Stories by Daniela Maoate-Cox

A group of MPs spent five days travelling through Tonga and Fiji. Was it part of the job or tropical holiday? Daniela Maoate-Cox follows them through Fiji to find out.

A group of MPs spent five days travelling through Tonga and Fiji. Were they on a junket or was it work? Daniela Maoate-Cox follows them through Suva, Fiji to find out.

A group of MPs spent five days travelling through Tonga and Fiji. Were they soaking up some sun or was it work? Daniela Maoate-Cox follows them through Fiji on day three to find out.

A group of MPs spent five days travelling through Tonga and Fiji. Were they sunning around the Pacific or was it work? Daniela Maoate-Cox follows them to workshops, schools, and chapels to find out.

A group of MPs spent five days travelling through Tonga and Fiji. Were they sunning around the Pacific or was it work? Daniela Maoate-Cox followed them to find out.

Five New Zealand MPs travelled through Tonga and Fiji on a Speaker-led delegation. This is a six part series following the group to find out what they do and why 

New Zealand's Speaker Trevor Mallard says MPs have a disproportionate amount of contact with parliamentarians from Europe and need to work more with their Pacific neighbours.

Tonga 2018 Youth MP 'Aulola 'Ake says Tongan youth are often seen as problematic and national leaders need to create more opportunities for youth to change the stereotype.

On Wednesdays at Parliament MPs argue about general topics in the aptly named General Debate. This week turned into a bit of a tit-for-tat.

Most of the time MPs debate about the future but last week they looked back at the first women to enter Parliament and the Crown's invasion of Parihaka

National MPs asked the Prime Minister the same question five times on Wednesday. Here's how it happened in the House.

Parliament has begun work on a bill to reform the process of succeeding to Māori land including tikanga-focussed solutions to land ownership disputes.

A year's worth of rosters and a bill to improve care of tertiary students will be worked on at Parliament this week.

MPs are working on legislation to reform abortion law and their decisions are often shaped by those who turn up to talk to them at select committee. 

Parliament is working on the second piece of promised firearms legislation from the Government and is asking for the public to share their views. 

Firearms legislation is back at Parliament this week and MPs might finish off a stage of the End of Life Choice Bill. 

Budget 2019 was announced back in May but the bill has only just been passed by the House. Here's how it happened.

Budget 2019 was announced in May but it's only just reaching its final stage in the House this week.

Some weeks are quieter at Parliament but there are still a couple of bills to watch out for - Kāinga Ora and the Ngāti Hinerangi settlement

The Rua Kēnana Pardon Bill doesn’t just restore his mana, it adds his poetry to the law.

More than 50 things are listed on Parliament's to-do list but for those short on time The House has picked the two bills to watch for this week.

MPs at Parliament say they're making the time for te reo Māori lessons to honour the language.  

Parliament's question time provides a chance for MPs to bring up all sorts of issues and this week foreign donations to parties entered the mix.

MPs are spending 11 hours scrutinising the Government’s spending decisions line by line but it’s more than worth it says the Leader of the House Chris Hipkins.

This week Parliament works through more of Budget 2019, and on a bill to let you watch the Rugby World Cup at the pub.