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5:48 AM.Labour leader Andrew Little leads the House in paying tribute to former union leader Helen Kelly, who died last week from lung cancer at the age of 52; Speaker David Carter declines two requests for… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Tributes to Helen Kelly from Opposition leader, Andrew Little, Prime Minister, John Key and other party leaders. Requests for snap debates on the junior doctors' strike and a police raid on advocates… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.New Green MP Barry Coates sworn in to replace Kevin Hague; Labour's Phil Goff delivers his valedictory speech after being elected as mayor of Auckland; Labour MPs revel in their party's success in the… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee hears submissions on the Intelligence and Security New Zealand Bill - including one from former Green MP Keith Locke; Primary Production Committee hears… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Legislation to forge a closer digital relationship between government departments and citizens attracts cross-party support although not with some doubts. The Electronic Interactions Reform Bill is… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Health Committee continues hearing submissions on Maryan Street's petition calling for an inquiry into public attitudes towards euthanasia - including one from a Siberian gulag survivor. John Key and… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Prime Minister John Key and Opposition leader Andrew Little clash on housing; Health Committee hears submissions on petition calling for an inquiry intro euthanasia. Audio

5:45 AM.Labour's Phil Goff delivers his valedictory speech to the House after three decades as the MP for Mt Roskill; Barry Coates sworn in to replace Kevin Hague on the Greens list; Ministers questioned over… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Barry Coates replaces Kevin Hague off the Greens list. Labour's Mount Roskill MP, Phil Goff, gives valedictory speech, resigning after 34 years in the House to become Auckland's new mayor. Questions… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Week two of a two-week adjournment sees only one select committee meeting - the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee which met on Tuesday to put the finishing touches on its report of the… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Dame Patsy Reddy is sworn in as the 21st Governor General of New Zealand during a ceremony on the steps of Parliament House in Wellington. The ceremony features a powhiri and guard of honour, as well… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.After passing motions hoping for peace in Syria and other conflict zones, MPs go to war in the General Debate over which party is most to blame for the failure to have extended time on Friday to pass… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Plans for an extended sitting on Friday cancelled after New Zealand First withdraws support for two treaty settlement bills - a move which Winston Peters seeks to explain; Green MP Julie-Anne Genter… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Parliament resumes at 9am to debate treaty settlement bills. New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, defends his party's decision to vote against two of the five settlement bills, ending plans of… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Parliament to sit under extended hours provisions on Thursday for progress on treaty settlement bills; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee one of the few committees dues to meet; National's… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Maori Party co-leader, Te Ururoa Flavell, slams New Zealand First for breaking cross-party agreement to sit this Friday to pass five Treaty settlement Bills. His attack on New Zealand First in… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Green MP Kevin Hague delivers his valedictory speech after 8 years in the House; Evidence Amendment Bill passes final reading unopposed; Three bills split from the Electronic Monitoring of Offenders… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Fish, fishing and fish dumping were under scrutiny in a third of the daily dozen questions for ministers and an urgent debate. Questions for the prime minister about the government's proposed marine… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Speaker receives complaint from Labour's Chris Hipkins alleging the Parliamentary Service interfered with his email correspondence with a journalist, saying it blocked an email carrying an attachment… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Parliament adjourns for the weekend after making progress on three Government Bills; Christopher Finlayson gives a preview of the week ahead; Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee receives… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Environment Minister, Nick Smith, clashes with Labour's fisheries spokesman, Rino Tirikatene, in Question Time over the Government's proposal to establish a marine reserve around the Kermadecs. The… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Thursday to see submissions on two petitions at select committees - one calling for the repatriation of bodies of NZ servicemen killed in Malaysia, and the other calling for the reversal of on… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.The Speaker, David Carter, reports back on his investigation of a complaint that MPs' emails are being intercepted and blocked. His lengthy and complicated ruling ends inconclusively and the… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.The Health Committee is due for day two of submissions on former Labour MP Maryann Street's petition calling for an inquiry into public attitudes towards medically assisted dying; The Enhancing… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.The Speaker, David Carter, promises to investigate MP's complaint that the Parliamentary Service interfered with his email correspondence with a journalist. Labour's chief whip, Chris Hipkins, said… Read more Audio