In Parliament

The Speaker, David Carter, reports back on his investigation of a complaint that MPs' emails are being intercepted and blocked. His lengthy and complicated ruling ends inconclusively and the… Read more Audio

The Health Committee is due for day two of submissions on former Labour MP Maryann Street's petition calling for an inquiry into public attitudes towards medically assisted dying; The Enhancing… Read more Audio

The Speaker, David Carter, promises to investigate MP's complaint that the Parliamentary Service interfered with his email correspondence with a journalist. Labour's chief whip, Chris Hipkins, said… Read more Audio

Week in the House dominated by urgency, which was accorded on Tuesday for the passing through all stages of the Housing Legislation Amendment Bill. However, the Government's plans to see the bill… Read more Audio

House adjourns for the weekend, after passing two Government bills on Thursday afternoon; The Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Register) Bill passes by 107 votes to 14 with only the Greens… Read more Audio

Parliament's adjourned for the weekend, ending a week spent mostly under urgency to pass one bill that took eighteen hours from start to finish after the Government left the gate open for the… Read more Audio

The opposition's filibuster of the Government's Housing Legislation Amendment Bill continued late into the night on Wednesday. Introduced under urgency on Tuesday, the Bill was subject to a series of… Read more Audio

Government bogged down by a filibuster as Opposition parties hi-jack its Housing Legislation Amendment Bill, introduced under urgency on Tuesday, tabling amendments which have to be debated before… Read more Audio

House moves into urgency for the passing through all stages of the Housing Legislation Amendment Bill; Speaker denies request for snap debate on burglary statistics; Labour's Stuart Nash puts… Read more Audio

A bill extending the time for establishing Special Housing Areas by three years to September 2019 is pushed through after the Government, supported by its three satellite parties, puts the House under… Read more Audio

In the one select committee during this week's adjournment, the Local Government and Environment Committee hears submissions from grumpy mayors and local body politicians on the sweeping new powers… Read more Audio

MPs farewell retiring Governor General Sir Jerry Mataparae; Speaker reins in the Prime Minister during Question Time; Shop Trading Hours Amendment Bill passes final reading by 62 votes to 59… Read more Audio