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Urgent Debates are granted or denied by Speakers. Most are denied. This week a Speaker's ruling moved the goal posts for that allowance, a lot. Audio

Under new rules for Parliament, any future proposed entrenchment of a law must first be considered by a select committee before being considered by all MPs.

This week MPs had a special debate about the report of the Regulations Review Committee on Covid-19 Secondary Legislation.  Audio

The Coronation this weekend was an historic event that anointed a new head of state for us for the first time in 70 years - and also a made-for-media spectacle that captivated broadcasters. After the… Video, Audio

Their work is usually unpaid and sometimes overlooked, but activists play an important long-term role in the parliament system. Four veterans open up on their experiences at parliament. Audio

Parliament's week includes a mix of debate on a key police scrutiny role, annual reviews and two bills about booze, as well as the farewell speech from a familiar face. Audio

Parliament can grant powers to certain authorities to make new rules without having to go through the normal lengthy legislative process. Audio

The 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

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

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Could entrenching part of the Three Waters legislation set a dangerous precedent? Audio

Every three years senior MPs meet to reimagine Parliament, considering which rule changes might strengthen representative democracy and executive oversight. Audio

The new justice minister has said name suppression in our courts “is not working” because it’s granted too often to people with the means to make a strong bid for it. That puts Kiri Allan on the same… Video, Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Parliament sat for less than two hours this week, sending condolences to King Charles and giving itself an extension on its budget homework. Audio

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

Micronations aren't real countries by definition, yet sometimes these eccentric mini-states - which have no legitimate basis for statehood - come very close.  Dr Harry Hobbs is a lecturer at the… Audio

The House sits down with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, David Wilson, whose team runs the machinery of Parliament. Audio

The 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

The three strikes legislation is in the process of being repealed - how will history judge one of the most controversial justice reforms of recent years? Audio

By design there is a gulf between parliaments and governments. It is most obvious when government asks Parliament to go faster.  Audio

The New Zealand Law Society is concerned about the deepening political crisis in Samoa.

It says recent attacks on the nation's judiciary are unacceptable and current legal and constitutional issues… Audio

New MPs are declaring what they'll focus on during their time at Parliament including housing, living wages, firearms law, and poverty.  Audio

US President Donald Trump on Friday made a rambling 16-minute address riddled with false claims, delivered in the White House press briefing room.

Is there any substance to his claims of voter fraud… Video, Audio

With Covid-19 back in the community, The leader of the Labour Party Jacinda Ardern is under pressure to change the election date. Audio

The Prime Minister has delayed 'dissolving' Parliament. What does that mean and how does it effect the election?

Corruption at government level and within society is discussed by Assoc. Prof. Tim Kuhner from the University of Auckland during the 2019 Raising the Bar night. Audio

National says the government's foreign donation ban will fall well short of what's needed - but it is still supporting the bill.

The legislation to ban any foreign donations over $50 is being… Audio

Tahiti's Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council reviews mining code Audio

Alex Perrottet talks with Dr Wayne Ngata and Mai Chen about race, colonisation, and identity from the different perspectives of tangata whenua and tauiwi. Recorded in Gisborne's Smash Palace. Audio