Simon Bridges

The National Party and its leader, Simon Bridges, was in Winston Peters' firing line on the weekend at New Zealand First's annual conference in Tauranga. Mr Peters told the roughly 300 guests that… Audio

Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges hit out at the government on Twitter for 'compensating meth crooks' after Housing NZ said it would compensate people evicted from state houses… Video, Audio

The government's junior partner is attacking the decision to stay on in Iraq. The Green Party says the money would be better spent on humanitarian relief and the soldiers should be brought home now… Audio

Over the weekend, the coalition government presented its 'blueprint' to demonstrate unity following open disagreements between New Zealand First and Labour on policies including the refugee quota and… Video, Audio

Beginner te reo Māori classes throughout New Zealand are continuing to grow in popularity. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui has been speaking to reo champions right across the board - leading in politics… Video, Audio

Clare Curran has resigned, but the National Party is continuing to pursue her, calling for the release of emails from her personal Gmail account relating to her role as Minister. National believes… Video, Audio

National MP's have signed privacy waivers that mean they'll now be forced to hand over their communications dating back to the start of February. The aim is to find out whether the leaking of Simon… Video, Audio

Small businesses are being given the opportunity to vent their frustrations with the government by telling the National Party what they think needs to be done.

The Opposition is launching a campaign… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has flatly rejected accusations from National that she had any influence over the Speaker's decision to halt an inquiry into the leak of Simon Bridges' expenses. Video, Audio

Richard Harman from Politik joins us to talk about the latest developments in this intriguing, snowballing story and what options are available to chase down the leaker. Audio

The National Party is still going ahead with its own investigation into who leaked Simon Bridges expenses to the media despite police already knowing who that person is. On Friday RNZ revealed a… Audio

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins Susie Ferguson to discuss the latest in politics, including National's investigation into who leaked leader Simon Bridges' expenses early, and government… Audio

The National Party is committed to going ahead with its own investigation into who leaked Simon Bridges' expenses to the media after the Speaker put the kibosh on an official inquiry last week. On… Audio

The inquiry into who leaked National leader Simon Bridges' expenses has been canned after a person claiming to be a National MP confessed in an anonymous text and pleaded for the inquiry to end for… Video, Audio

The National leader Simon Bridges fronts up to media over the latest twist in the expenses leak controversy. A person claiming to be a National MP has sent Mr Bridges an anonymous text confessing to… Audio

Simon Bridges says the Green Party is losing out being a coalition partner in the government. The Green Party leadership at its weekend AGM dug in their heels saying they won't be reversing any of the… Audio

Thousands of people made their way to Ngāruawahia at the weekend for the 12th koroneihana celebrations for the Māori King. The five-day celebrations were marred by accusations of extravagant spending… Audio

Newshub’s early reveal of Simon Bridges’ big bill for travel created a political drama for the media this week. But the handling of the leaked info also sparked criticism from some pundits and others… Audio