Government

This week the Minister of Local Government, Simon Watts, announced that the Local Government Act would be amended to ensure only elected members hold voting

The English Language Bill completed its first Parliamentary reading on Tuesday and was referred to the Justice Committee. We have discussed this bill in Pānui

Te Puni Kōkiri has released Cabinet papers from June 2025 which show that the Government seeks to introduce a bill to Parliament which will remove

Last month the Government announced plans to allow the police to issue ‘move on’ orders. Such an order would require individuals to leave a specified

English as an Official Language Yesterday the English Language Bill commenced its first reading in Parliament. The bill provides for recognition of English as an

National Party (State of the Nation Speech) The political year commenced this week, with the Prime Minister, Chris Luxon, giving a ‘State of the Nation’

Parliamentary and Related Matters: Te Pāti Māori Update: Last week Justice Paul Radich granted an interim injunction reinstating Mariameno Kapa-Kingi as a member of Te

‘Scrutiny week’ was held this week at Parliament. In essence ministers and senior officials are questioned by Select Committee members about the performance of agencies.

Earlier this month the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill was read for a first time in Parliament and referred to Select Committee (for a ten-day period

Parliamentary and Related Matters Te Pāti Māori Update Over the last two weeks we have provided updates on an internal dispute between the party leadership