The diary of a newbie politician
There was an incident with a knife, new babies and shades of Harry Potter for our new MPs.
There was an incident with a knife, new babies and shades of Harry Potter for our new MPs.
Winston Peters came to talk about coalitions, but reporters left none the wiser.
A party insider has told media National launched a four-pronged attack on Peters
Staff from the nearby Backbenchers pub rushed to help after man set himself alight.
Here are some of the most humorous parts of the election campaign so far.
Team NZ sailors Blair Tuke and Peter Burling were given the royal treatment in Parliament.
COMMENT: Amy Adams has splashed $130m on housing packages in a few days.
Govt is holding firm on its decision not to hold an inquiry into abuse in state care.
Nearly 750,000 pages of Parliamentary debates in NZ have been published online.
Opposition leaders have refused to meet with the under-fire Auditor-General.
COMMENT: Register of pecuniary interests of MPs makes fascinating reading.
It's election year, the time when MPs should be listening. Paul Little has the best tips.
COMMENT: Your life is an open accounts book when you're a politician in NZ.
Too many researchers do not seek homes for lab animals: Advocate group
A dog-walker turned heads by performing a quiet stunt at Parliament today.
Sir Geoffrey Palmer sat down with Guyon Espiner to talk about his days as Prime Minister.
COMMENT: Whether Nicky Hager's new book scores the required hits is yet to be determined.
COMMENT: John Key came into politics with few people knowing what he stood for.
Milk exporter Oravida has put another $50,000 into the National Party's war chest.
COMMENT: I'd like to moot a nationwide expert and practical authority to come up with a 50-year infrastructure plan that actually works.
COMMENT: It's been 33 years and 11 elections and, if I was Peter Dunne, I'd say that's enough. I'd call it a day, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.
COMMENT: If we had more people in Parliament who would live long enough to experience the results of their actions, we'd all be better off.
Pike River families say a commitment to leave the coal mine unsealed and inspect it with drone technology falls short of their requests, but is still "very positive".
Pike River families are meeting with Prime Minister Bill English for the first time this afternoon.
Former Australia PM John Howard was at Question Time in Parliament, getting a mixed reaction from NZ MPs.
The New Zealand Initiative blasted the Government's recent co-investment with Peter Thiel as "corporate welfare".
COMMENT: John Key returned to Parliament as a meek backbencher to watch English and his opposition counterparts duke it out on the first day of Parliament.