Below the Beltway QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

OK boomers and millennials, it’s been a whole week at Parliament. Here’s who’s up, and who’s down.

UP James Shaw successfully ushered in the Zero Carbon Bill with cross-party support, taking New Zealand a step forward in addressing climate change.

Winston Peters has provided some high-level political drama in the High Court this week, challenging both former National MPs and public sector chiefs over the leaking details of his superannuation overpayment. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

disposed of a brewing immigration stoush being beaten up by coalition partner and NZ First MP Shane Jones. After Jones claimed to be speaking of ‘‘battalions’’ of Kiwis happy to see the end of Indian arranged marriages qualifying for partnership visas, Ardern directed Immigration NZ to reverse a decision to deny such visas.

DOWN Anne Tolley admitted telling her sister of Peters’ superannuation overpayment in an ‘‘outburst’’, revealing the former minister’s handling of private information was porous. Shane Jones was unaware his populist pledge against arranged marriages was being cut off at the knees by Ardern on Thursday. As Jones justified his comments – labelled racist by Indian groups – to a media pack, Ardern made her own announcement to another crowd of reporters just metres away.

Tracey Martin was open about the failings of Oranga Tamariki after the release of a highly critical report on the contentious uplift of a baby in Hastings. The review largely confirmed the events described in a

Newsroom investigation, but Martin was unwilling to revise her earlier statements casting doubt on the reporting and the family’s story.

‘‘OK boomer,’’ retorted Green MP Chlo¨e Swarbrick to heckling National MPs on Wednesday, sparking headlines across the globe. CNN and the Washington Post both picked up her use of the internet meme. The subject of the speech, the Zero Carbon Bill, did not earn as much international coverage.