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Opinion - As a piece of political art, it was close to perfection. As a reflection on the state of the government - there was nothing to see, Brigitte Morten writes.

Opinion - If you were surprised by the turn of events in Australian politics this week, you were not alone, writes Brigitte Morten.

Opinion - Moving on from former leader Gareth Morgan means TOP can start to shake off some of the baggage and be more than the anti-cat party, but they also lose their biggest drawcard, writes…

Parliament has made it harder for minors to marry, unanimously passing a members bill to help prevent forced marriage.

Opinion - Simon Bridges needed to achieve two things in his first speech as opposition leader to the party faithful at the National Party conference, writes Brigette Morten.

Opinion - Vanity parties, like the Opportunities Party, generally start with a bang and fizzle out quickly, writes Brigitte Morten.

Opinion - The Northcote by-election just might have proved that politics lately is a snooze-fest, writes Brigitte Morten.

Opinion - Horse breeders of good-looking horses with racing potential were on the receiving end of the only tax cut in the Budget, Brigitte Morten writes.

Opinion - The Budget is pretty much Christmas for political insiders, a chance to see if the gifts are worth the fancy wrapping, writes Brigitte Morten.

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, have suggested there could be a new agreement on Iran's nuclear programme.

Opinion - Politicians often say elections are the only poll that counts. And our politicians will be treating the upcoming Northcote by-election as a true poll on how well they are doing in the…

Opinion - The Green Party will be hoping that the announcement of its new co-leader, Marama Davidson, puts them back on a path to electoral success, writes Brigitte Morten.

Opinion - The re-appearance of RNZ's heads at a select committee today didn't resolve many of the issues and managed to raise even more questions, writes Brigitte Morten.

Opinion - Carol Hirschfeld and Clare Curran's meeting has had a fallout for the RNZ executive, but the minister's been relatively untouched, writes Brigitte Morten, and that's a problem for the PM.

To get from the procedural Greens-National Question Time deal to policy agreements would require movement on both sides, writes Brigitte Morten.

Opinion - Simon Bridges' Cabinet reshuffle was his first real test as National's new leader and it revealed he has the guts to make the tough calls, writes Brigitte Morten.

Opinion - Steven Joyce summed up his time in politics with "I like to get on and get things done". And with his resignation decision, that is what he has done, writes Brigitte Morten.

Opinion - Simon Bridges will be looking to repeat his 2008 Tauranga defeat of Winston Peters, but this time at a national level, writes Brigitte Morten.

Opinion - Bill English's replacement - whoever it will be - will inherit a unified caucus that is supported by a well-oiled machine, writes Brigette Morten.

Opinion - The Prime Minister used her opening speech of the year to talk about the 'why' in tackling child poverty - but it's the 'how' that's the hard part, writes Brigitte Morten.

The holiday news drought was washed away by a flood of reports and reckons about the PM’s pregnancy.