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The abortion reform bill breezed through its first reading in Parliament, 94-23, but the Justice Minister isn't under any illusion the rest of the readings will be as easy.

New Zealand First's Tracey… Audio

The Bougainville Referendum Commission says the six week delay in the holding of the vote on independence from Papua New Guinea, will ensure a better roll. Audio

The Greens conference, climate policy, the Government's cancer plan and reaction to the super polytech announcement are up for discussion today.  Audio

Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett is coming to New Zealand next year to tour what many consider to be the finest Genesis album of the time, Selling England By the Pound.  Audio

AUT is denying the Chinese government pressured it into cancelling a booking for an event marking the 30th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Audio

The Panelists thoughts on the latest TVNZ Colmar Brunton Poll. The National Party remains above Labour in the party vote on 45 per cent, Labour up a point to 43 per cent and NZ First has dropped 2… Audio

Tokelau's High Court has backed the government's dismissal of two public servants, but found it unlawfully withheld pay from them. Audio

Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills look at the National Party conference, the Ihumatao dispute and the Prime Minister's trip to Tokelau. Matthew Hooton is the managing director of the PR and lobbying… Audio

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson was at the National Party conference at the weekend. She talks to Gyles Beckford about the party's cancer policy announcement and leader Simon Bridges' performance.

There is going to be plenty of meaty issues for National party members to chew over, when they will gather in Christchurch this weekend for this weekend's annual conference.

The conference comes with… Audio

Three state agencies have been called out by the deputy state services commissioner for asking inappropriately political questions during surveys. Dr Bryce Edwards from Victoria University joins the… Audio

The Green's first foray into political attack ads ended before it had really started yesterday when its own supporters demanded a video be pulled down.

The ad was an attempt to counter National's… Audio

Tasman mayor Richard Kempthorne joins us to talk about his experiences dealing with social media as a local body politician, and the unforgiving - and possibly scary - bear pit young politicians are… Audio

With the 2020 election on the horizon, the Greens are looking to make history and become the first minor party to meet the five percent threshold AFTER a term in government. Audio

Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills discuss government visits to Australia and the United States and the reaction to the Interim Climate Change Committee's proposals for action on reducing agricultural… Audio

Twenty three tourism operators from seven Pacific countries recently returned from a ten day trip to China for training as part of the China Pacific Tourism Year under the China Belt & Road… Audio

Police have reactivated a cold case involving the death of a caretaker in the bombing of Wellington's Trades Hall in 1984.

Ernie Abbott was killed in the blast after he picked up a suitcase that had… Audio

Political commentators Stephen Mills and Trish Sherson join Kathryn to talk about the government's plans to get more people into EVs - how important is climate change going to be in next year's… Audio

Jonathan West reviews Marilyn Waring: The Political Years, the autobiographical account of Waring's unprecedented parliamentary career. This book is published by Bridget Williams Books. Audio

About 5,000 tonnes of bauxite ore, a raw ingredient for aluminium production, has spilled into a bay in Solomon Islands where a bulk carrier ran aground earlier this year, spilling thousands of litres… Audio