Gerry Brownlee

Parliament is weird sometimes, like when it debates which hat you wear to put the cat out. No, really. It's part of the question... Is the Prime Minister always the Prime Minister? Audio

Undemocratic, arrogant and an abuse of power. Just of few of the adjectives National is using to describe the government's move to push its Land Transport Regional Fuel Tax Amendment Bill through the… Audio

The government is being accused of an "extraordinary and unprecedented abuse of power". The opposition is up in arms after Chris Hipkins yesterday moved a motion to push the Land Transport Regional… Audio

A strongly-worded letter penned by the National Party questioning the conduct of the Speaker of the House has been ignored by Trevor Mallard. The Speaker has been confiscating questions from MPs and… Audio

The Parliamentary showdown between the Opposition and the Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard, remains entrenched - with National MPs saying they're not backing down. It comes after scenes of… Audio

A hastily drafted Member's Bill to help farmers struggling with mounting debt has passed its first reading at Parliament, with unanimous support. It was a last-minute addition to the order paper, and… Audio

Former EQC Minister and Ilam MP Gerry Brownlee talks to Rowan Quinn about Southern Response claimant Peter Glasson, who is on his eighth day of a hunger strike, and whether EQC will run out of money.

It could be up to 18 months before 660 Christchurch homeowners know who will pay for earthquake damage repairs with a $1 billion price tag. The bill to fix houses in Christchurch that weren't repaired… Audio

Conan Young put, among other things, the former EQC Minister's claim that Christchurch re-repairs are high due to aftershocks, to experts. Audio

The bill to fix botched EQC repairs from the Canterbury earthquakes has hit $270 million - four times what the previous Government predicted just two years ago. The Minister responsible for the… Audio

EQC has spent $160 million remediating botched and incomplete repairs on quake-damaged Christchurch homes, which is almost $100m more than what was estimated to be the "overall' cost. Video, Audio

Ministers sometimes refer to themselves in the third person - and it's not solipsism, it's required.  Audio

The former Earthquake Commission minister, Gerry Brownlee, is defending EQC over claims its assessors in Christchurch were not properly qualified. A growing number of homeowners in the city are… Audio

Former EQC Minister Gerry Brownlee refused an interview with John Campbell on unresolved EQC claims, because he believes the journalist too often offers his own opinions and cuts off answers. Video, Audio

The race to replace Bill English as National Party leader is in full swing with Simon Bridges, Amy Adams and Judith Collins launching their bids last week. Other contenders may come forward this week… Audio

The MPs return to the House for the first time in 2018 and pay tribute to former MP Jim Anderton who died in January. Audio