Wellington mayor Tory Whanau says her council will work collaboratively with the government, after its decision to appoint a Crown Observer.
Former Green MP Darleen Tana was ejected from Parliament.
And the government unveiled its rebooted school lunch menu.
Everything that went down in politics on Tuesday:
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It says the new menu will save more than $130 million a year.
The Green Party had applied to use the waka jumping legislation to remove their former MP, the Speaker has announced her seat is now vacant.
The Coalition government is implementing policies that do not have any basis in evidence, one of its former science advisors has claimed. Audio
Casey Costello's order to halve the tax is "something that tobacco companies would have been keen to see," an expert says. Audio
The government's plan to reintroduce a three strikes regime is being strongly opposed by lawyers, who argue there is no evidence it reduces crime or helps people rehabilitate.
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