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Going back on wards, aiming at gangs
30 Jul 2024The House looks at two of the major bills this week: one walking back law on Maori wards, and one seeking new ways to show 'tough on gangs'.
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MPs on the Abuse in Care report
28 Jul 2024The moment the Abuse in Care Report was tabled in Parliament MPs began debating what it means and how to respond.
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‘Stripping is not exploitative, theft is’, strippers tell MPs
25 Jul 2024An adult entertainment activism group who are dancing through Parliament's petition process discuss issues, solutions and the experience of political engagement.
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‘Stripping not exploitative, theft is’, strippers tell MPs
26 Jul 2024An adult entertainment activism group who are dancing through Parliament’s petition process discuss issues, solutions and the experience of political engagement.
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Turn up, stand up: Learning from MP’s mistakes
24 Jul 2024An embarrassing kerfuffle in Parliament's debating chamber on Wednesday provided fun lessons on how the House works; or at least, how it is meant to work.
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Māori Wards Bill back in the House
24 Jul 2024After receiving over 10,000 submissions in just five days, legislation relating to Māori wards returned from committee this week.
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Shadow leader visits UK clerks
23 Jul 2024The House chats with Kieran McAnulty about a recent trip which included visits with the Clerks of the Scottish and Uk Parliaments.
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"Plans on top of plans": Being parliament’s scheduler
21 Jul 2024Ever wanted a job that combines a very public tight-rope walk with solving fiendish puzzles? Helping The Leader of the House wrangle Parliament’s Order Paper is just the thing.
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Lobbyists: What do they do and why the bad rep?
14 Jul 2024Lobbyists are often portrayed as political bogeymen (or women). But what do they actually do and how? The House chats with two of them.
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Displacement, drift, layering and conversion: The changing parliament
7 Jul 2024There is new research on how Parliament's rules change, and the researcher gets to observe that change very closely – Parlament's Clerk of the House.
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New bills, ferry debacles and Samoan citizenship rights
30 Jun 2024Parliament tussled through another long week of urgency, and more besides. The House weekend edition has a stormy debate on ferries, five new bills for comment, and submissions on restoring Samoan…
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An urgent week leaves bills wanting feedback
26 Jun 2024Parliament had another week of urgency and a new list of bills. Five now need public feedback on things ranging from charter schools, and medicine regulations, to three strikes sentencing.
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Submissions on restoring Samoan's citizenship rights
27 Jun 2024Parliament is hearing submissions on a bill that would create a route to restore NZ citizenship for those Samoans who had that right removed in 1982.
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Parliament debates ferry stranding and contract
25 Jun 2024Parliament’s urgent debate on the recent ferry grounding was a rollicking ride, and you might say the Speaker was to blame.
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Tuesday: Scrutiny begins
18 Jun 2024The House covers the beginning of Scrutiny Week - when Parliament makes the Government really work to get its budget approved.
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Scrutiny Week: When 'government comes to Parliament and tries to justify its spending'
16 Jun 2024Despite Parliament having supremacy, governments often play the boss. This week the tables will turn as ministers face up to backbenchers for Parliament's first Scrutiny Week.
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Making complaining about MPs less scary
9 Jun 2024Parliament has a long-held reputation for bad bosses and even worse behaviour. One solution is a new independent role to hear complaints.
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Budget Day: A Photo Essay
2 Jun 2024Budget Day in photos: Facts, attacks, stories, protests, pantomime and proclamations.
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Urgency, at a snail's pace
31 May 2024After the Budget Debate begins, it's usual to go into urgency to progress some government bills quickly through the House, or as is the case so far this year - not so quickly.
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Enough numbers, let’s talk process
30 May 2024Once the Budget Statement is delivered, what happens next? The House looks beyond the initial announcement to the three different processes that follow it, sometimes concurrently.
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A taste of something non-budget, with a hint of gooseberry
29 May 2024Like the calm before a storm, Wednesday evening at Parliament was not about the budget. It was a Members' Day including a bill on cellar door tastings. We sip it with its sponsor Stuart Smith.
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It's not Budget week, it's budget months
28 May 2024It's budget week at Parliament, but Thursday's announcement is just the beginning of a long process of the Government convincing Parliament to fund its ideas.
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Parliament's Election Inquiry told blame lies in outdated laws
26 May 2024Parliament begins its election inquiry with a double-header and finds that blame is something of a boomerang.
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Parliament's regular election law inquiry
23 May 2024The Justice Committee has begun its inquiry into last year's election. It got some pretty solid and very polite suggestions right up front.
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