The people who will decide the next parliament will be the four who hold the Maori Party seats.

Well, politically speaking, I have for years wanted to be inside the Liberal party as a member of Parliament. So this is an exercise in showing that I'm serious about being a Liberal.

A lot of people think this is a rich white man's party. Well it's about to be a rich black man's.

If Gordon Brown follows Blair's modernization agenda, he will lead the party to defeat at the next election.

Already they are making a difference in parliament. For the first time in years, the [ruling] National Democratic Party is feeling that it is not alone and that there's this dedicated, unified 20-percent bloc in the opposition.

When you bring good ideas forward in the context of a Parliament where no one party has been given the absolute authority to proceed, then you roll up your sleeves, you discuss, you negotiate.