The House On Demand
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Parliament hears call to ban conversion therapy
13 Jun 2019Parliament has heard evidence on a petition seeking a ban on attempts to change people’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Audio
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The home game roast: grilling your own bosses
12 Jun 2019It's not often you get to grill the people who run your own organisation. One select committee got to question all three of Parliament's triumvirate this week. Audio
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More budget debate and next year's tax rates
11 Jun 2019Budget 2019 was announced at the end of last month but the debate isn't over in the House. Leader of the House Chris Hipkins explains why and what else will happen this week. Audio
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Parliament’s annual Committee Mega-Smash
9 Jun 2019Once a year ministers are grilled by House committees. It’s a budget gift to opposition MP’s dreaming of their big moment. Audio
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‘I am Catholic, I am a Filipino, and a New Zealander’ Paulo Garcia’s maiden statement
3 Jun 2019New MPs get a special time slot to give their first speech in the house called a maiden statement. Here’re some highlights from National MP Paulo Garcia. Audio
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Parliament's rainbow room refurbished
2 Jun 2019Parliament's rainbow select committee room has been redecorated ten years after it was first opened. Audio
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How to be urgent at Parliament
31 May 2019The House is sitting under urgency to consider bills related to the Government's Budget 2019 announcement this week. Here's how urgency works. Audio
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Robertson to Parliament: ‘Please can we have money?’
30 May 2019Wherefore art thou budget? Or possibly what's it all for anyway, and is it really new? Audio
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More places, more times, fewer deaths
Expert says vaccinating pregnant mothers will save lives; and that immunisation rates will rise if getting a jab is easier. Audio
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Money for 30 months a year
28 May 2019In Budget week it seems suddenly everything’s about the money. That’s not true. Parliament’s focus on the money never seems to stop. Audio
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The ‘right body’ - select committee hears petition on gender confirmation surgery
27 May 2019A petitioner asking for gender confirmation surgery for youth to be funded has appeared before a health committee. Audio
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Committee roulette
23 May 2019Parliament is the forum for public debate, but you can’t wander into the debating chamber and join the MPs in random discussion. You can get pretty close though. Audio
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Swearing in and bowing out
22 May 2019New MP Paulo Garcia was sworn in this week to replace former National MP Nuk Korako. Video, Audio
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Nuk Korako says e noho rā
22 May 2019Nuk Korako didn’t plan to be a politician. And on becoming one later in life he was dropped in the deep end. He's now saying goodbye with huge plans ahead. Audio
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This week in the House: zero carbon and last year's finances
21 May 2019MPs are back at Parliament after a week off and the first thing they'll tackle in the House is a bill on climate change. Audio
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Parliament's chamber of secrets
19 May 2019The public aren't often allowed in the debating chamber but many have been in the second secret chamber without even realising. Phil Smith finds out how it works. Audio
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The price of money
Last week the OCR dropped 25 basis points. What is the OCR, why does it matter, how’s the Government involved, and why weren’t the basis points better attached? Audio
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Dealing with the naughty boys at Parliament
9 May 2019This week three MPs were booted from the debating chamber but was it a case of rule-breaking or bias? Audio
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Checking up on billions spent
8 May 2019MPs have begun a 10 hour debate on whether or not public money was well spent in the 2017/2018 financial year. Audio
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Bang for your buck - were taxes spent good?
7 May 2019Billions of dollars are channeled by the government into public services every year and every year MPs question whether or not it was money well spent in the Annual Review Debate. Audio
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A briefing, a farewell, and a paycheck at Parliament
5 May 2019The House rounds up some of the happenings at Parliament this week including a briefing on women, peace, and security, a farewell speech from Nuk Korako, and funding for the watchdogs. Video, Audio
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Feeding the hand that bites you
2 May 2019You may think that the opposition are the group in Parliament whose job is to ‘hold the government to account’. You’d be wrong.
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Support and criticism for misuse of drugs bill at select committee
1 May 2019A select committee has heard the intent of a bill to reclassify synthetic cannabinoids is supported but the bill could unintentionally affect prosecutions Audio
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A roadmap to Parliament’s week
30 Apr 2019Some weeks Parliament is a cavalcade of gripping bills, some weeks the interest is in what won’t be happening. Audio
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Parliament's Suicide Squad
28 Apr 2019In the 1950s a group of politicians were appointed to the New Zealand's upper chamber with the soul purpose of bringing about its demise. They were known as the 'Suicide Squad' writes Jake Metzger. Audio
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Some MPs have superpowers
21 Apr 2019Some MPs have superpowers. They really do. 'Is it a plane? Is it a bird? No, it’s a member of the Regulations Review Committee.' Needs a better superhero name though.
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Just like a usual select committee only speedy - gun law reform
14 Apr 2019Parliament sped through a stage of passing gun law reform reducing the usual time of six months to one week but as Daniela Maoate-Cox writes the process didn't stray too far from the norm. Audio
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The house with walls of noise
14 Apr 2019If you’re in the mood for a wall of noise experience you could try a rock concert, but it’s cheaper to go to Parliament for Oral Questions. Audio
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How can a minister have "no responsibility"?
11 Apr 2019The Speaker's rulings in Parliament can be confusing. For a start how can a Minister have "no responsibility"? We have explanations and examples. Audio
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