Stories by Katie Scotcher

National wants to establish a police unit to disrupt gangs, tighten border controls to prevent drugs entering the country and expand the use of alcohol and drug courts.

National has revealed its party list ahead of next month's general election, with a largely unchanged top line-up and two new candidates ranked higher than many sitting MPs.

Disgraced former minister Iain Lees-Galloway is adamant he didn't spend public money to keep up the affair that later got him sacked.

The former Minister of Defence has admitted he "completely forgot" about a report which stated civilian casualties were possible during Operation Burnham. Video

A child was killed during Operation Burnham in 2010, but an inquiry has found the operation that led to their death was justified under international law. Video

Outgoing Labour MP Clare Curran has taken a swipe at the media when describing the "toxic" culture at Parliament.

Judith Collins says National's Palmerston North candidate is the subject of "nasty and dirty" bullying, after a photo on social media appeared to show him impersonating Adolf Hitler.

Winston Peters has used Parliamentary privilege to name those he believes leaked his superannuation details, but has refused to repeat his claims outside the debating chamber.

A six-year-old Korean boy has not been able to attend school for months because Covid-19 border restrictions have left him without a legal guardian in the country.

New National leader Judith Collins has revealed her reshuffled caucus, promoting former leaders Simon Bridges and Todd Muller to the party's front bench.

New National leader Judith Collins has stripped Michael Woodhouse of the health portfolio because of his involvement in the Covid-19 data leak saga, with Dr Shane Reti replacing him

National Party stalwart Michelle Boag gave officials her private email address when asked where best to send a daily list of Covid-19 patients, the Director General of Health says.

The Green Party wants an immediate ban on new industrial coal boilers, as part of its plan to transition away from fossil-fuels.

An intensive care doctor is outraged health officials are giving helicopter rescue trusts a daily list of Covid-19 patients, saying it's completely unnecessary.

The Ministry of Health is refusing to confirm if it supplied Michelle Boag with a daily list of people infected with Covid-19 and their private information. Audio

Former National Party president Michelle Boag says the Ministry of Health sent her the private details of people infected with Covid-19.

Days into his leadership National leader Todd Muller came under fire for a lack of diversity in his shadow Cabinet. Now he says he'll consider it.

Health officials are reviewing the rules which allow international airline crew to stay at hotels during layovers which are also used by the public.

Prisoners serving a sentence of less than three years will now be able to vote in September's general election.

A leading public health expert is backing the Opposition's attack on Covid-19 border controls saying a rigorous system is a matter of life or death.

People travelling to New Zealand may soon have to help cover the cost of their mandatory two-week stay at a quarantine hotel.

The number of people wanting to travel to New Zealand under special exemptions is on the rise, but there's no vacancy at isolation hotels in Auckland.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is adamant the trans-Tasman bubble hasn't been jeopardised after a border botch-up resulted in New Zealand having two active cases of Covid-19.

The Royal Commission investigating abuse in care has appointed its fifth Commissioner, following the shock resignation of its chair last year.

The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says it is "clear as daylight" Auckland light rail will not get Cabinet sign off before the election.