Yvette Mc Cullough

The Labour MP Trevor Mallard has just been re-elected as Parliament's Speaker, with today marking the official opening of the 53rd Parliament.

A ceremony has been underway at Parliament where New… Audio

ACT's plan to roll back gun legislation is facing the cold, hard facts of political reality.

Pro-gun policies helped ACT achieve an election surge - but Labour's new police minister is firm that no… Audio

National leader Judith Collins is accusing the government of playing politics by not immediately backing Chris Liddell to head the OECD.

The New Zealand businessman-turned Donald Trump advisor was… Audio

If it was a Covid-19 election, this could be called a Covid-19 Cabinet, with the pandemic having a big hand in the shape of the new line up.

Chris Hipkins will take up the newly created role of… Audio

We cross to Grant Robertson for his reaction. We also check in at Labour HQ with Yvette McCullough and a more subdued National party with Craig McCulloch. Video, Audio

RNZ political reporter Yvette McCullough is with the Labour leader, Jacinda Ardern, in Auckland.

She spoke to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui. Audio

The Labour leader, Jacinda Ardern, has been in Christchurch this morning, where she has been charming a group of primary school children and taking selfies with admirers.

She's also been batting away… Audio

The leaders of the National and Labour parties have been campaigning in battleground Wellington seats this morning, as we draw closer to election day.

Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern were both… Audio

As political parties hit the final week of the campaign National leader Judith Collins isn't backing down on her wealth tax attack on Labour.

Collins says a Labour-Green government would introduce a… Video, Audio

The government is being called out for not delivering on its promise to transform a justice and corrections system that is failing Māori. 

Right now Māori make up around 16 percent of the population… Audio

Justice advocates fear changes to help reduce Māori incarceration rates have lost momentum.

Currently Māori make up more than half of the prison population - and nearly half of those released from… Audio

A Covid-19 Alert Level 1 crowd has taken the election debates between Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins to a whole new level.

The two faced off in front of a packed audience in the Christchurch Town… Audio

Labour is asking voters to back its long term plan to reform the justice system.

In 2017 it promised change to break the cycle of offending and tackle the root causes of crime.

It set the target of… Audio

National has unveiled its plan to help get those out of work back into jobs - as well as its mental health policy.

If elected, National says it would give tertiary training providers four thousand… Audio

Labour has promised it will keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter open for another three to five years if re-elected to Government.

Leader Jacinda Ardern and their Energy spokesperson Megan Woods… Audio

Elbow bumps, physically distanced public meetings and a liberal dousing of hand sanitiser - it's all part of the new normal out on the campaign trail.

It seems some politicians are adjusting better… Audio

The Labour Party is headlining its election season education policy with a promise to close the pay gap for early childhood teachers.

It has also reannounced its pledge to extend its free lunch… Audio

Aucklanders are waking up to life out of lockdown after the city moved out of Alert Level 3 at midnight.

But it isn't completely joining the rest of the country in Alert Level 2 - instead moving to… Audio