COMMENT: You'd think Governments would have learnt by now that if they ignore Maori they do so at their peril.

New security gates which are designed to stop attacks on Parliament have instead claimed another victim - Government ministers' limousines.

Two major KiwiSaver providers are reviewing or planning to divest controversial holdings in clusterbomb manufacturers.

A National MP's bill on lost and found luggage will go before Parliament at a cost of $43,000 an hour to pass into law.

National and Pakuranga MP Maurice Williamson has announced he will not seek re-election at next year's election.

Prime Minister John Key has defended the high travel bill for one of his backbench MPs.

National has been remarkably conciliatory so far for a party so long in power. An extension of paid parental leave deserves its consideration.

COMMENT: Is it democratic for a government to veto a bill when it has the support of a majority of MPs ?

The architect of higher tobacco taxes, Maori Party co-founder Dame Tariana Turia, has hit back at claims by a Maori smoking researcher that continued tax hikes are "racist"

Prime Minister John Key has made an embarrassing disclosure of a link to a company specialising in foreign trusts.

New Zealanders are being asked to volunteer or undertake an act of service on Anzac Day.

Male athletes travelling to countries where the Zika virus is actively transmitted have been advised to practise safe sex for three to six months once back in NZ.

The affordability of New Zealand's housing returned to the spotlight in Parliament yesterday.

Environment Minister Nick Smith says he will not commit to making every single waterway in NZ "swimmable" because it would be too complex and costly.

"Rodeos serve no place in New Zealand," say animal rights groups.

Labour MP Trevor Mallard has no regrets about penning a support letter for a young driver caught doing 210 km/h.

John Key: Back to it tomorrow. God almighty. Ugh! Kill me now, writes Steve Braunias.

Two schoolgirls will present a petition to Parliament calling for a commemoration day for those killed in the New Zealand wars.

The "powerful" privileges committee has an unusually full agenda owing to some blatant breaches of parliamentary standards by the Labour Party.

The Government has failed to get the backing of two of its support partners for major planning reforms.

Parliament will vote on a bill to exempt RSAs from having to apply for a special licence each year to serve a tipple to veterans on Anzac Day morning.

How hard would it be for the Prime Minister to apologise?

When you don't have a written Constitution, as is the case with New Zealand, convention takes on a greater importance.

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If apologies were commodities the Government surplus would be assured in perpetuity given the extent to which demand is outstripping supply, writes Claire Trevett.

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.

Wealth inequality is driving us back to the days of Victorian England, argues a book exposing the rise of the rich kid club.

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.