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Political pile-on or Parliament as designed?
16 Mar 2023This week MPs discussed Stuart Nash’s loss of a ministerial warrant for an hour. It may have looked like a political pile-on, but in reality it was Parliament doing exactly what it is designed for –… Audio
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'Fairly busy': National Emergency Management Agency at committee
15 Mar 2023Response to recent climate disasters was the focus as the National Emergency Management Agency appeared before the Governance and Administration Committee for its annual review. Audio
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Parliament may fast-track cyclone law without urgency
14 Mar 2023Parliament this week may agree to act speedily on a cyclone response bill, rather than invoke urgency. Doing so will allow some select committee time on the issue, and even a Member's Day. Audio
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Tabling and other Parliamentage
12 Mar 2023This week’s weekend feature story for The House compiles highlights from through Parliament’s sitting week. Audio
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Unpacked: seeking leave to table a document
9 Mar 2023It’s a common occurrence in the House for opposition MPs to ask to “seek leave to table a document”, but have you wondered what this really means? Audio
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Hamilton West MP honours tūpuna in maiden statement
8 Mar 2023Maiden Statements are usually the public’s first and sometimes best chance to learn about an MP's motivations and politics, and new Hamilton West MP Tama Potaka's was no exception. Audio
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The non-legislative week in the House
7 Mar 2023In Parliament this week there are three things happening that have nothing to do with passing legislation. Leader of the House Grant Robertson explains them to the House. Audio
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Talking the talk: how MPs' backgrounds inform debating style
5 Mar 2023The House takes a look at how the backgrounds of three MPs informs the way they speak in Parliament. Audio
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Democracy on the cheap: Skint Parliament to turn off the radio
26 Feb 2023After years of trimming budgets and doing things on-the-cheap to make ends meet Parliament’s secretariat has hit the budget wall and plans to end radio broadcasts. It’s a symptom of MP's fear of… Audio
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Urgency used to pass Bill fixing 501 deportees loophole
23 Feb 2023Legislation has been passed under urgency to ensure all people returning to the country after being in prison systems abroad continue to come under parole-like oversight and support back in New… Audio
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Entrenchment use under the grill in Standing Orders review
22 Feb 2023The use of entrenchment in law-making in this country has had a sound grilling at the Standing Orders Committee which is conducting its ongoing regular review of Parliament’s rules. Audio
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Cyclone devastation and climate dominate PM's Statement debate
Today the debating chamber launched into action as it does most years - but this year was all about the weather and the climate. Audio
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Parliament gets cracking proper with PM's Statement and disaster bills
21 Feb 2023After a week of business in the House was lost due to Cyclone Gabrielle, Parliament’s sitting year properly gets underway today with Debate on the Prime Minister’s Statement. Audio
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Short, cyclone-hit week starts Parliament 2023
14 Feb 2023After a two-month break, Parliament resumed only to soon adjourn for the week as Cyclone Gabrielle complicated plans for the first sitting week in 2023. Audio
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A year of disruption: Parliament's 2022 in review
18 Dec 2022The last episode of The House for this year is an opportunity to look back at some of the goings-on in Parliament that we covered in 2022. Audio
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The first guest on the floor
14 Dec 2022It's been an unusual day at Parliament. President Zelensky became the first national leader to address the House, and then MPs travelled in time. At least on paper. Audio
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Parliament’s week includes new bills and an historic speech
13 Dec 2022It is Parliament’s final week but there are still bills sitting under the tree for MPs to debate, and some history to make with a Ukrainian President. Audio
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Go high: Parliament takes its roof solar
11 Dec 2022MPs often talk green, but Parliament is lowering its carbon footprint with hundreds of surreptitious solar panels; and providing a much wanted excuse to climb onto the roof. Audio
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Focus on three Government bills in penultimate week
7 Dec 2022Parliament’s year is rapidly nearing an end, and the Government has this week been focused on completion of three fairly major pieces of legislation. Audio
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Parliament cancels a reservation: explaining 'entrenchment'
6 Dec 2022Parliament began its final sitting block of the year this week by cancelling a reservation it made two weeks ago. No, it wasn’t for a Christmas function. It was confusing, but we can help with that. Audio
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Demystifying Parliament: MPs open up in Westport
4 Dec 2022Five MPs travelled to Westport as part of a Parliamentary Outreach Programme aimed at connecting New Zealanders throughout the country with Parliament and its processes. Audio
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Submitting to Parliament (but in a good way)
27 Nov 2022Parliament Journalist Phil Smith has a crack at making a submission to MPs. Here is why you should bother, how you do it, how you really shouldn't, and how his went. Audio
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A long week of Tuesdays and lots of bills
25 Nov 2022In a week when Parliament sat under urgency, across four long Tuesdays, quite a lot of legislative business has been progressed. Audio
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Niggly nights: testy exchanges in the House under urgency
24 Nov 2022There’s been a distinct niggly energy about the exchanges in the House this week, and it’s got something to do with the fact Parliament is sitting under urgency. Audio
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Parliament’s full-steam-ahead Christmas wind-down
23 Nov 2022The holidays may be coming, but Parliament is winding up for looks likely to be its biggest week of the year. Audio
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Parliament to sit under urgency this week
22 Nov 2022Parliament is this week to sit under urgency as the Government seeks additional sitting hours to clear a backlog of legislation that it wants to progress. Audio
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The Parliamentary Collection: an eclectic list
20 Nov 2022“An incredibly diverse and eclectic collection”, the Parliamentary Collection has great art, black rods, protest bricks, bodily parts and much more. Audio
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Overwhelming vote, meet Reserved Provision
16 Nov 2022Parliament makes a rare step and amends a reserved provision of electoral law — something designed to be hard to achieve. Audio