Daniela Maoate-Cox

New MP Paulo Garcia was sworn in this week to replace former National MP Nuk Korako.

MPs are back at Parliament after a week off and the first thing they'll tackle in the House is a bill on climate change.

Each sitting day MPs debate various topics which are decided beforehand. Here's what they'll try to work through today.

This week three MPs were booted from the debating chamber but was it a case of rule-breaking or bias?

Every day in the House MPs work through a schedule of business so here’s what they’ll likely work on today.

MPs have begun a 10 hour debate on whether or not public money was well spent in the 2017/2018 financial year.

Billions of dollars are channeled by the government into public services every year and every year MPs question whether or not it was money well spent in the Annual Review Debate.

Each sitting day in the House MPs work through a schedule of business. Today that includes starting a ten hour debate on how Government departments performed over the last financial year.

The House rounds up some of the happenings at Parliament this week including a briefing on women, peace, and security, a farewell speech from Nuk Korako, and funding for the watchdogs. 

A select committee has heard the intent of a bill to reclassify synthetic cannabinoids is supported but the bill could unintentionally affect prosecutions

Government bills are on the back-burner today with the House set to debate member’s bills.

Some weeks Parliament is a cavalcade of gripping bills, some weeks the interest is in what won’t be happening.

Parliament sped through a stage of passing gun law reform reducing the usual time of six months to one week but as Daniela Maoate-Cox writes the process didn't stray too far from the norm.

A bill introducing a maximum $100 fee for wheel clamp removal has passed its first reading debate in the House.

The final stages of gun law reform, tweaking winter energy payments, and encouraging business research are on the cards for Parliament today.

It's full steam ahead on gun law reform today but MPs will also consider bills capping wheel clamp fees and tightening rules for money lenders.

A weighty piece of legislation to reform firearms is being pushed through Parliament, here's how that process has been sped up so far.

The Leader of the House Chris Hipkins tells The House how firearms legislation can be processed more quickly by Parliament.

A firearms ban, more organ donations, and treating 17-year-olds as youths in the justice system are on the cards for the House when it sits at 2pm today.

No question time, an early adjournment and a prayer delivered by a guest were some of the changes to Parliament this week in the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks.

Parliament’s Speaker, Trevor Mallard has broken more than a century of tradition to demonstrate unity by inviting leaders of faith communities into the House to pray.

One task is on the House's agenda today in the wake of the mosque terror attacks in Christchurch.

Petitioners calling for funding for particular breast cancer treatments have fronted up to a committee in support of their request but how does the petition process work? 

Thursday's are shorter in the House but MPs still have legislation to work through including a Ngāti Rangi treaty settlement bill and partial trials for online voting.

For those who've ever wondered what MPs even do in the House we asked the Deputy Leader of the House Iain Lees-Galloway to tell us this week's plan in under four minutes.