Stories by Daniela Maoate-Cox

The Justice Select Committee is calling for submissions on its inquiry into the 2017 General Election. The House asks the committee chair Raymond Huo to explain.

Each sitting day in the House MPs work through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week.

A bill giving victims of domestic violence extra leave from work has been passed by Parliament.

Each sitting day in the House MPs work through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week.

Parliament is considering a bill that will stop a road from being a road for an Auckland event which won't happen for another three years. It's all to avoid a twisting Inception-style spiral of laws.

The first words of an MP in the House are an insight into their values, upbringing and plans for their time as an MP. The House breaks down Dan Bidois' maiden statement.

Each sitting day in the House MPs work through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week.

Question time is the most familiar part of a sitting day for many people but its lesser known relative, the written question, made a cameo appearance last week.

A new MP has been swearing in the House but nobody minded, in fact, they applauded it.

Each sitting day in the House MPs work through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week.

The House compares the Speaker to superman, visits a select committee briefing and examines the tactics of filibustering in a look back at this week at Parliament.

The Maori Affairs Committee has been briefed on how the history of Aotearoa is taught in schools but what does a briefing actually do?

Each sitting day in the House MPs work through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week.

MPs have held the first ever debate on the Investment Statement - an analysis of Government assets and liabilities - in yet another debate about money.

Each sitting day in the House MPs work through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week.

The House speaks to first-term MPs before and after a few months on select committees to find out if it meets their expectations. 

The Education and Workforce committee has heard stories of employees losing breaks and their jobs as it considers proposed changes to employment law.

Each sitting day in the House MPs work their way through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week.

The Finance Minister Grant Robertson has announced the Government's spending plan for the next financial year. Here's how it played out in the House.

There is a lot of talk about the Government's Budget 2018 so we've written a made-up diary of the Minister for Finance to explain what's going on.

Each sitting day in the House MPs work their way through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week.

A select committee has heard about families cooking on BBQs rather than risk a rent increase if the landlord fixes the oven at a hearing on the Child Poverty Reduction Bill. 

New Zealand Sign Language interpreters will be a permanent fixture at question time but how will they deal with Parliament’s strange language?

Each sitting day in the House MPs work their way through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week.

Non-Government MPs can get bills through the House but need a little bit of luck to do so.