Tag: parliament

Police say they're closing Tamaki Drive to allow people participating in the hīkoi to Parliament in Wellington to walk from Okahu Bay to Bastion...

East Auckland commuters using the motorway in the next week can expect to experience traffic disruption due to a planned hīkoi travelling from Northland...

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters’ NZ First political party has introduced a Member’s Bill to Parliament that will protect Kiwis’ right to free speech. Peters,...

East Auckland locals who take drugs before getting behind the wheel should rethink that dangerous habit. Pakuranga MP and Transport Minister Simeon Brown has revealed...

Prime Minister and Botany MP Christopher Luxon says he’ll donate his $50,000 pay increase to charity after the Remuneration Authority decided the amount MPs...

The coalition Government plans to increase fuel taxes and vehicle registration fees, despite having campaigned last year on tackling the cost of living crisis. Transport...

East Auckland chartered accountant Nancy Lu has a new career, having entered Parliament as a National Party List MP. Her new role is due to...

A local first-time general election candidate says she's focused on helping her political party double its current number of MPs. Howick Local Board deputy chairperson...

Christopher Luxon has announced he will talk to New Zealand First leader Winston Peters if necessary to form a new Government after this year's...

One of the local candidates standing in this year's general election wants to see all existing taxes scrapped in favour of a 0.1 per...

Damien Smith is calling time on his political career after just one term in Parliament. The former business banker stood in the Botany electorate as...

The number of police officers being assaulted in the line of duty has almost doubled. National Party justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says the sharp rise...

Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown is slamming the actions of people who recently defaced the offices of several Members of Parliament. Brown, the National Party's transport...

By Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga A key plank of New Zealand's democracy is that every vote counts, and every persons vote counts the...

Botany MP and National Party leader Christopher Luxon is calling for Police Minister Poto Williams to be replaced as it’s “clear she’s not equipped”...

By Christopher Luxon, MP for Botany and National Party leader I want to address the elephant in the room: our increasingly divided society. I entered...

Botany MP and National Party leader Christopher Luxon says the Government should immediately move Auckland to the 'orange' level of the Covid-19 protection framework...

As the rest of Television New Zealand worked from home in Alert Level 4 of last year, digital journalist Irra Lee was in the...

Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown is criticising Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt for paying a $200 donation to a gang. Brown, the National Party’s police...

Hayley Xie from Macleans College had the opportunity to represent Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown at the Youth Parliament in Wellington, which is held every...

In the Government’s recent budget they announced the removal of school donations for all decile 1-7 schools. Whilst National has supported this Bill to Select...

Just because you stumble and fall, it doesn’t mean that’s the end of you. That was among the messages delivered by Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross...

Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross will soon force a vote in Parliament on the issue of overseas donations. The move comes as concern around overseas donations...

Aspiring politician Will Ford will get a real taste of life as an MP when he goes to Parliament next year. The 17-year-old has been...

Embattled MP Jami-Lee Ross reported National Party leader Simon Bridges to the Police for fraudulently handling party donations. Ross, in a two-hour long meeting with...

Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross has announced that he will be taking a few months away from Parliament for health reasons. Ross, who is also the...

Petrol prices went up 20 cents per litre, even before the Labour Government's petrol tax increases, says National Party Transport spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross. The Government’s extra 25 cents...

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Pakuranga's new MP Simeon Brown delivered his maiden speech in the House on Tuesday afternoon. He covers a good deal of ground ranging from his...

Jami-Lee Ross says he feels a bit like ‘mother hen’ during his first week back in parliament. The Botany MP has been re-elected by a...

As his first official act as Pakuranga’s new MP, Simeon Brown took to the streets waving the most important human hoardings of his campaign. The...

Simeon Brown was just 17 when he set his sights on parliament. It was 2008 and after watching in admiration as his grandfather sat on...