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![Little to front for expats in Oz](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Little to front for expats in Oz
Andrew Little is preparing to do what he says the Government has failed to by heading to Canberra in person and pleading expatriate New Zealanders' case at the heart of Australia's Government.
![The haves and the have mores](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The haves and the have mores
Wealth inequality is driving us back to the days of Victorian England, argues a book exposing the rise of the rich kid club.
![Editorial: 'Korea' slight an assault on free speech](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Editorial: 'Korea' slight an assault on free speech
Ron Mark's attack on Melissa Lee's right to criticise her adopted country would have been poor in public but is appalling in Parliament.
!['Overseas born Kiwis not second class'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Overseas born Kiwis not second class'
Speaking on Ron Mark's 'go back to Korea' jab, Dame Susan Devoy said all New Zealanders had the right to an opinion no matter where they were born.
![Audrey Young: Here they are - All Blacks of NZ Parliament](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Audrey Young: Here they are - All Blacks of NZ Parliament
The corridors of power may be their playing field but the final 15 all have moves of their black-clad counterparts.
![Political roundup: Libertarians against dirty politics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Political roundup: Libertarians against dirty politics
Does New Zealand have an authoritarian political culture?
![Russel Norman farewells Parliament](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Russel Norman farewells Parliament
Departing Green MP Russel Norman says he leaves Parliament with no regrets. He adds he would not miss the "unnecessary" formality of Parliament or the big egos.
![MP's eligibilty for decade-old travel perk investigated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
MP's eligibilty for decade-old travel perk investigated
The Speaker is investigating whether former MP Garry Knapp is eligible for a perk for international travel that he has claimed for almost three decades.
![Green Party farewells Russel Norman](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Green Party farewells Russel Norman
Russel Norman has bowed out of Parliament with a parting shot at the state of democracy in New Zealand.
![What goes up must come down](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
What goes up must come down
Finance Minister Bill English says the number of people willing to pay higher and higher prices for Auckland houses must start shrinking soon, and bring down prices.
![Green Party: Law change a win for builders](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Green Party: Law change a win for builders
Sub-contractors in the construction industry will still be able to get paid in the event of a Mainzeal-like collapse under a bill which passed into law this afternoon.
![Political roundup: Tributes to John Armstrong](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Political roundup: Tributes to John Armstrong
John Armstrong's retirement from the parliamentary press gallery has brought a flurry of tributes.
![Seymour's bill set to join ballot](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Seymour's bill set to join ballot
Act Party leader David Seymour will today launch his bid to get voluntary euthanasia back on the parliamentary agenda.
!['Climate change refugee' to be deported - Government](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Climate change refugee' to be deported - Government
A last-ditch appeal against the deportation of a man who claimed to be the world's first climate change refugee has failed.
![Climate change refugee 'now a humanitarian case'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Climate change refugee 'now a humanitarian case'
The deportation of a Kiribati family highlights the threat of climate change but now needs to be viewed as a humanitarian case, opposition parties say.
![Audrey Young: Govt's support get up close and personal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Audrey Young: Govt's support get up close and personal
The importance of National's support partners - Act, United Future and the Maori Party - has grown immensely since election night a year ago.
![Tim Barnett resigns from Labour Party](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tim Barnett resigns from Labour Party
Labour's General Secretary Tim Barnett is to step down from the Labour Party next month to take up a new job.
![Voluntary euthanasia inquiry details released](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Voluntary euthanasia inquiry details released
Details have been confirmed for an inquiry into voluntary euthanasia, to be carried out by Parliament's Health Committee.
!['Noble' NZ pursuit gets MPs' backing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Noble' NZ pursuit gets MPs' backing
There is something "noble" about Kiwis getting together to collectively will the All Blacks to win, Parliament heard last night.
![Michele Hewitson interview: Alastair Thompson](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Michele Hewitson interview: Alastair Thompson
Former enfant terrible of the Press Gallery ruminates on manners and his fall from grace.
![Audrey Young: It's life and death ... but politics comes first](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Audrey Young: It's life and death ... but politics comes first
Cynical safety move means minister must quit if 'safe farm' death rate doesn't fall, writes Audrey Young.
![Row breaks out in Parliament over ashes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Row breaks out in Parliament over ashes
A Labour MP was thought to have brought a person's ashes into the debating chamber during discussion on the controversial health and safety law changes.
![Dunne denies health and safety bill 'diluted'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dunne denies health and safety bill 'diluted'
The wife of a United Future candidate killed at Pike River is urging Peter Dunne to oppose the Government's "watered down" health and safety changes.
![Rachel Smalley: Our country must share the burden](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rachel Smalley: Our country must share the burden
Rachel Smalley: A parliamentary Select Committee says we need to increase the quota - and soon.
![Bid to ban private use of fireworks rejected](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bid to ban private use of fireworks rejected
The Government Administration Committee said a complete ban on the private use of fireworks went too far and was unenforceable.
![Politicians set for pay lift of 2.6 per cent](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Politicians set for pay lift of 2.6 per cent
Salaries could get a further top-up to soften the blow of perks being tightened.
![The making of Amy Adams?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The making of Amy Adams?
Amy Adams fits in with the "compassionate conservatism" tag Prime Minister John Key has used to describe his Administration, writes Claire Trevett.
![NZ First members walk out of Parliament](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ First members walk out of Parliament
New Zealand First members have walked out on Parliamentary question time after Winston Peters was ejected by Speaker David Carter.
![Paid parental leave bill back on the agenda](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Paid parental leave bill back on the agenda
Labour MP Sue Moroney's bill would lift leave to 26 weeks and allow them to work for up to 156 hours during that period without losing leave payments.