Jacinda Ardern has said the case of Middlemore Hospital buildings "rotting around the patients" showed the urgency of the work needed.

The Northcote by-election will be on Saturday 9 June, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.

Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi announcing the recall of over 50,000 vehicles fitted with defective airbags.

Parliament will pass a law allowing the convictions of men for homosexual offences to be removed from the public record.

Broadcasting Minister Clare Curran denying she instructed RNZ chairman Richard Griffin not to attend Thursday's Economic Development select committee hearing. / Video by Mark Mitchell

Ardern fields questions over Government's response to leaky buildings at Middlemore Hospital and the escalation of the 'trade wars' after China retaliated to US tariffs on steel and aluminium.

Deputy PM Winston Peters on gun reform, domestic violence leave and minimum wage rise

The PM fronted with Clare Curran on her way into the House. She said the minister hasn't broken any Cabinet manual rules and has apologised. / Mark Mitchell

Mike Hosking discusses the latest government scandal. Source: Newstalk ZB

Broadcasting Minister Clare Curran faces the heat in Parliament over Carol Hirschfeld meeting. Source: Parliament TV

Mass unionism will mean nurses are always poorly paid.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she knows nurses and the public will want the Government to explore any options possible to try to prevent industrial action by nurses.

KiwiBuild 'suburb' will look like a dump in a decade.

Coleman announced today that he is stepping down from politics to take up a new role in the private sector as CEO of Acurity Health Group.

Winston Peters comments on the Iranian delegation refusing to shake the hand of a New Zealand woman MP.

Crohn's sufferer Nicole Thornton, 14, takes bathroom fight to Parliament.

Former US President Obama heads off to golf with former Prime Minister John Key. / Video by Greg Bowker

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given the strongest signal yet that the days of oil and gas exploration in New Zealand are numbered.

Obama has been brought to New Zealand by the NZ-US Council to promote the relationship between the two countries which was icy for many years over New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy.

Simon Bridges talks about his wife Natalie.

Focus: The Labour Party is suspending all Young Labour events in the wake of a police investigation into sexually assaults at the Waihi summer camp.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says ministers are working to get an exemption for New Zealand from the US' imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminium.

National leader Simon Bridges' reshuffle will see five new faces on the party's front bench of its top 10 MPs.

Steve Joyce talks to the media after his decision to resign from Parliament.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that another $3 million of funding will be donated to Samoa to aid the recovery following Cyclone Gita.

New National Party Leader Simon Bridges has confirmed three new names who’ll benefit from his reshuffle set to be announced early next week.

Malcolm Turnbull puts up spirited defence of Australia's deportation policy.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gifted Malcolm Turnbull and his family 'All Bird' sneakers.

Former Prime Minister Bill English has signed off from his 27 year political career this afternoon in front of a public gallery stacked with family and former colleagues.