Ginny Andersen

Over the last six years, parliament’s clerks have had to vet about 40,000 written questions each year. So how are written questions used and what are the democratic benefits? Audio

There are growing calls for random roadside drug testing after seven people were killed in crashes over the Easter long weekend.

The previous government introduced legislation allowing roadside drug… Audio

The Labour party is accusing the government of making officers play "wardrobe police" over gang patches worn in public.

Labour's police spokesperson Ginny Andersen spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Labour is promising another 300 front-line police, and new laws to crack down on gangs, if it wins the election.

The Government has already lifted police numbers by 1,800 since 2017.

But in the year… Audio

New law and order promises from Labour have had a warm but 'I'll believe it when I see it' reaction from police and justice advocates.

If re-elected, Labour will deliver 300 new officers, legislation… Audio

MPs have been debating whether to lower the voting age for local council elections to 16 years of age from the current age of 18. Audio

The election looms over Parliament’s debating chamber and as it nears the behaviour of MPs is amplified, especially in Question Time. We have a week of photos from above and from down amongst it.

Parliament will censure National MP Tim van de Molen next week, for threatening Transport Committee chair Shanan Halbert and impeding him in his parliamentary duties.

The privileges committee found… Audio

Time now for our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party. And today we'll hear from Justice and Police minister Ginny Andersen. She started by telling Nathan Rarere about what she thinks of ACT being in… Audio

Time now for our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party. And cases going throuugh New Zealand's district courts are facing major delays, with the justice system struggling under a growing load that was… Audio

Auckland police are focusing on identifying the two people who were killed when Matu Reid walked through a downtown building site, firing a pump-action shotgun yesterday.

There is still no clear… Audio

The government has unveiled new measures to target youth and gang crime, but they won't come into force before the election. It intends to create a new offence, so that those who use young people to… Video, Audio

The ACT Party has this month latched on to a Question Time tactic of using consecutive supplementary questions on a repetitive theme as a pile-on against the government. Audio

The National Party says, if elected, it will make gang membership an aggravating factor for any case that comes before the courts, regardless of whether that membership played a part in the crime… Audio

MPs often talk green, but Parliament is lowering its carbon footprint with hundreds of surreptitious solar panels; and providing a much wanted excuse to climb onto the roof.   Audio

This week four backbencher bills got a shot at glory. Two were gloriously popular, one successful but contentious, and one pipped at the legislative post. Audio

This week in Parliament, a Member's Bill is duelling with a Government Bill to enable easier transferral between the Māori and general electoral rolls.

The main event at Parliament might be a very long set-piece debate, but the bills being debated are all scene stealers. Audio

Covid-19 may dominate the news but Parliament does also have other things on its agenda. Quite a few things including a repeal of Three Strikes sentencing law. Audio