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.

People convicted under anti-gay laws are a step closer to having their records wiped.

An intern scheme for foreign students has likely left Labour with debt, Little says.

Opposition leaders have refused to meet with the under-fire Auditor-General.

COMMENT: Register of pecuniary interests of MPs makes fascinating reading.

Cornwall Park leaseholders appeal to Parliament

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.

Feminists, conservatives unite as an unlikely coalition.

Sir Geoffrey Palmer sat down with Guyon Espiner to talk about his days as Prime Minister.

COMMENT: If he'd seen disturbing footage, surely he'd be duty bound to call an inquiry.

COMMENT: Sending off politicians is always quite an occasion.

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.

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.

New Zealand will go to the polls on September 23, Prime Minister Bill English announced this afternoon.

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

COMMENT: Former Clerk of the House David McGee is recommending that resigning list MPs not be replaced by the next willing candidate on their party list.

David McGee, a former Clerk of the House, made an appeal for new rules to keep MPs in their seats for a full term yesterday in Herald.