In Parliament

Dame Patsy Reddy is sworn in as the 21st Governor General of New Zealand during a ceremony on the steps of Parliament House in Wellington. The ceremony features a powhiri and guard of honour, as well… Read more Audio

After passing motions hoping for peace in Syria and other conflict zones, MPs go to war in the General Debate over which party is most to blame for the failure to have extended time on Friday to pass… Read more Audio

Plans for an extended sitting on Friday cancelled after New Zealand First withdraws support for two treaty settlement bills - a move which Winston Peters seeks to explain; Green MP Julie-Anne Genter… Read more Audio

Parliament resumes at 9am to debate treaty settlement bills. New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, defends his party's decision to vote against two of the five settlement bills, ending plans of… Read more Audio

Parliament to sit under extended hours provisions on Thursday for progress on treaty settlement bills; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee one of the few committees dues to meet; National's… Read more Audio

Maori Party co-leader, Te Ururoa Flavell, slams New Zealand First for breaking cross-party agreement to sit this Friday to pass five Treaty settlement Bills. His attack on New Zealand First in… Read more Audio

Green MP Kevin Hague delivers his valedictory speech after 8 years in the House; Evidence Amendment Bill passes final reading unopposed; Three bills split from the Electronic Monitoring of Offenders… Read more Audio

Fish, fishing and fish dumping were under scrutiny in a third of the daily dozen questions for ministers and an urgent debate. Questions for the prime minister about the government's proposed marine… Read more Audio

Speaker receives complaint from Labour's Chris Hipkins alleging the Parliamentary Service interfered with his email correspondence with a journalist, saying it blocked an email carrying an attachment… Read more Audio

Parliament adjourns for the weekend after making progress on three Government Bills; Christopher Finlayson gives a preview of the week ahead; Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee receives… Read more Audio

Environment Minister, Nick Smith, clashes with Labour's fisheries spokesman, Rino Tirikatene, in Question Time over the Government's proposal to establish a marine reserve around the Kermadecs. The… Read more Audio

Thursday to see submissions on two petitions at select committees - one calling for the repatriation of bodies of NZ servicemen killed in Malaysia, and the other calling for the reversal of on… Read more Audio