Simon Bridges

Environment Minister David Parker says farmers may be forced to cut cow numbers to meet tougher rules around protecting waterways. National leader Simon Bridges joins us with his reaction. He says he… Audio

In his first major economic speech since becoming leader of the National Party, Simon Bridges is taking aim at the new regional fuel tax, saying if returned to government in 2020, National would… Audio

Sometimes Oral Questions in Parliament are a incisive scalpel, cutting to the truth with surgical precision. Sometimes they're a blunderbuss, firing wildly in the hope of finding a chink in the… Audio

Each sitting day in the House MPs work their way through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week. Audio

National leader Simon Bridges has been talking up the chances of working more closely with the Green Party. But what are the chances of that with the election of the new female co-leader Marama… Audio

National leader Simon Bridges says his government appropriately managed repairs and re-repairs on Christchurch quake-damaged homes, and an inquiry into EQC was unnecessary. Video, Audio

As RNZ has been reporting for the past two weeks, hospital buildings at Middlemore Hospital are full of rot and dangerous mould, there are issues with asbestos, and raw sewage has been leaking into… Audio

While a former US President’s visit preoccupied our media this week, the state visit of the current president of Indonesia - the world’s fourth most populous nation - went mostly under the radar… Video, Audio

The House takes a look back at a week's worth of Question Time when the new opposition front bench got to try out its first jabs at the government. Audio

National says it will use extra question-time in Parliament to focus attention on topics of most interest to the public. The Greens announced yesterday they will give up most of their allocated time… Audio