Wellington, Jan 26 NZPA - The Special Air Services (SAS) involved in an incident in Afghanistan capital Kabul last week fired no shots.

Wellington, Jan 24 NZPA - The Government will face questions when Parliament resumes next month over the role of New Zealand's Special Air Service in Afghanistan.

Wellington, Jan 24 NZPA - A politics academic says Prime Minister John Key broke his promise to the New Zealand public that the Special Air Service (SAS) personnel in Afghanistan would not be fighting alongside the soldiers it was training.

This week Bill English put this country on a tough Budget driven diet of restricted spending, no tax cuts and minimal increases in social spending. All of this came at a time when John Key and Bill English differed over the objectives of the budget.

Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - Plans to still take a dividend out of cash-strapped TVNZ this year shows Prime Minister John Key is not willing to "walk the talk" on preserving jobs, union officials said today.

Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key says TVNZ will still have to pay a dividend despite the state broadcaster having to cut costs by $25 million.