Golriz Ghahraman

Questionable conduct, personal tragedy, and a changing of the guard: the internal of the Green Party. Audio

Former Greens Co-Leader James Shaw on why the party should consider working with National in future, why he's been called a "tree Tory", and what he's got planned after politics. Video, Audio

The Foreign Minister Winston Peters is set to ask Parliament to call on all those involved in the Gaza conflict to "take urgent steps towards establishing a ceasefire".

Peters will also move that MPs… Audio

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The only chance 18-year-old Afghan refugee Arezo Nazari has of bringing her parents to New Zealand is through the government – and so far, three ministers have turned her down.  Audio

MPs have been debating whether to lower the voting age for local council elections to 16 years of age from the current age of 18. Audio

When MPs screw up the consequences can be public and brutal. But sometimes that response has solid reasons which safeguard our system of responsible government. Audio

A testy exchange in the foreign affairs select committee this week served as a reminder that Parliament’s committees decide for themselves who they should be briefed by and how often. Audio

Iran has hanged two men who allegedly killed a member of the country's security forces during the nationwide protests which erupted after the death of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini. 

The executions… Audio

The government has imposed a travel ban on 22 senior members of the Iranian security forces connected to the death of Mahsa Amini.

The 22-year-old woman was killed in September after Iran's morality… Audio

The Green Party is not happy at police suggestions that more active car pursuits could return.

The fleeing-driver policy is going to be looked at again in the new year, with an eye to giving police… Audio

The Green Party's human rights and foreign affairs spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman wants the government to step up its response to violence in Iran.

Until yesterday the government had been quiet on the… Audio

Green Party human rights and foreign affairs spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman is questioning whether Iran used a New Zealand couple as a pawn to stop the government speaking out on its human rights… Audio

A multi-million dollar policing boost will not deal with the drivers of youth crime, the Green Party says.

The police force is getting a $560 million budget boost, with a focus on preventing gang… Audio

In a marked shift in Aotearoa's contribution to the Ukraine, New Zealand is sending a Hercules and 50 soldiers to Europe to help distribute military aid.

It's being described as the country's biggest… Audio

In a major u-turn, Australia has accepted a longstanding offer from New Zealand to take refugees from detention centres in the Pacific.

As a result, this country will take 150 refugees a year for… Audio