Kerre Woodham: They're right when they say a week is a long time in politics

Crikey, a week is a long time in politics, especially with an election looming! Thomas Coghlan from the New Zealand Herald wrote this last week, “It's been a scratchy week in parliament.” He was talking about last week with MP's embarrassing themselves at every opportunity. Well, this week they've done it again. We've got National MP Tim van de Molen being stripped of all his portfolios after being a total oik and making a tit of himself in a Select Committee.

Peter Wilson: The Week in Politics - Poll pushes Labour closer to the danger zone

Another poll points to a change of government and pushes Labour closer to the danger zone, David Seymour says he won't sit at the cabinet table with NZ First, National announces a huge road building plan which the government picks holes in, and there's an interesting look at which MPs could be in a National/ ACT cabinet.