Tim Graham

The Defence Minister has today come under pressure in Parliament about whether a senior defence official fraudulently filled out his security vetting form. Audio

The Government is being accused of setting up a freak show at the Human Rights Commission, by announcing another high-profile appointment today. Audio

An the introduction of a multi-million-dollar computer system that would make courts paperless is being delayed for a year. Audio

The Health Minister has moved to quell talk that all public hospital kitchens are at risk of closure, saying outsourcing proposals might affect only a third of all meals prepared for patients. Audio

Parents on a benefit risk having their welfare payments halved if they fail to meet health and education targets for their children set out in the Government's latest round of welfare changes. Audio

The Maori Party's founding president, Whatarangi Winiata, wants a hasty resolution to its leadership tensions, which he says have bedevilled and badly distracted the party. Audio

The Labour MP, Shane Jones, says the Maori Party leadership wrangle is undignified, and Maori voters will punish the party for this chaos. Audio

Mighty River Power's prospectus is out, and a slice of the state owned power company will cost up to $2.80 per share once it's floated on the stock exchange next month. Audio

Mighty River Power's directors are to receive a pay hike worth tens of thousands of dollars, in a move the Prime Minister describes as sensible but which opposition parties are branding exorbitant and… Audio

The Government is offering to stump up taxpayers' money to subsidise electricity costs at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. Audio

Radio New Zealand News has learned Solid Energy will keep its former chief executive, Don Elder, on the payroll until August, at a cost of more than quarter of a million dollars. Audio

The Labour Party says the Conservation Minister's reputation is in tatters, after confirmation that 140 jobs are to be shed from the Department of Conservation. Audio

It's emerged that engineers involved in the most serious building collapse of the Christchurch earthquake are unlikely to face any external action, with the profession's two top bodies telling the… Audio

The Government is still refusing to abandon the error-ridden Novopay system, even though a review has found the school payroll remains unstable and the taxpayer bailout for it has surged to at least… Audio

National Party MPs have blocked a select committee inquiry taking place into debt-ridden Solid Energy. Audio

The Government is paying six million dollars to compensate schools for the additional work foisted on them by the beleaguered Novopay system. Audio

The Revenue Minister has conceded that a proposal to tax personal calls made on work cellphones has the potential to be even more controversial than the dumped carpark tax. Audio

But Steven Joyce hints the Government might drop its plans to tax big city carparks. Audio

A bill giving workers Monday off when Waitangi Day and Anzac Day fall on a weekend is a step closer to becoming law. Audio

What's being billed as the largest citizens-initiated referendum petition ever gathered will be presented at Parliament today. Audio