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At next year's election the Maori Party will have a completely new leadership team in place, following the announcement this week by one of its founding co-leaders, Pita Sharples, that he will stand… Audio

A week after submissions closed on the Government's new spy legislation there are doubts about whether it has enough support to get it through Parliament. Audio

Polling booths for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election close in just over a week. Chris Bramwell has been on the campaign trail with the four main candidates. Audio

The Prime Minister might have hoped that Peter Dunne's resignation as a minister last week would end the controversy over the leaking of the Kitteridge report into the country's electronic spy agency… Audio

The leader of United Future, Peter Dunne, has resigned as a minister, following the outcome of an inquiry into the leaking of a highly sensitive report on the Government's spy agency. Audio

Green Party holds its annual conference this weekend. Audio

Bidding for new petroleum exploration permits began today as the Government opens up a vast expanse of off shore areas to deep sea mining. Audio

PNG Trade Minister speaks out about trade imbalance between island countries and New Zealand and Australia, and is opposed to the PACER Plus scheme for a Pacific common market. Audio

In the days leading up to this week's Budget there was plenty of talk it would include policies to rein in rising house prices and to help alleviate poverty. Audio

This week the Government sold its 49 percent stake in Mighty River Power, raising one-point-seven billion dollars. It also introduced under urgency legislation which will make it easier for the… Audio

Trade Unions in NZ and Australia have launched a campaign to tell tourists about Fiji's political situation, but they've been accused of harming families in Fiji. Audio

The Labour Party MP for Ikaroa-Rawhiti, Parekura Horomia, died on Monday afternoon and his tangi is underway at his turangawaewae, Hauiti Marae. Audio

For the first time in the region's history, a delegation of more than 60 Pacific MPs and political leaders came to the New Zealand Parliament to participate in a regional assembly. Audio

New Zealand's Parliament passed historic legislation in 2013 to enshrine marriage equality in law - the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to do so. Audio

The actions of the Prime Minister in relation to the Government's electronic spy agency have once again come under intense scrutiny, following the release of a highly critical report into the GCSB. Audio

The Prime Minister has faced criticism all week over revelations he rang Ian Fletcher about the job as director of the Government Communications Security Bureau. Audio

An embarrassing breach of confidential information by the Earthquake Commission has raised questions about whether there is a systemic problem with privacy across the whole of An embarrassing breach… Audio

The Government is still refusing to abandon the error-ridden Novopay system, even though a review has found the school payroll remains unstable and the taxpayer bailout for it has surged to at least… Audio

The two men who used to head Solid Energy have broken their silence over how the state owned coal company ended up nearly $400 million in debt. Audio

After getting the green light for its partial asset sales programme from the Supreme Court, the Government's wasted no time getting the process underway for the first company, Mighty River Power. Audio

Release of documents reveal truth about Hobbit dispute. Audio

The ACT Party goes in to its annual meeting this weekend hoping to breathe new life into its party membership and leave recent troubles behind. Audio

The New Zealand First MP, Richard Prosser, has dug in his heels and is refusing to heed calls for his resignation, after he wrote a column about air safety, terrorism and young Muslim men. Audio

Compared with previous visits, this year's political visits to Waitangi ran relatively smoothly. However, infighting between local elders threatened to overshadow the Prime Minister's traditional… Audio

The first official day back at Parliament on Tuesday was more reminiscent of the first day back at school, with personal attacks and political point scoring characterising the Prime Minister's… Audio