Chris Bishop

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

To pump up interest in its transport policy the National Party spoon-fed the media part of it: police fining cyclists who spurn cycleways. But the prospect of Bike Force Raptor backfired when callers… Audio

The Auckland Regional Fuel Tax is for the chopping block under plans announced by the National Party.

The Opposition has released its Transport and Infrastructure discussion document.

Under the… Audio

We recap the passage of the End of Life Choice Bill, over a period longer than the current government. Audio

Newsrooms have a news value to determine how stories are weighted. In parliament stories are weighted differently and this week the weight was on light rail. Audio