National Party members are pushing for a new "waka-jumping" law to force rogue list MPs out of Parliament.

TVNZ's Shane Taurima will seek Labour's selection for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election, saying the late Parekura Horomia had approached him about standing in the past.

Broadcaster Shane Taurima is considering a move into politics and has spoken to the Labour Party about running in the Ikaroa Rawhiti byelection next month.

The latest attempt at giving farmers a presence in Parliament and a potential rival to Act on the political right is getting close to attracting enough members to register for next year's election.

For my money this street-marching lark is simply fashionable behaviour, writes Bob Jones. It began here in the 1970s but prior to that there were huge ban-the-bomb marches in the 1950s.

Speaker David Carter, who threw out MPs for the first time this week, reflects on his first two months in an interview with political editor Audrey Young

Speaker David Carter has ejected MPs from the House for the first time, kicking out Labour's Trevor Mallard and Chris Hipkins this afternoon.

Someone should tell David Shearer that getting all indignant about someone else's blunder was not the best of tactics to employ in Parliament, writes John Armstrong.

Same-sex marriage campaigners say the overwhelming support for the bill is a ringing endorsement which shows MPs are in line with the views of ordinary Kiwis.

Hugs, cheers and kisses were thrown around Parliament last night as MPs moved marriage equality in New Zealand one step closer to reality.

Former Labour high flyer Shane Jones is back on the front bench after being cleared of corruption over his citizenship decision for Bill Liu in 2008.

Labour MP and former Associate Immigration Minister Shane Jones' political career has been saved by an Auditor-General's report that found no evidence of improper motive.

Nine months in the political wilderness awaiting Lyn Provost's painstaking report may well have done the trick, writes John Armstrong.

It didn't take long for David Carter to settle in to his job in his first question time as Speaker - it was almost business as usual, writes Audrey Young.

"Is NZ's relationship with Indonesia so lacking that it could not tolerate a West Papuan independence activist speaking at a lunch-hour meeting?" asks John Armstrong.

A leading human rights lawyer yesterday hit out at a decision banning a West Papua independence activist from speaking at Parliament.

Carter takes over as Speaker of the House despite Labour move to install Mallard

The new ministers promoted in the National-led Government's cabinet reshuffle were sworn in by the Governor-General this morning.

The Prime Minister has defined National as a pro-foreign investment, pro-roads, pro-infrastructure, pro-PPP, and pro-Sky City Convention Centre kind of party.

Labour's housing spokeswoman Annette King says National was promising to deliver three and four-bedroom homes for less than $485,000 at Hobsonville despite claiming Labour could not deliver the same sized homes for less on cheaper land.

Prime Minister John Key and Labour leader David Shearer have started the parliamentary year by trading blows.

New Housing Minister Nick Smith says there is no silver bullet to address the issue of housing affordability in New Zealand.

Editorial: A jarring note of the reshuffle is the return of Nick Smith. Mr Key has insisted that he has "done his time" following his resignation 10 months ago.

Nikki Kaye and Nick Smith are the big winners in John Key's Cabinet reshuffle, but Phil Heatley and Kate Wilkinson have both been dumped.