Elections

Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

Mayoral candidate billboards are already beginning to pop up around the country, but in Auckland, there are claims the city's election signage by-laws breach the Bill of Rights. Todd Niall reports. Audio

Susan Baldacci is in the US to talk us through the latest results in the US primaries and the ongoing Trump side show. Audio

One of the first big policy shots has been fired in Auckland's local body election campaign with a centre-right grouping promising to halve rate rises, and cut spending by half a billion dollars. Audio

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have both chalked up big wins in the New York Presidential primaries. Lorna Shaddick has more from New York. Audio

Hillary Clinton is the favourite in the European polls for the next US president but Donald Trump is by far the choice of Russians. Audio

To the US elections now, and voters in New York are casting their ballots in the state's high-stakes primary. Audio

The US presidential candidates have just completed their final day of campaigning in New York, ahead of the state's crucial primary vote tomorrow. And as Lorna Shaddick reports, Donald Trump is… Audio

Councils that signed up to be the first in the country to use online voting this year are bitterly disappointed the government has rejected the idea. Conan Young reports. Audio

Voters may tend to trust journalists about politics and politicians more than expensive ad campaigns that run in the lead up to elections. But are we well served by our media these days, or are they… Audio

The biggest test so far for presidential hopefuls in the United States. Two clear winners have emerged, Donald Trump for the Republicans and Hillary Clinton for the Democrats pulling well ahead of… Audio

A computer security expert who exposed serious weaknesses in New South Wales' Internet voting system is warning against its use in local body elections here. Audio

The results from the second round of regional elections in France are expected in the next few hours Audio

On-line voting and our increasing reliance on "big data". Andy Linton has more than 30 years' experience in computer networking in the telecommunications industry and the academic sector. He currently… Audio

Returning to our earlier story about online voting at next year's local government elections being in jeopardy - the Associate Minister for Local Government Louise Upston joins us Audio

I.T. experts are warning next year's local government elections could be derailed or subject to fraud if a proposed online voting trial goes ahead. Audio

Results are in from Turkey's election and voters have delivered a rebuke to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Audio

Malia Viviena 'Alisi Numia Taumoepeau, Tonga's former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, offers reflections on law, democracy, Pacific traditions, and Tongan political culture. Audio