Bill English said the problems in the bill could be easier to sort out in practice than in theory.

President Donald Trump says he has a "phenomenal" plan to revamp business taxes in the U.S. taking the Republicans by surprise.

A marketing manager left tetraplegic after falling awkwardly at home pleaded with doctors to switch off his ventilator machine.

Nearly 20 per cent of Russians say it is "acceptable" to hit one's partner.

The British Supreme Court has ruled that the UK government cannot trigger Brexit immediately. So what will Theresa May do next?

Donald Trump took steps to advance construction of the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines.

Political Roundup: Should politicians be free to hop in and out of elected office when it suits their career interests?

COMMENT: Politicians should not be swayed by big business and their lobbyists. Govt needs to serve the interests of the many, not the few.

COMMENT: I'm glad we finally moved towards banning microbeads, it's been great for the nation to have this conversation, late or not.

Auckland barrister and Green Party candidate Golriz Ghahraman is hoping to be the first refugee to become an MP in New Zealand.

COMMENT: Let's hope that this 150th year of Maori representation enables a robust dialogue to occur with all of us at the table with an equal voice.

Twenty-one seconds is all it took for Wendy Atkinson's 2-year-old to scale their regulation-standard pool fence.

United Future leader Peter Dunne confirms he plans to contest this year's election. Jarrod Gilbert went to a Santa parade with the man behind the bow tie.

A government u-turn making directors not criminally liable for running cartels ran counter to official advice.

This column, urging the normalisation of medical marijuana, is dedicated to the memory of Dr Chris Cresswell LIKE many readers, I

A new fight may be developing between Government and iwi over fishing rights, this time in the Marlborough Sounds.

A grassroots environment group is ramping up a lobbying campaign for more stringent "bottom line" rules around freshwater quality.

The very health and safety changes which the Pike River disaster prompted make re-entering the mine difficult, Prime Minister Bill English says.

Proposed new marine protected areas, rules for polluters and changes to commercial fishing methods have been revealed in a long-awaited master plan for the Hauraki Gulf.

The Ministry of Social Development is awaiting sentencing on breach of health and safety legislation after the 2014 Ashburton Work and Income office killings.

Further proposals to reduce the risk and harm of dog attacks has been given a tentative thumbs up from local animal welfare advocates

COMMENT: Technology is advancing at such a pace there is a risk our lawmakers, unless they are up to speed, will founder on legal and ethical decisions.

Three Treaty of Waitangi settlements worth $225m are being passed into law today.

COMMENT: The Three-Strikes legislation is only going to increase the prison population. It's time it went the way of its disgraced Act Party champion.

The Government will urgently pass quake recovery laws which allow landslips in the South Island to be cleared into the ocean without consent.

It has been more than 20 years since the first major effort in New Zealand to promote legalised euthanasia.

Labour MP Louisa Wall says her proposed law change to legalise assisted dying in New Zealand will not go into the private member's bill ballot.

MP Louisa Wall championed the right of everyone to marry. She has now tabled a Bill that sets out a process for terminally ill person to legally end life.

Constellation Brands, the alcohol giant that sells Corona beer and Svedka vodka, is considering a new approach to livening up its beverages: marijuana.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is calling for tough new laws around looting after three houses were burgled in the aftermath of this morning's quake.