hit the headlines.

It appears the opinion polls and many news media organisations have already decided the outcome of the general election. Labour and the Greens are trailing National in the polls.