Stories by Katie Scotcher

Shane Reti has been elected deputy leader of the National Party, unopposed, in today's caucus meeting.

National's election fortunes could go from bad to worse when the results from the almost 500,000 special votes are revealed today. Audio

Incoming transport minister isn't promising shovels in the ground on Auckland's light rail by the end of this political term, but says the city desperately needs it.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will this morning sign a cooperation agreement with the Green Party that will give its two co-leaders ministerial portfolios outside of Cabinet.

The Green Party co-leaders say talks with Labour are in the closing stages and they expect to take a deal to their membership by Friday.

While Labour and National are aspiring for first prize, ACT and the Greens are racing for the bronze medal. Audio

National leader Judith Collins spoke to her maker before casting her ballot, but refused to share what was discussed.

Advance NZ co-leaders Jami-Lee Ross and Billy Te Kahika have challenged MediaWorks' decision not to include their party in its multi-party debate in the High Court.

Covid-19 is front and centre in the run up to this year's election, and the outliers striving for a place in Parliament want to make radical changes to the pandemic recovery plan, while others don't… Video

There are fears the sharing and promoting of Covid-19 misinformation by political party leaders will have disastrous consequences for Māori.

'The Outliers', as we're calling them, are the small parties also striving for a place in Parliament - an array of colourful characters with starkly different, sometimes controversial, policy… Video

Health officials have not yet considered moving the country to alert level 1.

Greens co-leader James Shaw is scrambling to find a solution after his support for handing millions of taxpayer dollars to a private "green school" caused a storm of controversy.

Plans for a second tranche of support for struggling media companies have been scrapped because coalition partners failed to reach consensus.

MPs return to the capital today, for three weeks at Parliament they weren't expecting.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters wants the election delayed, saying there is now no ability to conduct a free and fair election on 19 September.

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.