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John Armstrong: Greens' image newbie's challenge
The demise of the Alliance should give the Green Party pause for thought, writes John Armstrong.
The demise of the Alliance should give the Green Party pause for thought, writes John Armstrong.
A year of big events has led to a $2 million blowout in the budgets for the Crown limo service and hosting VIPs.
A memorial to New Zealand’s 16 Victoria Cross recipients during World War I has been unveiled at Parliament.
Stubbornness - born from a childhood that included numerous stints in foster homes - will be a trait that the country's newest MP brings to Parliament.
The Parliamentary Service has announced its contractor has agreed to review the employment agreements of nine staff who work within Parliament and are on zero-hour contracts.
Distressed members of New Zealand's African community have rallied at Parliament to protest violence against immigrants in South Africa.
Deputy Speaker Chester Borrows chastised the Parliamentary Press Gallery for not "giving a stuff" about issues of democracy and focusing only on "giving politicians the fingers".
Taking on the presidency of a hairdressers' association was done with an eye on entering politics, New Zealand First's new MP says.
New Zealand First has confirmed its new MP will be parliamentary staffer and former hairdressing salon-owner Ria Bond.
There are four contenders finalised to contest the Green Party co-leadership and they will start a nationwide tour to woo for votes this weekend.
The two Budget-related announcements risked giving every impression that National is running on empty, reckons John Armstrong.
NZ First leader Winston Peters turns 70 today but he wants nothing to do with it, thank you very much.
Pity the Electoral Commission, left looking like a humourless wowser by a High Court ruling that the satirical Planet Key song was not in breach of electoral laws.
Winston Peters' triumph in the Northland byelection signals the most serious challenge he has mounted to National in two decades, writes John Armstrong.
At the moment, the only thing standing between New Zealand and its total loss of sovereignty is Winston Peters, writes Dita De Boni.
A woman whose daughter was murdered after breaches of a protection order wants the controversial three strikes law extended.
Limits should be placed on when fireworks can be used, not just when they are purchased, the Fire Service has told Parliament.
The hairdresser next in line to enter Parliament if NZ First leader Winston Peters wins the Northland byelection is now a parliamentary staffer.
Act leader David Seymour has been urged to 'take a breath' and ignore Government pressure to vote against the SkyCity convention centre.
The $400 million deal for SkyCity to build a national convention centre in Auckland could be under threat.
Some former MPs can already spend up to $22,345 of taxpayers' money every year on international travel for them and their spouses.
Critics have attacked move they say will nearly double the value of international travel perks for former MPs.
Issues have been building up over the summer and Labour will focus on them when Parliament resumes this week.
Parliament's Speaker David Carter today announced that the traditional prayer he uses to open daily sittings of Parliament will remain as is, with its Christian references.
Two new measures that allow New Zealand's most high-risk criminals to be closely monitored or kept within prison grounds for the rest of their lives have been passed into law.