Brooke Van Velden

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced yesterday that the minimum wage for New Zealand workers will increase by $1.50 in April an hour. The 7 percent increase is still below inflation, but brings the… Audio

Throughout this election year we're going to be speaking regularly with MPs from all the country's major political parties. And this morning it's the turn of Act and its deputy leader Brooke van… Audio

Every week we speak to the deputy leaders of the two major parties. This year we are adding to the list and every Friday we will speak to the deputy leader of the ACT party Brooke van Velden. She… Audio

MPs often talk green, but Parliament is lowering its carbon footprint with hundreds of surreptitious solar panels; and providing a much wanted excuse to climb onto the roof.   Audio

We may be more than a year away from the next election, but as far as the ACT Party is concerned, the campaign has begun.

David Seymour revealed his plans for the first 100 days of an ACT coalition… Audio

The government's being criticised for letting its relationships with Pacific islands drift, as China tries to boost its influence in the region.

Leaked documents have revealed Beijing is proposing a… Audio

The election of Australia's new prime minister means there's an opportunity for changes in the trans-Tasman relationship. An advocate for 501 deportees says Australia has become our closest enemy. She… Audio

Question Time works best if the MPs ask tight, non-political questions. Straight questions are more likely to get straight answers, so they’re kept as tight as possible but not always by choice. Audio

A week of questions in Parliament: Some opposition go with 'show me the money' and some with 'defend the covid rules'. Audio

When MPs begin their careers most outline hopeful future achievements. Some very hopeful. Few get to start polishing them off inside a year. Video, Audio

People enduring unbearable suffering from a terminal illness are now able to ask for medical help to end their lives.

The End of Life Choice Act was put to a binding referendum at last year's… Audio

Parliament is considering a major health reform. We outline the symptoms, diagnoses and the treatment plans proposed by the different parties. Audio

The Labour Government has been accused of having one rule for private landlords and another for itself when it comes to meeting its own healthy homes standards.

Fewer than one in five state homes… Audio

Eight hours of debate on Budget 2021 has wrapped up at Parliament with MPs praising and criticising the government's spending plan  Audio