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.

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.

The wife of a United Future candidate killed at Pike River is urging Peter Dunne to oppose the Government's "watered down" health and safety changes.

Rachel Smalley: A parliamentary Select Committee says we need to increase the quota - and soon.

The Government Administration Committee said a complete ban on the private use of fireworks went too far and was unenforceable.

Salaries could get a further top-up to soften the blow of perks being tightened.

Amy Adams fits in with the "compassionate conservatism" tag Prime Minister John Key has used to describe his Administration, writes Claire Trevett.

New Zealand First members have walked out on Parliamentary question time after Winston Peters was ejected by Speaker David Carter.

Labour MP Sue Moroney's bill would lift leave to 26 weeks and allow them to work for up to 156 hours during that period without losing leave payments.

James Shaw is the Green Party's new co-leader. The former PwC consultant has advised major companies on sustainable business development.

A Labour Party bill which reinforces the role of Government’s environmental protection agency has passed its first stage.

For all intents and purposes National was done like a dog's dinner by Labour this week, writes John Armstrong.