Wellington, Feb 25 NZPA - More than 100 people, some carrying transistors tuned in to Radio New Zealand, turned up outside Parliament today to protest a funding freeze.

Wellington, Jan 29 NZPA - Labour MP Trevor Mallard and Green MP Metiria Turei are no longer Facebook friends. Mr Mallard thought the Green Party co-leader had been rude on his page so he defriended her and she blogged that she was sad about that.

Wellington, Sept 25 NZPA - Wellington-based electronic game developer Sidhe Interactive, says it has launched a development group, PikPok, for applications in the iPhone and iPod Touch market.

There is no doubt that there has been large scale and unfair vote rigging against opposition Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi in last week's elections.

Dear Metiria,

No doubt you would have my congratulatory message on your Facebook wall this past weekend. Again, well done and you are the first person from my own generation (the 70's generation) to lead a parliamentary political party in this country.

Wellington, May 14 NZPA - National MP Melissa Lee's comment that a new motorway could stop criminals coming from South Auckland and committing crime in Mount Albert was "silly", Prime Minister John Key says.

Wellington, May 14 NZPA - National MP Melissa Lee this morning apologised for her comments that a new motorway could stop criminals coming from South Auckland and committing crime in Mount Albert.