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Winston Peters has used Parliamentary privilege to name those he believes leaked his superannuation details, but has refused to repeat his claims outside the debating chamber.

First-term National MP for Rangitata Andrew Falloon has announced he will be retiring at the election. He is believed to have sent sexually explicit pictures to a 19-year-old. Video

Two political party leaders - nine weeks from the election - have become tangled in a slanging match on Twitter.

Dame Jenny Shipley says Judith Collins could become the fourth woman prime minister, but Jim Bolger warns this is not the time for nasty politics. Audio

Todd Muller may have only served 53 days as leader of the National Party but was his the shortest leadership?

Todd Muller became the National Party leader in May and resigned today citing health reasons. Here is how politicians and commentators are reacting.

The country's electoral donation laws are being questioned with a third major political party now the subject of a Serious Fraud Office investigation.

The ACT Party is promising its biggest campaign in 15 years, as it fights for more seats in Parliament after September's election.

The year’s half gone, but Parliament is just about done. Done what, you ask? We consider how much and what the 52nd Parliament has achieved.

The Cook Islands government has drawn down on a $US10.3 million loan from the Asian Development Bank to help finance its response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

No one could have predicted the End of Life Choice referendum would be held against the backdrop of a deadly global pandemic, Graham Adams writes.

The voice of opposition to firearms law changes - Nicole McKee - could be a MP after the September election, having won a high place on the Act Party list.

Tweaks to tobacco laws will see stricter rules at the border from next week and it is hoped that will help snuff out cigarette smuggling and tobacco tax evasion.

Prisoners serving a sentence of less than three years will now be able to vote in September's general election.

Like us all Parliament has been slowly, inexorably returning to normal service. This week included two quite novel events - at least novel recently.