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5:45 AM.Legislation putting in place new laws regarding zero hours contracts and paid parental leave unanimously passes final reading; Peter Dunne sides with the Opposition in voting against the Environment… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Five bills split from the Employment Standards Legislation Bill unanimously pass final reading - including law changes around zero hours contacts & paid parental leave; Bill English faces questions… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Five bills split from the Employment Standards Legislation Bill unanimously pass final reading - including law changes around zero hours contacts & paid parental leave; Bill English faces questions… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Budget Policy Statement Debate dominated by talk of farming and dairy prices - as is Question Time, with the Prime Minister & his Deputy grilled by the Opposition. Otorohonga college students speak to… Read more Audio

4:45 AM.Legislation putting in place new laws regarding zero hours contracts and paid parental leave unanimously passes final reading; Peter Dunne sides with the Opposition in voting against the Environment… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Prime Minister John Key and Finance Minister Bill English face questions about low dairy prices; Maori Affairs Committee receives petition calling for a national day to commemorate the New Zealand… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Labour Party Workplace Relations spokesman Iain Lees-Galloway gains support from the Government for his amendment to the Employment Standards Legislation, which he says will effectively eliminate zero… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Labour scores a big hit by winning a snap debate on its exposure of financial mismanagement of the Health MInistry's refurbishment of its Wellington head office. Health Minister, Jonathan Coleman, is… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Prime Minister's Statement Debate concludes in a vote of confidence in the Government; Wednesday sees first General Debate and Members' Day of the year; Employment Standards Legislation Bill undergoes… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Employment Standards Legislation Bill passes second reading with the support of Labour - whose Workplace Relations Spokesman Iain Lees-Galloway outlines his party's demands if the Government wants… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and Labour's Health Spokeswoman Annette King go head-to-head in Question Time; Former MP John Carter makes a submission to the Commerce Committee on the Shop Trading… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Jian Yang's members' bill seeking to ban convicted child sex offenders from changing their names runs into criticism from the Office of the Attorney General; Members' day sees progress on Private… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Building Minister Nick Smith faces questions about the Government's Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill; Prime Minister questioned on student debt; Attorney-General Office voice reservations about a… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.Jian Yang's members' bill seeking to ban convicted child sex offenders from changing their names runs into criticism from the Office of the Attorney General; Members' day sees progress on Private… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.13-hour debate on the Prime Minister's statement concludes in a 63 - 58 vote of confidence in the Government; Earthquake Prone Buildings Amendment Bill passes second reading by 120 votes to 1 - with… Read more Audio

6:29 PM.Parliament resumes after a week's adjournment with the Prime Minister, John Key, updating the House on his government's response to the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Winston in the Pacific… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Parliament was adjourned this week, but a sub-committee of the Social Services Committee met at Parliament on Tuesday and in Auckland on Thursday for submissions on the Residential Tenancies Amendment… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Debate on Prime Minister's Statement adjourned to allow passing of Government Bills - including one that gives Ministers powers to sell state houses; Government faces questions about details of the… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Social Housing reforms spark fierce ideological debate, with three Housing bills eventually passing final readings by 63 votes to 56; New Zealand's Chief TPPA Negotiator David Walker faces questions… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Bill English fields questions from NZ First's Ron Mark about the upcoming flag referendum; Questions also about housing intensification for Building & Housing Minister Nick Smith; Labour's David Clark… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Debate on PM's Statement suspended; Social Housing reforms face strong opposition but are defended by Minister Nick Smith; Government faces questions about Salvation Army report on social welfare… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Children's Commissioner Russell Wills appears before the Social Services Committee for its annual review of his office; Dr Wills later make a submission to that same Committee on the Residential… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Department of Corrections scheduled for annual review by Law and Order Committee; Finance Minister Bill English announces May 26 as Budget Day, and faces questions from Government & Opposition MPs… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Finance Minister Bill English delivers this year's Budget Policy Statement to the Finance and Expenditure Committee - where he announces May 26 as Budget Day; Mr English also faces questions about the… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.John Key delivers the annual Prime Minister's Statement, kicking off a wide-ranging thirteen-hour debate; National's newest MP Maureen Pugh is sworn in to replace Tim Groser on the Party's list and… Read more Audio