Nicola Willis

The government is due to deliver its plans to "tilt the balance" of the housing market towards first-home buyers on Tuesday morning.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke to reporters on Monday ahead… Audio

Our Sunday panelists discuss the Covid-19 situation in New Zealand, whether domestic travel is the backbone of our travel industry, and whether we should be funding an America's Cup that is not held… Audio

Parliament has many rules about how question time can be run and the Speaker pulled up a few MPs for errors this week Audio

The National Party says families who want to own their own home may have a better chance of winning Lotto than getting into the Government's Progressive Home Ownership Scheme.

Only 12 families have… Audio

The government is under pressure for having housed just 12 families under its Progressive Home Ownership Scheme, since it launched seven months ago.

Seventy-eight more families have been contracted… Audio

The National Party says reforms to the Resource Management Act announced yesterday may make it harder, rather than easier, to build houses.

The government has confirmed it will scrap the RMA and… Audio

Home ownership rates have hit a 70 year low and those working in housing are not at all surprised.

A new 150-page report from Stats NZ titled Housing in Aotearoa: 2020 reveals a grim portrait of the… Audio

MPs have raced through four bills in their first proper week of Parliament passing new laws on festival drug testing, Covid-19, and income tax.  Audio

Judith Collins has held onto the National Party leadership and has a new wingman - Dr Shane Reti.

All eyes are now turning to who will get what in Collins' shadow cabinet, which will be announced at… Audio

On their way out the door MPs took a last swing at representation, policy ideas and general fisticuffs. Audio

More than $11 million dollars being committed to Taranaki's Green School, the National Party says it's hypocritical, and goes against the Green Party's own policy of not funding private schools.

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Disappointing, just a band-aid, missing the point - it seems the government's international student lifeline for the education sector is missing the pass mark.

A $51 million fund has been pledged to… Audio

A large number of National Party MPs could be looking for work after September 19, based on current poll results. If the election was today, the so-called team of 55 could lose about 23 players.

The… Video, Audio

The National Party says growing demand for public housing shows that the government has failed to deliver on its promises.

There are now almost 18,000 eligible households waiting for a state or… Audio

If David Clark vacated the job of Health Minister, who could or would want to slide into a set of shoes that have made a few missteps?

It's no secret the Opposition's gunning for the minister to be… Audio

Another university is coming under pressure to compensate students who are forced to study online. The University of Waikato has already opted against face-to-face lectures next semester.

Now… Audio

Like us all Parliament has been slowly, inexorably returning to normal service. This week included two quite novel events - at least novel recently. Video, Audio