Wellington, Dec 8 NZPA - Rules requiring ministers to keep their self-drive cars in their electorates were changed this year because they were "impractical and silly", not to benefit Finance Minister Bill English, Prime Minister John Key said today.

Wellington, Dec 7 NZPA - Labour leader Phil Goff will face up to his caucus tomorrow to justify his controversial nationhood speech with party president Andrew Little the latest to raise concerns.

Wellington, Dec 1 NZPA - Fiji is threatening to take the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the ban on their athletes competing in the games next year.

Wellington, Nov 30 NZPA - The Government is to review how the Crown prosecutes criminal cases. The New Zealand Herald reported that Justice Minister Simon Power and Attorney-General Chris Finlayson were writing the terms of reference for a review.

Auckland, Nov 28 NZPA - Investors in failed property company Blue Chip have suffered a second setback in the High Court.

Wellington, Nov 26 NZPA - National MP Lindsay Tisch has been paying himself rent under an arrangement using his accommodation allowance.

Wellington, Nov 16 NZPA - Westpac Banking Corp paid $NZ8 million to buy the Auckland home of former Westpac NZ chief executive Brad Cooper.

Wellington, Nov 9 NZPA - Owners of leaky homes don't have to take up a "short cut deal" if they don't want to, Prime Minister John Key says. There has been criticism of the proposal, revealed in a leaked paper published by the New Zealand Herald newspaper on Friday.

Wellington, Nov 4 NZPA - Opinion is fairly evenly split on Maori Television (MTS) leading the bid for Rugby World Cup free to air matches, a new poll shows.

If the impact of the international recession on New Zealand's economy was more severe now than a year ago, or even if it was the same, the Government would have a problem.

It isn't, and in terms of public perception the Government clearly doesn't have a problem.