The House On Demand
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Taupatupatu whānui - Parliament's weekly cage fight
17 Oct 2018After Wednesday's question time in the House MPs get a chance to tackle any topic they like in the General Debate. Phil Smith takes a look at what they spoke about this week. Audio
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A busy week for the bees
16 Oct 2018Each sitting day in the House MPs argue about bills that want to grow up and become laws. Here's what they’ll work on this week. Audio
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A harrowing justice trail
14 Oct 2018Hearing someone tell their wrenching personal history is tough, travelling around to hear hundreds of them is punishing. But apparently also rewarding. Audio
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Checking in on the neighbours
7 Oct 2018MPs say a trip to Vanuatu and Solomon Islands will create relationships and reaffirm friendships Audio
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A job where you jeer the boss
30 Sep 2018Parliament is a workplace where half the team will cheer if the boss fails, and will stymie the leadership’s key objectives. You might want to do that at your work - but it's not in your job… Audio
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Pay freeze for MPs
27 Sep 2018The government has used its powers to ignore the rules and pass a bill through all its stages at once to freeze MPs' pay. Audio
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Equal pay for women and no extra pay for MPs
25 Sep 2018Each sitting day in the House MPs argue about bills that want to grow up and become laws. Here's what they’ll work on this week. Audio
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'Throw this female franchise out'
23 Sep 2018MPs acknowledge the efforts of suffragists in the past, how far the country has come and also what needs to be done as it marked the 125th anniversary of women attaining the right to vote in New… Audio
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Parliament's trinity: the omnibus bill trick
20 Sep 2018Parliament regularly does something that might be described as god-like and miraculous, but is actually commonplace. It's a cool trick though. Audio
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'What has it got us?' - 125 years of women's suffrage
19 Sep 2018It's been 125 years since women gained the right to vote and Aotearoa has since had three women Prime Ministers but MPs in the House say Parliament still has work to do. Audio
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Parliament’s to do list: suffrage, limbs, and oral fluid
18 Sep 2018Each sitting day in the House MPs argue about bills that want to grow up and become laws. Here's what they’ll work on this week. Audio
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Nga Ratonga Reo Māori: Parliament's language champs
16 Sep 2018When MPs debate in Maori a team of translators makes sure everyone keeps up with every word, and nuance. Audio
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Plastic not so fantastic
13 Sep 2018The Environment Select Committee has been briefed on the scale, impact and sources of plastic pollution in the coastal waters of Aotearoa. Audio
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At home to Mr Cockup
12 Sep 2018Parliament is usually a pretty well-oiled machine, but occasionally - as Blackadder would put it - the House is "at home to Mr Cock-up". Audio
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Charter schools and the America's Cup
11 Sep 2018Each sitting day in the House MPs argue about bills that want to grow up and become laws. Here's what they’ll work on this week. Audio
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Crossing enemy lines
9 Sep 2018Party divisions fade for MPs when there’s a topic of shared interest and women’s rights is one of those issues for Labour’s Louisa Wall and National’s Jo Hayes. Audio
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The House: Biscuit tin gamble
5 Sep 2018Every second Wednesday in the House there’s a chance for MPs to get their own legislation through Parliament. The House talks to two MPs ahead of their bill’s debates. Audio
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Earthquakes, a fishy threat and a gun ban for gangs
4 Sep 2018Each sitting day in the House MPs work through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they’ll try to get through this week. Audio
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Golddigger MPs: Parliament's goldfield electorates
2 Sep 2018Women couldn't vote and Māori seats hadn't yet appeared in Parliament but gold miners had special representation. Jamie Tahana looks at the goldfield electorates of the 1800s. Audio
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Anatomy of a minister's office: What happens in the Beehive?
26 Aug 2018Ever wondered who does what in the tiny wedge-offices that make up the Beehive? One minister gave us an inside look at the anatomy of a minister’s office. Audio
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Māori seats? What are they?
19 Aug 2018Māori seats were introduced in 1867 as a temporary measure but a century and a half later they’re still around and permanent. Daniela Maoate-Cox asks why they were set up in the first place. Audio
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Urgency in the House
16 Aug 2018Occasionally the House needs to do something quickly and this week it needed to help keep track of cattle. Audio
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All about the money money money
15 Aug 2018Parliament is often all about the money and this week they finally passed the Government’s spending plan a.k.a Budget 2018. Audio
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Urgently tracking cattle and the end of Budget 2018
14 Aug 2018Each sitting day in the House MPs work through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they’ll try to get through this week Audio
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Treasury are people too: the living standards framework explained
12 Aug 2018A new framework is bringing a more human aspect to the way Government decides to do things including how they’ll spend money in Budget 2019. Audio
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Harder for children to marry
10 Aug 2018Parliament has made it harder for minors to marry, unanimously passing a members bill to help prevent forced marriage. Audio
