Legislation to clamp down on returning foreign fighters will be delayed after the Justice Minister failed to get the National Party on board.
The counter terrorism bill was scheduled to have its first reading tonight, but has now been shunted well down the list. Andrew Little is proposing a 'control orders' regime to boost government powers to deal with people trying to get back to New Zealand after fighting for extremist groups, or having helped their cause.
But despite a meeting on Monday night, National's leader and the Minister could not reach an agreement.
RNZ political editor Jane Patterson has the details.
