Daniela Maoate Cox

The first most people hear of new legislation is its first reading in the House but who does the months of grunt work to get it to that stage? Daniela Maoate-Cox finds out how an idea becomes law.  

The government is urged to act on human rights infringements in West Papua and a lack of pathologists, coroners, and resources is causing issues for Maori desperate to get their deceased family…

A petition for the release of an autistic man kept in seclusion for weeks at a time is heard by the Health Committee and departing former prime minister John Key reminiscences to the House.

Ban water exports or charge companies who use water? The issue of commercial water use surfaces in the House again and the Greens ask about government spending on the decommissioning of oil…

Thousands of unwed women forced into adopting out their children from the 1950s to 1980s are now demanding an inquiry into the practice.

The Abortion Supervisory Committee calls for abortion law to be updated, saying it is outdated, confusing and contains insulting language.

Running down the slopes of Mount Tongariro to the Tasman Sea is the Whanganui River which is now legally recognised as a person.

Caravans, dental clinics and gymnasiums as classrooms, and a new law for the national spooks.

A bill giving victims of abuse paid leave from work has its first reading in the House and the Government foreshadows its budget.

Ten years for wages; 47 for captions. Equality for women, the deaf, and hearing impaired takes center stage at Parliament.