Stories by Anneke Smith

Labour's outgoing president Claire Szabó has taken the stage at the party's annual conference to warn "it's all at stake" at next year's general election.

Soraya Peke-Mason will be sworn as a Labour list MP this afternoon, replacing outgoing Speaker Trevor Mallard. Audio

Nearly half of all New Zealand prisoners and their families are in the dark over when they will see one another again.

Solomon Islands says consultation between Pacific nations could be improved, ahead of a foreign affairs bilateral meeting in New Zealand.

Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick will need most of Labour's MPs to swing behind her bill if it is to pass its first hurdle in Parliament.

The review's scope is huge, covering almost everything to do with the running of elections including the voting age and overhang rule.

The government is forging ahead with legislation to restructure how Oranga Tamariki is monitored despite overwhelming opposition that has seen a National MP storm out of Parliament.

The government is seeking urgent advice on immediate changes to the electoral law on donations to political parties.

The government is being told to urgently close a loophole in political donation rules that legal experts say make this country ripe for overseas exploitation.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern believes Kiribati's withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum does not speak to wider disunity amongst its members.

The highly-anticipated Pacific Islands Forum, meeting face-to-face for the first time since the pandemic began, is already off to a rocky start after Kiribati withdrew.

The Prime Minister is returning to Australia for a trade mission to complete the third leg of Aotearoa's reconnection strategy.

Only Winston Peters can prove the Crown's case in the New Zealand First Foundation trial, the defence camp has argued.

The manager at the centre of a workplace investigation into bullying at Victim Support resigned before it wrapped up.

The Crown has described the New Zealand First Foundation's founding document "a sham", as it closes its case against two men accused of mishandling political donations.

East Coast MP Kiri Allan is taking on the justice portfolio announced in this week's Cabinet reshuffle, and already has plenty on her plate.

Victims of serious crime are going without the financial support they're entitled to so the government can keep within budget.

Outgoing Justice Minister Kris Faafoi asked the charity to be more transparent last week after it refused to share a workplace investigation report beyond its board.

The High Court has heard New Zealand First's former secretary once warned secrecy around the NZ First Foundation could expose the party to prosecution.

The High Court has heard from New Zealand First Foundation donors who believed they were giving money to party leader Winston Peters.

Victim Support has finally given the Ministry of Justice a full copy of a report into allegations of bullying and service failure but under the condition very few people see it.

The New Zealand First Foundation fraud trial has had a glimpse of the party's inner workings from a former insider.

The Crown has opened its case against two people charged in the New Zealand First Foundation fraud case.

A former Victim Support worker says the charity refused to replace the bloodied clothes of a woman who'd been stabbed.

The country's lead agency supporting victims of crime and trauma is sitting on a report into allegations of bullying, bad training and delivery failure.