The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has warned that the Regulatory Standards Bill could stymie progress in enabling ...

The Regulatory Standards Bill has drawn surprisingly strong opposition. Is it down to the bill's significance, or David ...

Former PM Sir Geoffrey Palmer analyses what's wrong with the Regulatory Standards Bill and wonders if we've reached a new low in NZ political life.

They go on to say “Each of us has written extensively and spoken out against this Bill from our respective areas of expertise ...

The government is rejecting accusations it is censoring Youth MPs, saying the protocols followed are the same as 2022 and the young people get the final say on their speeches. However, the email sent ...

“How do we speak truth to power? Just as power pretends it has none. As if history has lapsed, exploitation has expired, as ...

The Ministry of Youth Development has acknowledged the way it communicated with Youth MPs about changes to their speeches ...

Standing for the Crown, New Plymouth MP David MacLeod bore the stinging criticism with obvious discomfort – like Pōmare he is ...

Race and class, eh? Can’t win with ‘em, can’t win without ‘em. Order your popcorn now. *Chris Trotter has been writing and ...

The ACT Party fought to have a Treaty of Waitangi clause stripped out of amended education legislation - but was overruled.

In 1867, Parliament passed the Māori Representation Act, creating four Māori electorates and granting Māori men the right to ...

Is the Regulatory Standards Bill the key to better law making for the future, or a gigantic waste of time and an affront to democracy?