Simon Bridges

This afternoon the Greens tweeted a video that took aim at the National Party leader', by making fun of his distinctive accent, and his low polling. Video, Audio

Hundreds of people marched to Parliament today calling for reform of New Zealand's abortion laws, as Cabinet prepares to consider a bill that would remove abortion from the Crimes Act. Video, Audio

The National Party has accused the government of dragging its wheels on electrifying its vehicle fleet.

So far 135 vehicles have been added to the fleet of vehicles owned by government agencies.

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The Interim Climate Change Committee wants farmers to start paying the cut price rate from 2025.

But farming groups have put forward an alternative proposal - to research new technologies to lower… Video, Audio

Low personal polling for National Party leader Simon Bridges doesn't necessarily mean that replacing him before the election is a sure thing.  Audio

On Tuesday Amy Adams announced she'll leave Parliament at the next election and relinquished her portfolio responsibilities, prompting National's leader, Simon Bridges, to reshuffle his caucus… Video, Audio

The National Party has expressed support for the ACT party's proposal to change laws covering insulting and offensive speech.

But Otago University law professor - Andrew Geddis - says ACT's plan… Video, Audio

The budget process is a long one which pops up in all corners of Parliament. Daniela Maoate-Cox tracks it from question time, to select committees, and back again. Video, Audio

National leader Simon Bridges says the political poll that showed his party had gained support was the most similar to National's own polling.

Two polls released in the weekend had two different… Video, Audio

The government has finally given some clarity around the timeline of who knew what and when regarding Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf's claim Treasury's website had been hacked. Audio

National Party leader Simon Bridges says the Treasury Secretary may be the fall-guy for ministers' false allegations of criminal hacking of Budget documents.

The State Services Commission is looking… Audio

National is confident the investigation into Gabriel Makhlouf's Budget hacking claim will prove that Treasury sat on a lie.

The State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes says the investigation will… Audio

The Budget led the bulletins this week long before its scheduled release because of that leak. Some pundits praised Simon Bridges' strategy while others criticised breaking an important embargo solely… Audio

Opposition leader Simon Bridges says the Wellbeing Budget is 'botched'. He told Lisa Owen he would cut the flabby spending and focus on health, education and infrastructure. Video, Audio

Simon Bridges - Leader of the Opposition. Audio