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Decoding Parliament's money talk
3 Jul 2022MPs talk about money a lot. The rest of us often blank out the financials as 'just math'. Annoyingly the money is important so The House tries to explain all that dry 'Appropriations' money talk. Audio
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Studying Parliament from the inside
30 Jun 2022For the students of parliament, public law or politics, the best place to be right in the heart of the legislative chamber, but kind of invisible. In other words, part of the Chamber Operations team.
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An expeditious Tuesday
29 Jun 2022Parliament began the week at top pace moving five bills through ten stages in an evening, though there's a little bit of double counting going on. Audio
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Tips on surviving Question Time
28 Jun 2022One of Parliament's best exponents of the skills of gladiatorial quizzes offers advice on "surviving Question Time". Video, Audio
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Learning to Minister, and a crucial skill
26 Jun 2022Being a minister involves many difficult skills that other MPs don’t need. The most crucial might be questions. Answering them well has very little to do with performing ministerial duties well, but… Audio
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Christchurch Call making headway
23 Jun 2022The Governance and Administration committee has been hearing from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet about what progress has been made on the Christchurch Call. Audio
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Committee hears more on plight of 'hope seekers' from Tuvalu
22 Jun 2022Parliament’s Education and Workforce Committee has been considering the plight of undocumented Tuvaluans living in New Zealand without the right to work or to gain residency. Audio
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Sense of urgency in Parliament amid winter gloom
21 Jun 2022Two bills - one addressing the supermarket duopoly, the other providing for a fourth round of Covid vaccination - are set for their second reading, committee stage and third readings this week. Audio
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Parliament’s Serjeant: More than ceremonial
19 Jun 2022You might recognise him by his voice, so long as he is shouting. But despite his role being front-and-centre at Parliament you might be surprised what he does, and what he can do. Audio
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Begin at the centre: interning at Parliament
The House chats with current and former parliamentary interns from Steven Levine's Victoria University of Wellington internship programme about starting work at the very centre of things. Audio
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Local authorities urge MPs to support alcohol harm minimisation bill
9 Jun 2022A proposed member’s bill addressing a power imbalance that prevents communities taking steps to develop public health measures on alcohol use could bypass the ballot process if enough MPs agreed. Audio
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If you miss a major reform, wait a day or two...
7 Jun 2022In the current Parliament major reforms are coming along almost as frequently as buses. This week there are two separate and equally momentous legislative reform bills on the agenda. Audio
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The Budget: Shades of debate
5 Jun 2022MPs spend many hours shouting past each other about the budget, but have tactics and objectives behind all the hubbub. Phil Smith dissects the year’s first budget debate-fest - the eight hour long… Audio
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Hanging messages on Pae Ora
2 Jun 2022MPs have been getting down and dirty in the critical mud-wrestling phase of legislation to reform the public health system, the Pae Ora (Healthy futures) Bill. Audio
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Aged Care workers call for increased minimum staff levels
1 Jun 2022Parliament’s health select committee hears a cry for help from workers in aged care residential facilities that staffing levels in their sector are unsafe and failing people. Audio
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Last chance for MPs to edit health reform bill
31 May 2022Time is running out for changes to be made to proposed major health reform as the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill is in its committee stage. Audio
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Playing catch-up to protect kids from digital harm
29 May 2022The MP behind a Member's Bill which targets online grooming of children by adult predators hopes for it to be widened in scope to include offline or ‘real life’. Audio
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Reading Everest: Notes on Budgets
22 May 2022The Budget gets presented, debated and commented on more than most best sellers but like A Brief History of Time very few people have the time and energy to read all of it. Audio
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The not-the-budget bills
19 May 2022The budget wasn’t the only thing at Parliament this week. There was also legislation on surrogacy, free speech, political conflicts of interest, and sexual harassment. Audio
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Question Time: How to get it straight
18 May 2022Question Time works best if the MPs ask tight, non-political questions. Straight questions are more likely to get straight answers, so they’re kept as tight as possible but not always by choice. Audio
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Oddity notes on budget week at Parliament
17 May 2022Why is the Budget usually on a Thursday, why just before a sitting break, and why is the debate on it usually interrupted by urgent business? Audio
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Oiling the democratic machine
15 May 2022The House sits down with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, David Wilson, whose team runs the machinery of Parliament. Audio
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When courts tell parliament 'no', what next?
12 May 2022The Bill of Rights (Declarations of Inconsistency) Amendment Bill is the sort of legislation that constitutional law experts absolutely love but that may bore us to tears, until we realise it’s… Audio
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How ministers reach a decision
11 May 2022An intern in the office of the MP for Te Atatū, Phil Twyford, interviews him about his job and the decision-making process behind his job as a minister. Audio
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Special debate on draft version of Resource Management Act replacement
10 May 2022Parliament shows its flexibility during an extended sitting when Special Debate will take place on a couple of complex items, notably the Natural and Built Environments Bill exposure draft. Audio
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