Wellington, June 21 NZPA - National Party MP Tau Henare is in hospital recovering from a heart attack, it was reported today. Mr Henare, 49, told the New Zealand Herald from Auckland City Hospital he woke at 2am on Sunday morning and knew immediately he was having a heart attack.

Wellington, June 8 NZPA - Retailers are being warned not to leave themselves short when signing people up to layby's without factoring in October's GST increase. In last month's budget the Government announced an increase in GST from 12.5 percent to 15 percent.

Wellington, June 3 NZPA - The Beehive roof is a bit leaky but there isn't any money to fix it.

Wellington, May 27 NZPA - Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has been asked to pay out $15,000 to a mum whose welfare information she made public.

]Wellington, May 24 NZPA - The Labour Party is questioning a $4.8 million budget allocation to a private company so it can boost the living standards of Pacific communities in Auckland.

Wellington, May 24 NZPA - The Labour Party is questioning a $4.8 million budget allocation to a private company so it can boost the living standards of Pacific communities in Auckland.

Wellington, May 20 NZPA - Outspoken Maori Party MP Hone Harawira has slammed a rise in GST as an attack on the poor, despite the party being bound by its coalition agreement to support it as part of today's budget.

By Peter Wilson of NZPA Wellington, May 17 NZPA - Tax cuts across the board and GST increasing from 12.5 percent to 15 percent. The "what's in it for you" figures will dominate coverage of Thursday's budget but there is more to it than that.

Wellington, May 14 NZPA - A war of words and sign language has broken out between Air New Zealand and the New Zealand Listener magazine. Both accuse the other of being deaf.

Wellington, May 11 NZPA - Changing the legal age for purchasing alcohol would not have saved the life of a boy who drank himself to death at the weekend, Prime Minister John Key says.