Chris Bishop

This week the Government added a morning sitting of the House to ‘get stuck into’ completing debate on RMA reform. The Opposition just aimed for ‘stuck’. Audio

National is promising people under 30 a leg up in paying their rental bonds using KiwiSaver savings.

The party's housing spokesperson Chris Bishop says getting together up to four weeks rent in… Audio

The National Party has withdrawn from a bipartisan housing policy it helped draft.

The Medium Density Residential Standards were viewed by some as a gamechanger in helping the country address its… Audio

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about coverage putting the Loafers Lodge disaster in context - even in the midst of chaos and confusion, some impressive… Audio

The opposition is demanding more information from the Speaker to explain why the former Minister Meka Whaitiri has not been expelled from Parliament over her shock defection to the Maori Party. Adrian… Audio

The National Party has committed to repealing two rental laws if they win the election, claiming Labour has waged a war on landlords with it's rules.

It plans to bring back no-cause terminations and… Audio

On Tuesdays we're joined by the deputy leader of the National Party Nicola Willis but she wasn't available so instead the party has put up its spokesperson for housing, infrastructure and RMA reform… Audio

The National Party's housing and infrastructure spokesperson says the biggest barrier to renewable energy is the planning system.

National's new renewable energy policy plans to double the amount of… Audio

The Green Party wants bigger, better, and bolder climate action commitments this election year.

In his State of the Planet speech yesterday, co-leader James Shaw expressed his frustration at the… Audio

This week MPs discussed Stuart Nash’s loss of a ministerial warrant for an hour. It may have looked like a political pile-on, but in reality it was Parliament doing exactly what it is designed for –… Audio

The House takes a look at how the backgrounds of three MPs informs the way they speak in Parliament. Audio

Private landlords have been given an early Christmas present - an extra year to bring their rentals up to healthy homes standards.

The government has extended the deadline, saying supply chain… Audio

People evicted from emergency housing have given horrendous accounts which could be in breach of human rights according to the commission.

33 people have come forward who have come forward to the… Audio

The National Party says it's a moral disgrace people are staying longer and longer in emergency housing, and the taxpayer bill just keeps getting bigger.

Information given to MP Chris Bishop shows… Audio

Almost all Covid-19 restrictions have been scrapped after the Government did away with the Covid-19 Protection Framework overnight.

As at midnight, masks are only required in health and aged care… Audio

The National Party and Te Pāti Māori are calling for an independent investigation into Rotorua's emergency housing.

An investigation by TVNZ's Sunday programme exposed serious concerns about the… Audio