Dole should be paid to anyone, regardless of partner's income - Goff

Labour leader Phil Goff is calling for a more generous approach to the unemployment benefit during the recession.

• What do the tax changes mean for you?

  GST up, personal taxes down, and tax changes for landlords.

• Turiah still pushing for Govt funded stomach stapling

  It has been nearly three months since Tariana Turia underwent a gastric bypass.

• GST to rise, but property owners mostly left alone

  If you are planning to do up the house or buy a new washing machine, do it now - because John Key has signalled to Parliament that GST is going up.

• Key's big tax changes - GST tipped to go up

  Key's speech says the GST increase is only "under consideration" - but in Duncan Garner's experience, governments don't fly flags like this without implementing them.

• Tax reform benefits only the rich - Labour

  Labour leader Phil Goff says Mr Key's tax reform benefits nly those in the top tax bracket.

• Whale Oil blogger pleads not guilty

  Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater has pleaded not guilty to charges of breaching name suppression.

• Key says reform measures won't please everyone

  John Key accepts some of the things to be announced in the Government's policy for the year ahead could erode his political popularity.

• Linda Clark reviews the week in politics

  In a few hours we'll know what the government has in store for us this year.

• Key confident he'll get support for tax changes

  Prime Minister John Key believes he will get both political and public support for the Government's tax reform package.

• Key arrives without incident at Waitangi

  Prime Minister John Key and a government delegation have been welcomed on to Te Tii Marae at the beginning of Waitangi Day celebrations.

• Political debate rages over unemployment rate

  Prime Minister John Key's message is "don't panic" but the Labour Party is pouring criticism on the Government over the highest unemployment rate in a decade.

• Order of New Zealand members want new flag

  Half of the members of the Order of New Zealand think it's time to change the New Zealand flag.

• Maori granted loans to build on ancestral land

  The Government has stepped in to try and resolve a decades old problem with Maori tribal land.

• Teacher union says Govt has 'hit the panic button'

  The Government has "hit the panic button" with its campaign to explain national standards in schools, the primary teachers' union says.

• Linda Clark reviews the week in politics

  Political commentator Linda Clark reviews the week.

• Full interview with John Key

  Prime Minister John Key spoke on Sunrise about the changes to education standards and raising the cost of cigarettes.

• Post-Cabinet press conference, February 1, 2009

  Watch the full press conference with Prime Minister John Key.

• Costly upgrade to aid Maori translation in Parliament

  Parliament’s debating chamber has had a costly upgrade to translate Maori.

• New Green MP becomes youngest in parliament

  A man once arrested while dressed up as Ronald McDonald is to be the Green Party's new MP in Parliament.

• Goff's speech a return to Labour's roots

  He says no-one should earn more than the Prime Minister.