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Parliament gets cracking proper with PM's Statement and disaster bills
After 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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'The struggle is real' - Auckland cleaner explains life on minimum wage
"The struggle is real out here." That from an Aucklander who works as a cleaner, earning the minimum wage.
She is welcoming the $1.50 an hour bump for Aotearoa's lowest earners. The government… Audio
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A year of disruption: Parliament's 2022 in review
The 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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Parliament’s week includes new bills and an historic speech
It 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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Focus on three Government bills in penultimate week
Parliament’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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A long week of Tuesdays and lots of bills
In 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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Overwhelming vote, meet Reserved Provision
Parliament makes a rare step and amends a reserved provision of electoral law — something designed to be hard to achieve. Audio
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Reimagining Parliament
Every three years senior MPs meet to reimagine Parliament, considering which rule changes might strengthen representative democracy and executive oversight. Audio
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A Members’ Day of two halves
This week four backbencher bills got a shot at glory. Two were gloriously popular, one successful but contentious, and one pipped at the legislative post. Audio
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So many reasons for law...
This week’s agenda in Parliament illustrates some of the variety of motivations that lie behind prospective laws. Audio
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Fair Pay Bill to make for feisty debate this week
Following a two-week recess, MPs are set to engage in feisty debate about proposed labour laws that could raise wages through sector-wide collective bargaining. Audio
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Plain language? Forsooth, forfend!
This week Parliament debated a members' bill from Rachel Boyack that aims to combat official gobbledegook. Some MPs fought it tooth and nail as tantamount to balderdash, gadzooks! Audio
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A contentious and agreeable Wednesday
Debate on several Member's Bills this week is set to offer a mix of the contentious and the agreeable.
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Who really is Liz Truss?
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss has a lot on her plate, but who is she and what does she stand for? Audio
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Condolences & congratulations: A very short week in Parliament
Parliament sat for less than two hours this week, sending condolences to King Charles and giving itself an extension on its budget homework. Audio
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The life of a backbench MP
Backbench MPs have been hitting the headlines in the last few weeks, but what do they actually do? Audio
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Words galore - the work of Hansard
The House hears from two Hansard editors about the unique work of the team whose reports become part of Parliament's official record and can be seen by anyone. Audio
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A week knee-deep in bills
This week Parliament's debating chamber was knee-deep in bills. We have a quick run-through of the 14 different wanna-be laws it debated. Audio
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Parliament at night: scenes inside the ant hill
Parliament at night is a different vibe to Parliament during the day. Staff numbers on precinct have mostly thinned out, but it's a time when the weird and wonderful can happen. Audio
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If the House is Parliament's mouth, this is its brain
There are various parts of Parliament that could be deemed crucial to the functioning of the place, but perhaps none quite so much as the House Office. Audio
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Artist Li-Ming Hu on appropriation, authenticity and why she's still on her 'OE'
In her latest video work Boney (Phoney?) M, New York-based artist Li-Ming Hu explores the bounds of a concept she says is now simply a fact of life - cultural appropriation. Hu talks to Kim Hill about… Audio
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Local authorities urge MPs to support alcohol harm minimisation bill
A 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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Playing catch-up to protect kids from digital harm
The 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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The not-the-budget bills
The 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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Parliament's non-budget week
It’s budget week this week at Parliament, but plenty of other things are happening as well.
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Oiling the democratic machine
The 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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Top Stories for Thursday 28 April 2022
Today on RNZ National. Former members of the Arise church talk to us about payouts, manipulation tactics, and non disclosure agreements. In Europe, Russia has cut off gas supplies to Poland and… Audio
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Parliament debates to touch business nerves
Audio 5 Apr 2022If ever there was a week in parliament to make the business sector a little itchy, this week might just be it, as MPs debate Bills that could see workers getting more pay and another public holiday.