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Labour calls for review of Tisch's expenses
Labour has called for an independent review of Deputy Speaker Lindsay Tisch's expense arrangements to "protect the integrity of Parliament".
Private prisons bill passed
Privately run prisons are on the Government's agenda after Parliament today passed a bill allowing them to be handed over.
Minister gets tip from barber about rail costs
A remark in a barber shop may prove instrumental in costing rail users more money to catch electric trains.
Legal patch-up fixes blunder over police oath
A bungled law change means new police recruits in the past year have not been sworn in properly, and has cast doubt over their powers.
Senior MP becomes own landlord to claim maximum allowance
A National MP has been using a front company to maximise the amount of taxpayer-provided cash he can claim from the accommodation allowance.
New educational standards will fail, academics say
A system of new national educational standards to assess primary school students is doomed to fail, academics across New Zealand say.
$1b electric rail project gets go-ahead at last
Auckland's long-awaited $1bn rail electrification project is back on track, under Govt funding approval to buy a fleet of new trains.