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6:50 PM.Prime Minister, John Key, briefs MPs on his visit to Kaikoura earlier in the day. He then answered questions from Opposition leader, Andrew Little, about several government buildings in the Capital… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.House resumes from the weekend adjournment with Prime Minister John
Key delivering a statement on Monday morning's earthquake near
Kaikoura; Andrew Little and Winston Peters also speak after leave… Read more Audio

6:38 PM.Prime Minister John Key delivers a ministerial statement on the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit the South Island on Sunday night, and is followed by a round of speeches from representatives of all… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.New Zealand House of Representatives congratulates Donald Trump on his election as America's 45th president - a motion supported by all parties except the Greens - who's co-leader James Shaw… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Government Minister Steven Joyce leads the the New Zealand House of Representatives in congratulating Donald Trump on his election as America's 45th president. The Greens oppose the motion, while New… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Parliament congratulates Donald Trump on his election as America's 45th president. The Greens oppose the motion and New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, claims the result was no surprise to him… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Greens co-leader James Shaw makes an early call on the US election result; Chris Hipkins' Education (Charter Schools Abolition) Amendment Bill fails to pass first reading by 63 votes to 57; Chris… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Government's new youth employment scheme seen as an admission of failure by the Opposition. John Key and Andrew Little dispute each other's figures, followed by Finance Minister, Bill English, having… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Energy Innovation (Electric Vehicles and Other Matters) Amendment Bill passes first reading unopposed and is sent to the Commerce Committee for public submissions; Five bills split from the Drug and… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Resource Legislation Amendment Bill is back in the chamber after spending the past ten months with the Local Government and Environment Committee - which was supposed to report it back by Monday. The… Read more Audio

7:32 AM.Snap debate on the Auditor-General's report on her inquiry of the Saudi Arabia Food Security Partnership. The report clears Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, of corruption while being critical of a… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Parliament's adjourned until 2pm on Tuesday when it will resume with Question Time before tackling government bills as outlined in the Thursday business statement from the Leader of the House, Gerry… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Parliament's adjourned until 2pm on Tuesday when it will resume with Question Time before tackling government bills as outlined in the Thursday business statement from the Leader of the House, Gerry… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Legislation designed to ratify the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement passes its second reading - with the TPPA also the subject of Opposition questions to the trade minister. Audio

4:55 AM.House to sit under extended hours on Thursday morning; Health Committee inquiry into euthanasia continues; Snap debate granted on Government's Saudi sheep farm deal; Government faces questions in… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Speaker David Carter grants Labour MP David Parker's request for an urgent debate on the Auditor-General's report on the Government's Saudi sheep farm deal; Family First director Bob McCoskrie makes… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Request for a snap debate on the sale of Solid Energy's mines is declined by the Speaker, David Carter. Steven Joyce, answering questions for Todd McLay, rejects claim from Labour's David Parker that… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Police Minister, Judith Collins, questioned about Police conducting roadside breath-screening tests "with the intention of collecting personal information for investigations unrelated to road safety"… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.While the Health Committee splits in two to hold two hearings in Christchurch on Friday on its inquiry into public attitudes to assisted dying, the Maori Affairs Committee retreats behind closed doors… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.House marks the deaths of trade union leader Helen Kelly and King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand; Winston Peters fields questions on his Land Transfer (Foreign Ownership of Land Register) Amendment… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Parliament adjourns for a week, after passing the final readings of the Building (Pools) Amendment Bill and Education Legislation Bill; National's relationship with the Maori Party probed as… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Wrap up of the day in Parliament Audio

6:50 PM.Opposition probes National's relationship with the Maori Party as the Government proposes changes in child protection laws. Winston Peters tries to find out why the government shunned two… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Members' Day sees Chris Bishop's Financial Assistance for Live Organ Donors Bill pass its second reading reading unopposed; Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill - a private bill in the name… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.For the second day in a row the House begins by mourning the death of a prominent figure, this time King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. Prime Minister John Key lands the H-word bomb on Opposition… Read more Audio