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Paid parental leave bill back on the agenda

Labour MP Sue Moroney's bill would lift leave to 26 weeks and allow them to work for up to 156 hours during that period without losing leave payments.

Twelve Questions: James Shaw

James Shaw is the Green Party's new co-leader. The former PwC consultant has advised major companies on sustainable business development.

Labour's Environment Bill 'a bad joke'

A Labour Party bill which reinforces the role of Government’s environmental protection agency has passed its first stage.

Parliament to hold euthanasia inquiry

John Armstrong: National off-guard over housing

For all intents and purposes National was done like a dog's dinner by Labour this week, writes John Armstrong.

NZ First deems leaked sales list 'old news'

Winston Peters says Labour has previously accused him of xenophobia and racism on the issue, but now "they've finally cottoned on to what is going on."

Claire Trevett: To be like Taylor Swift, Labour has to shake it off

Labour could learn a thing or two from the adaptable, influential, and canny businesswoman Taylor Swift, writes Claire Trevett.

Formal complaint laid against PM

The Labour Party claims John Key misled Parliament about his advice on removing a Kiwisaver subsidy.

Greenpeace protesters appear in court

Four Greenpeace protesters who scaled Parliament walls last month have made a brief appearance in court this morning.

Toby Manhire: Dear John... from the PM's inbox

The Ovine Militant Guild, an organisation with links to notorious cryptoanarchist Lambshank, has leaked the PM's personal Hotmail account to Toby Manhire.

Data-share may have saved life - Tolley

Better sharing of information between state agencies may have prevented the death of a child in a poorly-maintained state house, says Social Development Minister Anne Tolley.

Editorial: Be open about farm deal in Saudi Arabia

The only way of proving or disproving the Prime Minister's claim that the papers would embarrass Labour is, obviously, the release of unredacted versions.

Claire Trevett: Smith takes 'complex' leaf out of Key's book

There is an increasingly long catalogue of hiccups in Nick Smith's attempts to address Auckland's housing problems, writes Claire Trevett.

Fran O'Sullivan: Cancer-stricken unionist deserves to see safety reforms

Is it going to take the words of a dying unionist to shame John Key into pushing through long-overdue health and safety reforms, wonders Fran O'Sullivan.

Phil Quin: If Little leads way on broad reform, party sure to follow

That the review into Labour's disastrous election defeat was leaked to the media is only the second most predictable thing about it, writes Phil Quin.

Forget moral high ground - Labour needs money

Labour has an oddly prudish approach to money, writes Claire Trevett. Its struggle to get any is partly down to pride - nobody likes to beg.

Which profession is the least-trusted?

Trust and confidence in members of Parliament has increased, but in the public mind MPs are still second-to-bottom of the list.

John Armstrong: Criticism slides off Teflon-coated MP

Try as they might, Labour and NZ First failed to turn the Great Saudi Sheep Saga into the Great Saudi Sheep Scandal, writes John Roughan.