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The Māori Affairs Select Committee is 150 years old. The media always love profile pieces on ancient folk having a birthday, so here is one on a particularly elderly committee.

Justice Minister Kris Faafoi is pushing ahead with moves to repeal the "three strikes" law, saying it is an anomaly in the justice system that has led to "absurd and perverse" outcomes.

The government has scrapped plans to build dedicated cycle and pedestrian bridge over Auckland's Waitematā Harbour.

A new counter-terror law, which would criminalise the planning of a terror attack, has been passed with support by both major parties in Parliament this morning.

Analysis - When the latest 1News Colmar Brunton poll was released, the most telling part of the result for me was that there's no intense battle for the National Party, writes Tim Watkin.

ACT leader David Seymour has overtaken National's Judith Collins as preferred prime minister in the latest 1News Colmar Brunton Poll, with both major parties taking a hit.

Analysis - Critics accuse the government of giving up on its elimination strategy and Speaker Trevor Mallard's move to stop unvaccinated people entering Parliament's precinct raises debate.

A new political poll taken during the latest lockdown shows support for Labour has steadied after a downward trend.

Power Play - Covid-19 can make or break political leaders and Judith Collins looks like a leader in danger of cracking, writes Jane Patterson.

The House isn’t doing that much this week, mostly ‘General Business’. Both more and less of it than usual; and all of it pointing to interesting times. 

Unsatisfied with select committee grilling and rejecting a virtual parliament, National and ACT will meet Labour in a parliament that's smaller than a select committee.

Analysis - Parliament is suspended, the Auckland outbreak puts the vaccine rollout under intense scrutiny and questions are raised about elimination.

Power Play - Parliament's select committees have been given the weighty responsibility of providing the sole line of parliamentary scrutiny this week and the government must refrain from petty…

How do you have a Parliament without a debating chamber? Go small and go virtual. This week five select committees will question ministers on TV.

Democracy Reporter Felix Desmarais caught up with Bay of Plenty and Waiariki leaders to find out how they're spending their downtime in lockdown this time around.

Former National leader Simon Bridges says his time in charge was "damned and doomed" due to the "circling wolves" and MPs who thought themselves bigger than the party.

Former National leader Simon Bridges says his time in charge was "damned and doomed" due to the "circling wolves" and MPs who thought themselves bigger than the party.