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Hamilton West MP honours tūpuna in maiden statement
6:55 PM.Maiden 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. Read more Audio
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The non-legislative week in the House
6:55 PM.In 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. Read more Audio
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Talking the talk: how MPs' backgrounds inform debating style
7:35 AM.The House takes a look at how the backgrounds of three MPs informs the way they speak in Parliament. Read more Audio
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Democracy on the cheap: Skint Parliament to turn off the radio
7:00 AM.After 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… Read more Audio
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Urgency used to pass Bill fixing 501 deportees loophole
6:55 PM.Legislation 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… Read more Audio
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Entrenchment use under the grill in Standing Orders review
6:55 PM.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. Read more Audio
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Cyclone devastation and climate dominate PM's Statement debate
8:05 PM.Today the debating chamber launched into action as it does most years - but this year was all about the weather and the climate. Read more Audio
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Parliament gets cracking proper with PM's Statement and disaster bills
6:55 PM.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. Read more Audio
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Short, cyclone-hit week starts Parliament 2023
6:55 PM.After 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. Read more Audio
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A year of disruption: Parliament's 2022 in review
7:35 AM.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. Read more Audio
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The first guest on the floor
6:55 PM.It'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. Read more Audio
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Parliament’s week includes new bills and an historic speech
6:55 PM.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. Read more Audio
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Go high: Parliament takes its roof solar
7:35 AM.MPs 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. Read more Audio
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Focus on three Government bills in penultimate week
6:55 PM.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. Read more Audio
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Parliament cancels a reservation: explaining 'entrenchment'
Parliament 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. Read more Audio
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Demystifying Parliament: MPs open up in Westport
7:35 AM.Five MPs travelled to Westport as part of a Parliamentary Outreach Programme aimed at connecting New Zealanders throughout the country with Parliament and its processes. Read more Audio
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Submitting to Parliament (but in a good way)
5:00 PM.Parliament 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. Read more Audio
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A long week of Tuesdays and lots of bills
6:55 PM.In a week when Parliament sat under urgency, across four long Tuesdays, quite a lot of legislative business has been progressed. Read more Audio
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Niggly nights: testy exchanges in the House under urgency
6:55 PM.There’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. Read more Audio
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Parliament’s full-steam-ahead Christmas wind-down
6:55 PM.The holidays may be coming, but Parliament is winding up for looks likely to be its biggest week of the year. Read more Audio
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Parliament to sit under urgency this week
6:55 PM.Parliament 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. Read more Audio
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The Parliamentary Collection: an eclectic list
7:35 AM.“An incredibly diverse and eclectic collection”, the Parliamentary Collection has great art, black rods, protest bricks, bodily parts and much more. Read more Audio
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Overwhelming vote, meet Reserved Provision
6:55 PM.Parliament makes a rare step and amends a reserved provision of electoral law — something designed to be hard to achieve. Read more Audio
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MPs warned of ordeals ahead amid disinformation
6:55 PM.A former Prime Minister has warned MPs they face a daunting challenge to maintain public confidence in the Parliament system in the age of disinformation. Read more Audio
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Reimagining Parliament
7:35 AM.Every three years senior MPs meet to reimagine Parliament, considering which rule changes might strengthen representative democracy and executive oversight. Read more Audio