Stories by Gia Garrick

Wellington's council and transport bosses are being hauled into Parliament for a "please explain" over the city's bus problems.

Debate around the use and translation of te reo Māori at Parliament has sparked an admission from National's Gerry Brownlee, a former Māori teacher, that he hasn't used the language in two decades.

Protesters have biffed fake 1080 pellets all over Parliament's steps and scattered dead birds, as their campaign to ban the poison continues.

Refugees stuck in Nauru are pinning any hope they have left on the foreign leaders, delegates and media who this week attended the Pacific Islands Forum.

Regional security and other pressing issues like climate change will be top of the formal agenda at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru this week.

National wants the government to deny ex-US army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning entry to New Zealand.

The Justice Minister is reassuring victims he is as focussed on them as he is on rehabilitating criminals as tensions boiled over at a justice summit.

There's hope the government's Criminal Justice Summit - which kicked off last night - will be more than just talk.

The Green Party leadership have dug in their heels and will not be reversing any of the decisions they have made in government.

Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis says the country will have to look at what it's going to do differently to turn round Māori prison figures.

The Green Party wants to increase the cost of dumping rubbish at landfills but National is warning a levy hike could encourage people to dump waste illegally.

The Green Party says it has government support to include water extraction rules in the next review of the Overseas Investment Act.

Legislation has been rushed through to its final reading at Parliament today to beef up the country's animal tracking system, NAIT.

New Zealand First said Chris Bishop's questioning of 'whānau links' around the Wally Haumaha inquiry at Parliament is offensive.

Penalties are on the horizon for farmers who don't comply with the government's animal tracking system, NAIT.

National is demanding a full, independent inquiry into a leak about MPs' expenses.

National MP Judith Collins is digging her heels in over her sharing of a story from a fake news website.

Senior government ministers are losing confidence in deputy commissioner of police Wally Haumaha, who is the focus of a stalling government inquiry. Audio

The Consumer Affairs Minister, Kris Faafoi, plans to step in and make changes to a proposed law for country of origin food labelling, because a parliamentary committee will not.

The European Union has expressed enthusiasm and support for the government's renewed approach in the Pacific.

MPs are being criticised for watering down a member's bill requiring whole foods to have labels on them stating where they came from.

National wants the head of an inquiry into Wally Haumaha's appointment as deputy police commissioner to step down or be sacked.

Government agencies have been asked to urgently find ways to reduce the harm caused by synthetic cannabis.

The government wants public input on a set of well-being indicators it intends to incorporate into all future Budgets.