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 Parliament David McGee says list MPs should not be replaced and electorate MPs should be bonded.

Resignations by MPs has been pronounced since MMP began in 1996, of both of list and constituency MPs.

A Ngapuhi kaumatua says the Prime Minister should not "run away" from Waitangi Day commemorations.

Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye speaks about the positives following a "gruelling few months" since her breast cancer diagnosis.

COMMENT: New PM finally gets to sit in the "highest-backed chair" at Cabinet unveiling.

COMMENT: His career's been one of ups and downs - and the downs have been fairly spectacular.

Thirty years after homosexuality was legalised in New Zealand, gay and bisexual men with historic convictions may be pardoned.

Parliament has wound up for the year with a ukulele-playing Maori Party winning the show, despite tough competition from the party leaders.

Paula Bennett talks to political editor Audrey Young about her new backroom role with the National Party caucus.

COMMENT: For a decade National didn't have to think about a leader, now they will be scrambling to make sense of it all, writes Barry Soper.

All Blacks tests would have to be broadcast on free-to-air television under a proposed law change to be debated by Parliament.

Judith Collins has laid out her policy agenda if she is elected Prime Minister.

COMMENT: Opposition parties are hoping that their own version of the Brexit-Trump contagion will take grip in New Zealand.

New Zealand First has history in opposing any new buildings to house MPs and ministers.

Plans for an expansion of the parliamentary complex in Wellington, which will involve two new buildings at a cost of at least $100 million, have been unveiled.

Confusion reigned as ridesharing giant Uber appeared at a Parliamentary committee today.

Labour MP Trevor Mallard is the latest victim of notorious electronic bollards at Parliament.

New aerial photos show there is much work to be done after Monday's 7.8 quake.

COMMENT: John Key plans to take his opportunity to ask questions about Trans Pacific Partnership.

Tauranga MP Simon Bridges is one of the few people working in Wellington's central business district following a large 7.5 earthquake