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A proposed walk and cycle bridge over the Waitematā provoked a furious media backlash over the goverment's wasteful spending. Why don't roading projects get the same treatment?

We look at the first outing of the conversion therapy ban bill, and whether MPs could need therapy for first reading  confusion.

Legislation banning gay conversion therapy, a practice described as monstrous and traumatising, is making its way through Parliament but not everyone is on board.

There will be little to celebrate at the National Party annual conference this weekend as the party still nurses its wounds from the 2020 election, Jane Patterson writes.

This week Parliament banished four member’s bills to dusty oblivion, but like a game of whack-a-mole three more popped up to replace them. 

New Zealand is a step closer to banning gay conversion therapy, with legislation criminalising the practice passing its first hurdle in Parliament this afternoon.

Youth wing are "deeply disappointed" National's caucus has decided to vote against legislation banning conversion therapy.

In today's sports news - Rugby League World Cup to be postponed, Rally NZ still in the hunt for WRC return in 2022 and India on top at Trent Bridge

ACT leader David Seymour says it is highly unlikely his party would continue to support the government's bill banning conversion therapy, while National is refusing to support it without changes.

MPs return to the big House with a first week that promises debates on both government policy and personal projects, including on alcohol, budgets, tax rates, the Family Court, and conversion therapy.

Explainer - What restrictions could be expected to be placed on someone like Suhayra Aden, coming to New Zealand after time with IS? RNZ is here to clear it all up.

Minority groups say the government has confused the debate around its proposed hate speech laws and allowed discord to spread.

Political Roundup - It's nearly a week since the Howl of a Protest took place, which showed a divide between town and country and the potential challenges posed to the Labour government, writes Bryce…

Analysis - Judith Collins' "Demand the Debate" campaign is picked apart, the first mass vaccination event is announced, and the government offers councils a $2.5b Three Waters sweetener.

Our divorce laws are 40 years old - and there's a renewed push to change them to reflect the realities of the 21st century.