Stories by Daniela Maoate-Cox

Each sitting day MPs work through legislation and at the top of the list today is a bill on oil and gas exploration permits.

A bill banning letting fees has passed its final hurdle in the House.

MPs worked through a number of committee stages this week which is more impressive than it sounds writes Daniela Maoate-Cox

Each sitting day in the House MPs argue about bills that want to grow up and become laws. Today they’ll work on letting fees, family violence, and fibre services.

Speaker Trevor Mallard has marked the 100th anniversary of the first sitting in Parliament's debating chamber.

Former National Party member Jami-Lee Ross' departure from the party made headlines this week but the news had little effect on Parliament's day to day business. 

Each sitting day in the House MPs argue about bills that want to grow up and become laws. Here's what they’ll work on this week.

MPs say a trip to Vanuatu and Solomon Islands will create relationships and reaffirm friendships 

The government has used its powers to ignore the rules and pass a bill through all its stages at once to freeze MPs' pay.

Each sitting day in the House MPs argue about bills that want to grow up and become laws. Here's what they’ll work on this week.

MPs acknowledge the efforts of suffragists in the past, how far the country has come and also what needs to be done as it marked the 125th anniversary of women attaining the right to vote in New…

It's been 125 years since women gained the right to vote and Aotearoa has since had three women Prime Ministers but MPs in the House say Parliament still has work to do.

Each sitting day in the House MPs argue about bills that want to grow up and become laws. Here's what they’ll work on this week.

The Environment Select Committee has been briefed on the scale, impact and sources of plastic pollution in the coastal waters of Aotearoa.

Each sitting day in the House MPs argue about bills that want to grow up and become laws. Here's what they’ll work on this week.

Party divisions fade for MPs when there’s a topic of shared interest and women’s rights is one of those issues for Labour’s Louisa Wall and National’s Jo Hayes.

Every second Wednesday in the House there’s a chance for MPs to get their own legislation through Parliament. The House talks to two MPs ahead of their bill’s debates.

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

Māori seats were introduced in 1867 as a temporary measure but a century and a half later they’re still around and permanent. Daniela Maoate-Cox asks why they were set up in the first place.

Occasionally the House needs to do something quickly and this week it needed to help keep track of cattle. 

Parliament is often all about the money and this week they finally passed the Government’s spending plan a.k.a Budget 2018.

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

A new framework is bringing a more human aspect to the way Government decides to do things including how they’ll spend money in Budget 2019.

MPs spent all night Tuesday and a lot of Thursday debating it but just what is the Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill?

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