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.

Winston Peters says Labour has previously accused him of xenophobia and racism on the issue, but now "they've finally cottoned on to what is going on."

Labour could learn a thing or two from the adaptable, influential, and canny businesswoman Taylor Swift, writes Claire Trevett.

The Labour Party claims John Key misled Parliament about his advice on removing a Kiwisaver subsidy.

Four Greenpeace protesters who scaled Parliament walls last month have made a brief appearance in court this morning.

Winston Peters puts an to the speculation that has been swirling around Parliament all week and confirms new deputy.

John Key, Bill English, Paula Bennett and Simon Bridges all know Len Brown is a lame duck mayor, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Greenpeace activists who scaled Parliament's roof and holed up for 10 hours say they felt forced to take illegal action.

Police confirmed the Greenpeace protestors had been charged with trespass at Wellington central police station this evening.

A new tranche of members bills are set to go before Parliament including financial assistance for live organ donors.

The Ovine Militant Guild, an organisation with links to notorious cryptoanarchist Lambshank, has leaked the PM's personal Hotmail account to Toby Manhire.

Better sharing of information between state agencies may have prevented the death of a child in a poorly-maintained state house, says Social Development Minister Anne Tolley.

The only way of proving or disproving the Prime Minister's claim that the papers would embarrass Labour is, obviously, the release of unredacted versions.

There is an increasingly long catalogue of hiccups in Nick Smith's attempts to address Auckland's housing problems, writes Claire Trevett.

Is it going to take the words of a dying unionist to shame John Key into pushing through long-overdue health and safety reforms, wonders Fran O'Sullivan.

That the review into Labour's disastrous election defeat was leaked to the media is only the second most predictable thing about it, writes Phil Quin.

Labour has an oddly prudish approach to money, writes Claire Trevett. Its struggle to get any is partly down to pride - nobody likes to beg.

Trust and confidence in members of Parliament has increased, but in the public mind MPs are still second-to-bottom of the list.

Herald political editor Audrey Young sets out the case for the Foreign Minister losing his job over the $11m Saudi sheep deal.

It’s difficult to see how Key can axe his foreign minister without also turning focus back on his entire Cabinet, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Try as they might, Labour and NZ First failed to turn the Great Saudi Sheep Saga into the Great Saudi Sheep Scandal, writes John Roughan.