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6:51 PM.Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler drops OCR to 2.75%, and fronts up to the Finance and Expenditure Committee; OCR drop is the subject of questions to the Finance Minister; Foreign Affairs, Defence… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Foreign Affairs Committee is scheduled for a briefing on the current situation for refugees, as the Government faces questions about NZ's refugee capacity; Minister responsible for Housing New… Read more Audio

6:52 PM.Minister responsible for Housing New Zealand, Bill English, blames previous Labour Government for HNZ's woes; MPs congratulate the Queen on becoming longest reigning British monarch; Treaty… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.Minister responsible for Housing New Zealand, Bill English, blames previous Labour Government for HNZ's woes; MPs congratulate the Queen on becoming longest reigning British monarch; Treaty… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.Government makes progress on two tax bills - the Taxation (Land Information and Offshore Persons Information) Bill and Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill - despite criticism from… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Questions about the economic health of the regions and refugees as Parliament resumes after a week's break. Finance Minister, Bill English, concedes some regions are struggling and confirms that an… Read more Audio

7:45 PM.With Parliament adjourned and no select committee meetings held during the week, we take a closer look at the practices and procedures around Question Time. Audio

7:30 AM.Bill of Rights Act turns 25 and is the subject of discussion in the Chamber and Committee Rooms; Government and Opposition trade barbs during final reading of Health & Safety Reform legislation, which… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Government and Opposition trade barbs during final reading of Health & Safety Reform legislation, which passes with just minutes to spare before the House rises for a one-week adjournment; Speaker… Read more Audio

6:51 PM.Government pushes through its Health & Safety Reform legislation with just minutes to spare before the House rises; Questions and Snap Debate on Children's Commissioner's State of Care report… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.ACT MP David Seymour's Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Extended licensing hours during Rugby World Cup), passes final reading; Prime Minister, John Key, deals to rival party leaders in turn but eventually… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Prime Minister, John Key, deals to rival party leaders in turn but eventually runs foul of the Speaker for creating disorder. In the Wednesday General Debate, United Future's Ohariu MP, Peter Dunne… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Extended Licensing Hours During Rugby World Cup) Bill due to be reported back from select committee; Two Opposition MPs field questions about their Members' Bills; Speaker… Read more Audio

6:52 PM.Debate resumes on the Government's Health and Safety Reform Bill after prime minister, John Key, rejects an offer from Opposition leader, Andrew Little, to co-operate on drafting a better bill… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Week dominated by debate and questions on the government's Health & Safety Reform Bill; Questions also to the Prime Minister about his confidence in Foreign Minister Murray McCully amid allegations of… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Debate on the Government's Health & Safety Reform Bill is interrupted when the House adjourns for the weekend; Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse faces questions from Labour's… Read more Audio

6:53 PM.Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse faces questions from Labour's Sue Moroney about the government's Health & Safety Reform Bill; Questions from Labour's Stuart Nash to the… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.MPs undertake committee stages of the Government's Health and Safety Reform Bill; Greens co-leader James Shaw questions Prime Minister's confidence in Foreign Minister Murray McCully; Prime Minister… Read more Audio

6:54 PM.Greens co-leader James Shaw questions Prime Minister's confidence in Foreign Minister Murray McCully; Prime Minister also faces questions from Labour leader Andrew Little about foreign land sales; MPs… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Finance Minister Bill English finally puts his seventh Budget to bed by leading off the third reading debate on the Appropriation 2015/16 Estimates Bill. Prime Minister John Key and Opposition leader… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Prime Minister John Key and Opposition leader Andrew Little duel over whose statistics are the dodgier while Finance Minister, Bill English, and his Labour shadow, Grant Robertson, engage in another… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Flag Referendums Bill clears final hurdle; Estimates Bill also progresses; Debate and questions on the decision to place Solid Energy into voluntary administration; David Seymour's Sale and Supply of… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Flag Referendums Bill passes final reading; Estimates Bill also progresses; Debate and questions on the decision to place Solid Energy into voluntary administration; Broadcasting Minister faces… Read more Audio

6:52 PM.Debate and questions on Government's decision to place Solid Energy into voluntary administration; Broadcasting Minister faces questions about lack of free-to-air sports coverage. Audio

5:46 AM.David Seymour's Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Extended licensing hours during Rugby World Cup) Bill passes first reading, as does David Parker's Minimum Wage (Contractor Remuneration) Amendment Bill… Read more Audio