Te Pāti Māori’s co-leaders were absent from yesterday’s Budget debate, despite the Government delaying a vote on potentially suspending them from the House in order to allow ...

Chris Bishop, the Leader of the House, made a sarcastic social media post commenting on their absence alongside photos of Finance Minister Nicola Willis pl ...

The Regulatory Standards Bill has passed its first reading in Parliament. The bill is part of the National and ACT party's ...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ Budget has been met with concern by some Whanganui leaders, who say “hardworking whānau“ have ...

Austerity and cuts are the themes the opposition is focusing on in its attacks on the government's Budget, with the prime ...

Presenting the Budget to Parliament, she announced a significant reduction in the operating allowance. “The operating ...

An interesting subplot to Thursday's Budget, and the Parliamentary debate after it, was the absence of the Te Pati Maori leaders from the house. Maori News Journalist Pokere Paewai reports.