Stories by Louis Collins

After over two decades, Labour stalwart David Parker is calling time on a long career with just a few things left unachieved.

Parliament's select committees are well known. But the public never gets to watch the Cabinet committees, which scrutinises all policies before they reach Cabinet.

The new Budget is six weeks away, but this week Parliament was still debating spending from the 2023/2024 financial year, in a long-delayed annual review debate.

Nearly 25 years after the "corngate" saga, the debate on genetic modification is back thanks to the Gene Technology Bill currently in select committee.

Submitters on a bill about Parliament asked for more MPs, a budget office and changes to Parliament's funding model. Audio

This week, Parliament began with a secret bill and ended with a debate on coping with climate change. Between the two the word "growth" bloomed. Audio

Under urgency, parliament has updated the law on electronically-monitored bail, bringing it into line with actual practice.

The current government is 16 months old. In just another 18 months or so, NZ will once again be at the polling booth. Audio

Parliament kicked off this week with the first reading of a bill trying to improve something everybody hates - sitting in traffic.

This week, MPs and the public got a rare glimpse behind the curtain of New Zealand's spy agencies.

When the bill to restore NZ citizenship to some Samoans passed this week, Parliament's galleries were full to the brim with members of the community.