Chris Bishop

The National Party wants tougher border restrictions to protect the country from the new variant of Covid-19 which is thought to be more transmissible.

It's been blamed for parts of England being… Audio

The Ministry of Health has been slated in a long-awaited report which highlights serious shortcomings with New Zealand's testing and border regime.

The brutal findings have prompted the government to… Audio

The National Party wants to question Parliament's Speaker, before a select committee, over a costly legal dispute.

Labour has, however, already poured cold water over the plan - RNZ understands it… Audio

MPs have raced through four bills in their first proper week of Parliament passing new laws on festival drug testing, Covid-19, and income tax.  Audio

The 52nd Parliament has come to an end and in typical parliamentary fashion the MPs finished it off with a debate. Audio

As a debate goes from electoral to eviscerating The House captures the moments

National's Spokesperson for Infrastructure and Transport Chris Bishop joins Checkpoint to discuss the massive $31b infrastructure announcement. Video, Audio

Tunnels through mountain ranges and an additional Auckland harbour crossing are just some of the big ideas National has unveiled as part of a $31b infrastructure package. The ambitious ideas from the… Audio

More than 150 infrastructure projects across the country will be kick-started and 20,000 jobs will be created with money from a multi-billion dollar infrastructure fund.

Just under three billion… Audio

Light rail proposals for Auckland have officially come to a grinding halt, with the coalition Government unable to agree on a proposal.

National Party's transport spokesperson, Chris Bishop spoke to… Audio

The Government looks to be well behind schedule on road safety targets it set itself in 2018.

Measures such as reducing speed limits and the installation of barriers are falling significantly short… Audio

Revelations in the House today that National MP Christopher Bishop advocated for the early release of two women who have brought Covid 19 back in to the country has rasied more questions than answers… Video, Audio

There have been promises to do better but no apology from the Prime Minister for the latest bungle at the border.

The blame game is heating up after the revelation two women were allowed to leave… Audio

The Auckland light rail project looks dead in the water with coalition partner New Zealand First refusing to back it before the election.

The National Party says the Government has broken a key… Audio

Wellington's billion dollar Transmission Gully highway is facing new delays as work on the four lane highway is drastically curtailed.

Many of the roading sub-contractors are no longer employed and… Audio

Two politicians who are among the thousands of New Zealanders in isolation are the Green Party's Chloe Swarbrick and National's Chris Bishop. Audio

National is calling for the Auditor-General to investigate Shane Jones's involvement in the bid by NZ Future Forest Products Limited for $15 million of PGF funding.

They also say Shane Jones has… Audio