Stories by Chris Bramwell

Politicians almost always start the year by paying their respects to Rātana Church prophet Tahupotiki Wiremu Rātana. Chris Bramwell explains why.

Power Play - MPs are returning to work after the summer break but the start to the political year is likely to be anything but relaxed.

An investigation has been launched after a police officer shot himself in the foot while searching for a wanted person last month.

An Iranian refugee being held on Nauru is keeping up his campaign to be allowed to settle in New Zealand.

Negotiators in Paris are locked in all-night meetings as they scramble to reach agreement on a deal to combat climate change. Audio

Climate change talks in Paris have reached a stage of "organised chaos", according to New Zealand Climate Change Minister Tim Groser.

Negotiators at the Paris climate change talks are working around the clock to try to settle differences so they can finalise a global deal to slow global warming. Audio

Hosting 40,000 delegates at the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris is no mean feat. RNZ's Chris Bramwell goes behind the scenes.

Countries at the Paris climate change talks have given critical feedback on the latest draft of the deal.

Several young New Zealanders have joined thousands of accredited observers at the climate change talks in Paris. What do they make of it? Audio

The French hosts of the United Nations climate change meeting are being accused of rushing the process and locking civil society out of the talks.

Negotiators and ministers at the climate change talks in Paris are in back-to-back meetings, as the conference gets down to the business end of the fortnight.

New Zealand is at odds with its neighbours over major sticking points in the draft climate change agreement being negotiated in Paris.

Pacific Island leaders say the world is dragging its feet at the Paris climate talks, and their future is at stake.

Negotiators at the Paris climate change talks are racing against the clock to get a draft agreement ready to hand to the French hosts by midnight tonight.

Frustration is beginning to mount at the slow rate of progress at the Paris climate change talks, which are nearing the end of their first week.

World leaders are among the tens of thousands of officials, delegates and observers converging on Paris as a UN summit on climate change begins. Audio

The government is moving to improve financial advice laws and has released an options paper setting out ways to improve the legislation governing financial advisors.

The Emissions Trading Scheme is up for review, but the government has left agriculture out even though it is responsible for about half of greenhouse emissions.

Power Play - Could last week's terrorist attacks in Paris derail the major climate change talks due to be held in the city in less than two weeks time?

Legislation setting up a monitoring regime for deported New Zealand detainees arriving back into the country has just passed its final reading under urgency.

New Zealand's MPs have condemned the terrorist attacks in Paris, while hundreds of people gather in Wellington to pay their respects to the victims.

World leaders will be among tens of thousands of delegates heading to Paris at the end of this month for a two-week United Nations climate change conference.

New Zealand will have a controversial proposal on the table when a crucial emissions conference gets under way in a few weeks' time. Video

Despite its miserable election result just over a year ago, the Labour Party spent very little time licking its wounds at its annual conference in Palmerston North.