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.

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.

The corridors of power may be their playing field but the final 15 all have moves of their black-clad counterparts.

Does New Zealand have an authoritarian political culture?

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.

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.

Figures released this week show that I spent $23,440 of taxpayer money on international and domestic travel.

While the Prime Minister is extremely open about his personal life, his government is increasingly opaque, writes Bryce Edwards.

Russel Norman has bowed out of Parliament with a parting shot at the state of democracy in New Zealand.

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.

Act Party leader David Seymour will today launch his bid to get voluntary euthanasia back on the parliamentary agenda.

A last-ditch appeal against the deportation of a man who claimed to be the world's first climate change refugee has failed.

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.

The importance of National's support partners - Act, United Future and the Maori Party - has grown immensely since election night a year ago.

Labour's General Secretary Tim Barnett is to step down from the Labour Party next month to take up a new job.

Past pupils sheltered from the rain and wiped away tears as a rousing haka was performed outside of Parliament in an effort to save Turakina Maori Girls' College.

Politicians have paid tribute to the record-breaking reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

Details have been confirmed for an inquiry into voluntary euthanasia, to be carried out by Parliament's Health Committee.

There is something "noble" about Kiwis getting together to collectively will the All Blacks to win, Parliament heard last night.

Former enfant terrible of the Press Gallery ruminates on manners and his fall from grace.

Cynical safety move means minister must quit if 'safe farm' death rate doesn't fall, writes Audrey Young.

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.