In Parliament

Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Amendment Bill passes final reading with only NZ First opposed; Maritime Crimes Amendment Bill - a response to 2011's Rena disaster - passes… Read more Audio

Prime Minister, John Key, briefs MPs on his visit to Kaikoura earlier in the day. He then answered questions from Opposition leader, Andrew Little, about several government buildings in the Capital… Read more Audio

House resumes from the weekend adjournment with Prime Minister John
Key delivering a statement on Monday morning's earthquake near
Kaikoura; Andrew Little and Winston Peters also speak after leave… Read more Audio

Prime Minister John Key delivers a ministerial statement on the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit the South Island on Sunday night, and is followed by a round of speeches from representatives of all… Read more Audio

New Zealand House of Representatives congratulates Donald Trump on his election as America's 45th president - a motion supported by all parties except the Greens - who's co-leader James Shaw… Read more Audio

Government Minister Steven Joyce leads the the New Zealand House of Representatives in congratulating Donald Trump on his election as America's 45th president. The Greens oppose the motion, while New… Read more Audio

Parliament congratulates Donald Trump on his election as America's 45th president. The Greens oppose the motion and New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, claims the result was no surprise to him… Read more Audio

Greens co-leader James Shaw makes an early call on the US election result; Chris Hipkins' Education (Charter Schools Abolition) Amendment Bill fails to pass first reading by 63 votes to 57; Chris… Read more Audio

Government's new youth employment scheme seen as an admission of failure by the Opposition. John Key and Andrew Little dispute each other's figures, followed by Finance Minister, Bill English, having… Read more Audio

Energy Innovation (Electric Vehicles and Other Matters) Amendment Bill passes first reading unopposed and is sent to the Commerce Committee for public submissions; Five bills split from the Drug and… Read more Audio

Resource Legislation Amendment Bill is back in the chamber after spending the past ten months with the Local Government and Environment Committee - which was supposed to report it back by Monday. The… Read more Audio

Snap debate on the Auditor-General's report on her inquiry of the Saudi Arabia Food Security Partnership. The report clears Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, of corruption while being critical of a… Read more Audio