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While the disclosures in Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics continue to cast a shadow over the election campaign, this week there was more focus on policy. The Saturday broadcast of this programme was… Audio

Radio New Zealand's  Education, Health and Economics correspondents consider election policies and inequality Audio

More than a week on from the release of Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics, the Prime Minister, John Key, is still having to deal with its consequences. Audio

Investigative writer Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics has been immediately denounced by the Prime Minister as being full of baseless accusations that do not stack up. But email and facebook exchanges… Audio

A Solomon Islands academic expects the upcoming election will again be characterised by people voting for MPs who they think will give them access to development funds, rather than voting for them on… Audio

Land sales to foreigners has again reared its head as a political issue just weeks out from the September the 20th election. Audio

This week the Prime Minister announced which parties will get National Party help this election. He gave the nod to National supporters to vote for the United Future's Peter Dunne, in Ohariu and ACT… Audio

New Zealand First is relishing an opportunity to potentially be a kingmaker following September's general election. Audio

Christchurch and its surrounding towns are slowly starting to be rebuilt after the devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Our political editor Brent Edwards has been in Christchurch to find out… Audio

Young people are increasingly boycotting the ballot box and staying home on election day. Audio

Liz Banas looks at the fiasco of a Malaysian diplomat being able to flee the country without facing up to sex charges. Audio

The Citizens Constitutional Forum in Fiji is urging politicians to clearly outline their policies on the controversial issue of land before September's election. Audio

The two major parties are holding their annual conferences over the next week as they prepare for the election campaign just weeks away. Audio

This week the Labour Party announced the details of its compulsory KiwiSaver policy. But that is not what dominated the news. Instead Labour's leader David Cunliffe had to spend the week defending… Audio

The Green Party has put climate change back on centre stage for the coming election campaign after announcing it would introduce a carbon tax to help reduce CO2 emissions. Audio

Focus on Politics and John Banks' case moves to why police didn't prosecute the politician, will the Ellerslie Flower Show return to Ellerslie, and in Dateline Pacific - Niue's plans to attract more… Audio

While the court case against the ACT Party MP John Banks is finally at an end, the matter is likely to dominate political debate for weeks to come as he remains a Member of Parliament. Audio

The contest for votes on the left is heating up with the announcement this week of an alliance between the Mana and Internet parties and the reappearance of former Alliance Party MP Laila Harre. Audio

The Australian Refugee Council is concerned Cambodia may become a dumping ground for those granted refugee status in Nauru, but have nowhere else to go. Audio

Youth unemployment has decreased since the last election but that still leaves 75 thousand young people in New Zealand who are not doing any kind of work, training or education. Audio

After six years of running deficits the Government is poised to run a budget surplus in the next financial year. As well, in his sixth Budget the Finance Minister, Bill English, has found the money to… Audio

Two months after questions were first raised about the Justice Minister, Judith Collins', involvement with export company Oravida she cannot shake off accusations she has a conflict of interest. Audio

After a 27-year parliamentary career the National Party MP, Maurice Williamson, has resigned as a government minister. His crime was to ring the police about their investigation into domestic violence… Audio

The announcement from the Labour MP Shane Jones that he will quit Parliament has thrown up another stumbling block to Labour's chances of winning the September election. It's not so much the loss of… Audio

After years sitting on the outside the Green Party believes this year could be its time to make it into government. But the National Party has warned that any government involving the Greens would… Audio

Is it a clever political ploy or just an example of two parties airing their dirty laundry? The Green Party approached Labour this week and pitched the idea of them campaigning under a banner of a… Audio

The environmental watchdog Greenpeace is closing its Pacfic regional office in Fiji at the end of the month. Audio

There are fewer than six months to go to the general election and in recent opinion polls the Labour Party has been struggling to lift its support much above 30 percent. Audio

Political parties are readying themselves for the election, but none are directly, or openly wooing the so-called Christian vote, not even the Conservatives. Audio

The Education Minister has once again found herself at the centre of a political storm, after allegations relating to the Kohanga Trust Board's commercial arm, have ended up with the Serious Fraud… Audio