Judith Collins

MPs often ask if the Prime Minister stands by all her statements, government policies, and actions knowing the answer will be 'yes', so why do it? asks The House. Audio

The 2020 election disaster continues to haunt the National Party, which is keeping its review into the failed campaign under wraps.

Nobody from the opposition has commented on the review but a leaked… Audio

"Free subject to conditions" - that would be the security status of terror suspect Suhayra Aden in the community if she returns to New Zealand, according to a senior government minister.

It looks… Audio

The government has poured cold water over calls to pay 100 percent of a person's wages for two weeks if they have been told to self-isolate.

Two cases linked to the recent Valentines Day outbreak… Audio

The National Party is urging the government to pay 100 per cent of an employee's wages and salary for two weeks if a person is ordered to self-isolate.

The party says its proposed payment scheme… Audio

New Zealand won't be throwing open its doors to the large numbers of new migrants seen in recent years, once it's ready to open the border.

Covid-19 has brought net migration to a screeching halt… Audio

The National Party has again butted heads with Parliament's Speaker Trevor Mallard - with expletives flying across the debating chamber.

The shenanigans reflect the rocky relationship between them.

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The Opposition has launched an unprecedented attack on Police Commissioner Andrew Coster on Tuesday, with National Party MP Simon Bridges calling him a "wokester" and saying he is not tough enough on… Audio

Question time was considered an essential part of business this week as fewer MPs sat for shorter hours under changing Covid alert levels at Parliament. Video, Audio

National Party leader Judith Collins says a NZ citizen detained in Turkey and suspected of involvement with Islamic State should not be our problem, although she's not fond of the way the government… Audio

Green MP Ricardo Menendez March is facing tough questions after revelations he left the country in December against the government's official advice.

The list MP - who is now back in New Zealand in a… Audio

National Party leader Judith Collins isn't backing moves to protect Māori wards in local government, after a bill preventing citizen-initiated referendums on the wards passed its first reading on… Audio

Judith Collins has had her first experience at Waitangi as National Party leader.  Audio

After years of controversy, speaking for rights for women political leaders on marae may change at Waitangi next year.

Allowance for Jacinda Ardern to deliver a speech from the mahau, or porch, was… Audio

Effective team work will be one of the key priorities for the National Party at its annual retreat, which starts in Wellington today.

The meeting was initially planned for Whangarei, but was moved… Audio

Judith Collins says more tradespeople should be let into New Zealand to help build more houses and ease supply and demand troubles.

The National Party says the country is suffering an unfolding… Audio

The National Party's call for temporary laws to free up land for house building is being dismissed as flawed and short-sighted.

The opposition leader Judith Collins wants new legislation giving… Audio

A Christmas tradition for Morning Report is to bring you season's greetings from some of the politicians we talk to during the year.

Here's the best wishes from the leader of the the National Party… Audio