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The media focus at Parliament was on the impact of leadership, but the legislation told a different story – about the impact of the public. That we can each change the law.

Eli Epiha who admitted murdering police officer Matthew Hunt has been sentenced to one of the longest minimum non-parole periods imposed in New Zealand's legal history.

Louise Upston’s been working on a victims rights member’s bill for more than a decade. After a long gestation and a troubled passage this week it suddenly raced to the finish line.

Opponents of the bipartisan bill aimed at enabling housing blitzed the media over the past few weeks. Many of the reports failed to include relevant context and balancing opinion.

Comment: The final whistle has blown on the Southern Hemisphere season, but perhaps the most significant victory was when World Rugby opened up their eligibility rules, Jamie Wall writes.

Householders face losing over a billion dollars worth of sunlight and views under radical housing intensification law changes underway.

In today's sports news - Copy That wins at Addington, Warriors book homecoming and Danny Lee regains playing rights.

Soaring rates bills on the West Coast are forcing some homeowners on low incomes to consider selling up.

It's taken five years for Graham Lindsay to clear his name after the CAA put him through medical checks and grounded him - and then faced accusations of being a narcissist and a stalker.

In today's sports news - Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge postponed, Ronaldo saves the day for United, USA bid to host Rugby World Cups and Sri Lanka into Super 12 at World Cup.

Samoa to go into 2-day lockdown for vaccination, Fiji begins vaccination rollout for children, and more.

On The Sampler this week Tony Stamp attempts to stave off cabin fever by checking out three debut albums - one from Canadian soul singer Charlotte Day Wilson, one from UK dance producer Joy Orbison…

Palau investigating potential Covid-19 community cases.

Plans to close NZ's only oil refinery may leave country exposed to global uncertainty, experts are warning.

Louisa Wall and Louise Upston discuss how MPs choose, devise, draft, and champion their own member's bills. 

Opinion - The government does not seem to have a good understanding of its own hate speech law reforms, and ministers' statements suggest it might have a chilling impact on society and political…

Composing songs and teaching music have been a natural fit for the founding member of The Verlaines who has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Audio

The Queen's Birthday Honours list for 2021 has been announced today, and it includes prominent artist Grahame Sydney, the former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull, and former long-serving MP Ruth Dyson.

Samoa's constitutional crisis deepened on Monday morning with the party that commands the majority of seats locked out of parliament, but still insisting it can form a government today.