Jo Moir

A recent Ministry of Health report presented to MPs showed suicide rates were up 17 percent in rural areas compared to a drop of 7 percent in cities and towns.

The parents of a baby at the centre of an attempted removal by Oranga Tamariki are refusing to participate in a government review.

The Green Party is throwing its support behind the foreign fighters legislation at the eleventh hour giving the government the numbers to pass it.

Members of the Indian community are angry at an immigration policy change making it harder for to bring spouses to NZ - but Shane Jones says anyone not happy should "catch the next flight home." Audio

Move over Grey Power, here comes Young New Zealand First. Audio

There was no big policy announcement from New Zealand First leader Winston Peters today despite promising there would be.

New Zealand First members have voted in favour of reconsidering the party's position on drug testing at festivals.

The National Party in it's current state wouldn't be worth negotiating with, Winston Peters says.

A remit that would allow accredited employers to use 90-day trials for prisoners and 100 hours community service for young people are some of the new policy ideas from NZ First members.

About a hundred disgruntled licensed gun owners have descended on the New Zealand First conference to tell the party leader Winston Peters that they feel like victims.

Power Play - It's not you Jacinda, it's me, Winston. Will the coalition government break up before the next election? Jo Moir asks.

The Justice Minister says he's not interested in bargaining with the National Party over new counter-terrorism legislation.

The Speaker has limited the number of questions Simon Bridges can ask in the House as a punishment for the National Party defying Trevor Mallard by not pulling down their attack ads.

The Prime Minister has greeted American comedian Stephen Colbert at Auckland Airport this morning, as she promised to do when she appeared with the host on The Late Show in New York last month.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the tightening up on who can move to New Zealand is a direct response to his party's demands during coalition negotiations with Labour.

A review of how convicted Czech drug smuggler Karel Sroubek was granted residency has recommended the Immigration Minister only intervene in deportation cases as a last resort.

The government's reinstating of the parent visa category for migrants has been criticised for only catering to the rich.

The prospect of a cheaper power bill is music to the ears of low income families counting each and every dollar. Audio

The Transport Ministry says legitimate submissions opposing the car tax-rebate scheme were wrongly disregarded as spam.

The review of Parliament's rules around using Parliamentary TV footage has been brought forward following a Labour Party complaint about National's attack ads.

The National Party says to break an impasse with the Speaker, it would consider making a U-turn and support official footage being used for political advertising.

The National Party is accusing Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter of gagging New Zealanders opposed to the car tax-rebate scheme.

In an act of mass defiance, the National Party has thumbed its nose at the Speaker over his ruling that all political attack ads with edited Parliamentary TV footage have to be removed by 5pm.

Power Play - National and Labour are both being hypocritical over parliamentary footage in attack ads, but at least the opposition can see the funny side, Jo Moir writes. Video

The Speaker has called time on National's political attack ads and has ordered they be pulled by end of play tomorrow.