Wellington, July 30 NZPA - The Labour Party says ACT MP David Garrett must be disciplined for his "disgusting" comments at a select committee hearing.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, July 29 NZPA - An MP from government confidence and supply party ACT today told prison officers who spoke out against private prisons that they had hurt their future job prospects.

Wellington, June 24 NZPA - The cost of converting shipping containers into prison cells would vary depending on which prison they were added onto and the infrastructure needed to incorporate them into prisons, Corrections Minister Judith Collins told a parliamentary select committee today.

Wellington, June 16 NZPA - Police are reducing the number of cars they use as part of a bid to save $2.5 million, Police Minister Judith Collins said today. The New Zealand Herald reported today that up to 10 percent of the force's 3397 vehicles could be cut and not replaced.

By Peter Wilson of NZPA Wellington, June 2 NZPA - The Government's boy racer bills passed their first readings in Parliament tonight with MPs saying they were determined to bring an end to intimidation, thuggery and blatant disregard for the law.

Wellington, May 29 NZPA - Legislation to scrap tax cuts has been passed in Parliament.

Wellington, May 28 NZPA - The Government moved immediately tonight to pass legislation scrapping tax cuts which were to come in during the next two years.

Wellington, May 27 NZPA - Tough new boy racer laws won't work unless the courts back them, the Labour Party says. And MP Clayton Cosgrove has doubts about whether they will.

Wellington, May 26 NZPA - Street racing offences will bring boy racers' cars "closer to the crusher" if two new parliamentary bills are passed.

Wellington, May 12 NZPA - Former National Party leader Don Brash says the police file into who stole his emails sheds no light on who was responsible. It is nearly three years since hundreds of the emails found their way into the book The Hollow Men, written by researcher Nicky Hager.