Judith Collins
English set to be PM as rivals drop out
Bill English is set to replace John Key as Prime Minister, after the only other contenders bowed out of the contest for National's leadership. Video, Audio
Today In Parliament for 7 December 2016
Opposition interest in National's three-legged race to find a replacement for John Key as their party leader and prime minister dominates Question Time and the General Debate. Questions include some… Audio
PM wannabes: Fast facts on Collins, English and Coleman
Judith Collins, Bill English or Jonathan Coleman will be Prime Minister on Monday. Here's what you need to know.
Another MP backs Bill English
Whanganui MP Chester Borrows has publicly thrown his support behind Deputy Prime Minister Bill English in his bid to become National Party leader.
Collins: Hager is trying to scaremonger
National Party leaderhip contender Judith Collins has rejected a suggestion from investigative journalist Nicky Hager that she would be a risky choice for Prime Minister. Audio
Collins rejects she's "risky choice" for PM
Judith Collins says Nicky Hager is criticising her candidacy in order to scaremonger and make himself relevent again. She says he is dredging up innuendos and talking about the past. She says that's… Audio
Would-be PMs quizzed on priorities
Tax cuts, infrastructure and law and order are among key issues for the three National MPs standing to replace Prime Minister John Key. Video
Judith Collins: Why I want to be PM
Three National MPs are vying be the country's next Prime Minister after John Key resigned. Minister of Corrections and Minister of Police, Judith Collins, is one of them. She joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
English, Coleman - and now Collins
"It's going to need someone who can make decisions, who can think on their feet, who can make hard calls." Video
"You could have knocked me down with a feather" - Judith Collins
Cabinet minister Judith Collins doesn't rule out throwing her hat in the ring for the National party leadership Audio
Collins disputes officer's 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' claims
Police Minister Judith Collins is unaware of any evidence officers have been diverted from organised crime to deal with burglaries, she says.
Insight: Paremoremo prisoners say they still cannot get work experience outside the wire.
Two years after Phillip John Smith went on the run to South America, prisoners say they still cannot get work experience outside the wire.
Police fall short of new burglary target
Police have fallen short of a target of attending all home burglary calls, latest crime statistics show.
Corrections Minister Collins on the prison muster blowout
Judith Collins defends planning for rising inmate numbers. Audio
No hearing until 2017 for prison payout claim
A man who was held in jail for longer than he should have been will have to wait until next year for his compensation claim to be heard.
Poor parenting a by-product of poverty - Northland counsellor
A counsellor who has worked with troubled Northland families for more than 40 years says poor parenting is a natural by-product of inter-generational poverty.
Collins' poverty comments simplistic - Te Puea chair
Police Minister Judith Collins is oversimplifying the causes of child poverty by saying it's down to bad parenting, an Auckland marae chairman says. Audio
Police Minister says poverty comments taken out of context
The Police Minister Judith Collins says her comments about child poverty have been taken out of context saying bad parenting not just the preserve of the poor. Audio
Child poverty campaigners aghast at Police Minister claim.
Campaigners against child poverty are aghast at a claim by the Police Minister, Judith Collins, that there's money available for every New Zealander who needs it. Audio
Poverty campaigners appalled by Police Minister's comments
Judith Collins blames problems stemming from child poverty on bad parenting. Poverty campaigners say her comments show a lack of understanding. Audio
