Stories by Jo Moir

In an act of mass defiance, the National Party has thumbed its nose at the Speaker over his ruling that all political attack ads with edited Parliamentary TV footage have to be removed by 5pm.

Power Play - National and Labour are both being hypocritical over parliamentary footage in attack ads, but at least the opposition can see the funny side, Jo Moir writes. Video

The Speaker has called time on National's political attack ads and has ordered they be pulled by end of play tomorrow.

The number of temporary visas for foreign seasonal workers will increase by just over 3000 in the next two years.

New government legislation will ban overseas trips or bonuses being used to incentivise staff tasked with selling banking and insurance policies.

There will be an extra electorate seat in the North Island at the 2020 election and roughly one-third of electorate boundaries will change as a result of population growth in Census 2018.

Sydney shock-jock Alan Jones has written to Jacinda Ardern saying he didn't intend any violence towards her when he said on air that Australia's Prime Minister should "shove a sock down [her] throat".

Anyone in New Zealand who looks at extremist content on Facebook will in the future be directed to websites helping people to leave hate groups.

The Prime Minister has announced the Labour Party will conduct two separate inquiries into sexual assault allegations.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has reiterated she saw details of assault allegations for the first time this week, as pressure mounts over Labour's handling of the claims.

The National Party leader says it's not a fair and accurate characterisation to say he met a member of the Chinese secret police while overseas last week.

National Party leader Simon Bridges says everyday New Zealanders don't care about the Christchurch Call and how it aims to eradicate extremism and terrorism online.

Trevor Mallard has assured those visiting and working at Parliament its precincts offer a safe environment after allegations of a sexual assault by a Labour Party staffer last year.

The government will ban activities contributing to the destruction of wetlands, RNZ understands, which could mean change for farmers and developers.

Housing Minister Megan Woods is set to unveil the government's KiwiBuild recalibration today, but two housing experts are not convinced it can be brought back on track. Audio

Simon Bridges is wrong to call the gun buyback scheme a fiasco, and not backing the second tranche of gun legislation benefits criminals, union president Chris Cahill says. Video

Former cabinet minister Clare Curran, who was sacked from cabinet a year ago, is to quit Parliament at the next election.

The resignations of "two Pākehā men" from the government's justice reform group will not hurt the quality of its final report, another member of the team says.

Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard will look at whether people making submissions on proposed law changes should be forced to disclose conflicts of interest.

The finance minister is accusing Simon Bridges of "electioneering" and introducing "the very worst of American politics'' to New Zealand. Audio

The prime minister won't meet with Ihumātao protesters before Thursday - the deadline given by the group to stop them marching to her Auckland electorate office.

As the election looms closer, Jo Moir looks at how the three parties in the coalition government will use their differences to a political advantage. Audio

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is keeping his cards close to his chest on whether prisoners should have the right to vote.

The Justice Minister says he's not going to do a deal with New Zealand First to help secure votes for his abortion law reforms. Audio

NZ First MP Tracey Martin says nobody in the caucus has asked for a referendum on the abortion law reform.