Election 2008

A candidate who stood for the Human Rights Party in last year's general election is refusing to submit his campaign expenses and says he is waiting to be arrested.

Parliament's new National MPs attended their first caucus meeting today with some looking nervous and others looking positively ecstatic.

National Party leader John Key says he would have conceded defeat on Saturday night if the election results had shown New Zealand First holding the balance of power.

National and ACT have reached an agreement which gives incoming prime minister John Key the votes he needs to form a government.

United Future's Peter Dunne looks set to take a ministerial role outside of Cabinet in John Key's National led-Government.

The new National Party-led government should draw on the expertise of Sir Roger Douglas, according to the New Zealand Business Roundtable.

Negotiations to form the next government have begun with Prime Minister elect John Key entering talks with ACT leader Rodney Hide.

The tears of a young Bangladeshi taxi driver spoke volumes for the depth of feeling about the decision of Helen Clark to step down as leader of the Labour Party as soon as the election results made it clear she would no longer be prime minister of New Zealand.

New National list MP from Dunedin Michael Woodhouse can understand people thinking he is mad.

Dunedin North's returning Labour MP Pete Hodgson refused to watch television coverage of John Key's victory speech on Saturday night, using the time to rally the band of about 50 supporters gathered at Alhambra-Union Rugby Football Club clubrooms.