Lynne Pillay is a member of the People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity. She served as MP for Waitakere from 2002-2008, and as a list MP for Labour from 2008-2011.

The government has presented the Equal Pay Amendment Act as a tidy administrative reset. Rural workers say the opposite is true.

National MP Hamish Campbell once burned off his eyebrows while learning to breathe fire. Read more One MP, One Pint columns here.

Today's state of the nation address will see the PM defending his record – and trying to convince voters that his economic promises are finally becoming a reality.

As New Zealand’s population ages, the number of people dying each year will rise rapidly. With hospices already experiencing ...

Psych! According to media reports and well-connected right-wing columnists, National is about to water down its plans for an influx of dense housing around Auckland, in a decision that appears to be ...