13:13 NZDT Mon Dec 12 2011
Lockwood Smith will continue to be Parliament's Speaker but its likely he will get a top diplomatic posting around the middle of next year.
07:54 NZDT Mon Dec 12 2011
The government has a majority of just one vote for the legislation that will allow it to partially sell state assets but John Key says it's solid.
02:31 NZDT Mon Dec 12 2011
Prime Minister John Key is to announce his new cabinet on Monday after sealing the last of his support agreements with minor parties.
16:32 NZDT Sun Dec 11 2011
Prime Minister John Key has signed a support agreement with the Maori Party which gives his government a solid majority in the new Parliament.
13:40 NZDT Sun Dec 11 2011
The Green Party's calling for online enrolment and voting to help boost voter turnout in future, after turnout fell to a record low in last month's election.
11:47 NZDT Sun Dec 11 2011
The new Labour MP for Waitakere, Carmel Sepuloni, says voters are sick of National MP Paula Bennett's hardline stance on welfare.
07:27 NZDT Sun Dec 11 2011
The referendum on the electoral system has delivered overwhelming support for MMP and the Electoral Commission will soon start its review.
18:07 NZDT Sat Dec 10 2011
National's Nicky Wagner says the jury is out on whether the earthquake in February was a factor in National taking Christchurch Central from Labour.
17:46 NZDT Sat Dec 10 2011
National lost one of its seats on final election results but Prime Minister John Key is going ahead with the formation of his new government.
15:40 NZDT Sat Dec 10 2011
Voters have chosen to retain the current MMP voting system, with the Electoral Commission releasing the results of last month's referendum on Saturday.
14:55 NZDT Sat Dec 10 2011
New Zealand's first deaf MP Mojo Mathers says she's going to be an advocate for disabled people.
16:01 NZDT Fri Dec 9 2011
The result of the referendum on the electoral system will be announced on Saturday and MMP supporters have already planned to celebrate.
15:18 NZDT Fri Dec 9 2011
Final election results will be released on Saturday and some MPs are waiting to find out whether special votes will boot them out of Parliament.
13:45 NZDT Fri Dec 9 2011
With NZ First back, a strong Greens caucus and a new Labour leader the new parliament promises some lively debates.
15:58 NZDT Wed Dec 7 2011
National has agreed to set up charter schools without even reviewing evidence which shows they were a disastrous experiment overseas, teachers say.
11:24 NZDT Wed Dec 7 2011
The two men vying for the Labour leadership have posted their speeches to closed meetings on the party's website.
05:03 NZDT Wed Dec 7 2011
United Future leader Peter Dunne is insisting his income sharing bill progresses through Parliament but a pay equity lobby group is opposing it.
12:54 NZDT Tue Dec 6 2011
Labour says a proposal to set up charter schools in quake-ravaged Christchurch is an offensive, unjustified move that will add to already huge problems.
11:08 NZDT Tue Dec 6 2011
Maori Party president Pem Bird says there's no challenge to Pita Sharples' co-leadership and he was wrong when he said a takeover was imminent.
09:24 NZDT Tue Dec 6 2011
Support agreements between National, ACT and United Future favour "dangerous pet projects" over important issues, the Green Party says.
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