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'This too will pass': MPs give thanks and point a few fingers
4:35 PM.Parliament’s precinct is being spring-cleaned and returned to order and the MPs are full of thanks, and a little causative finger pointing. Read more Audio
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Drug driving law not just about illegal substances
6:55 PM.Parliament has passed a law to establish a roadside oral fluid testing regime to test for recent drug use, and proposes that drivers who fail two consecutive oral fluid tests would incur an… Read more Audio
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Condemnation of Russian invasion of Ukraine kicks off Parliament week
6:55 PM.This week in the House began with a motion in support of Ukraine and it will end with a special debate on a bill not even yet introduced. Chris Hipkins explains some of the parliamentary week's… Read more Audio
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Parliament comes together to address an injustice
7:35 AM.Paige Harris never met her mother. She wasn’t even on her birth certificate. Parliament is passing a law to fix that injustice - just for Paige. Read more Audio
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The Hybrid Chamber: Parliament on Covid
7:30 AM.It may sound like something from Hammer House of Horror but The Hybrid Chamber is a plan for Parliament to go semi-virtual when MPs go down with Covid. Read more Audio
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A week of Question Time: costs, cash and a little covid
6:55 PM.A week of questions in Parliament: Some opposition go with 'show me the money' and some with 'defend the covid rules'. Read more Audio
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Abortion Safe Areas - a rights balancing act
6:55 PM.In the latest from The House, MPs strike a balance in shaping legislation to enable Abortion Safe Areas. Read more Audio
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A Parliament with no MPs
6:55 PM.Like ‘a pub with no beer’, a Parliament almost empty of MPs is an odd thought. But it seems likely in the near future. Read more Audio
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False starts and long debates at Parliament
7:30 AM.A week of the House included a near miss by Chris Luxon, a lot of debate over a confidence motion and near completion for a bill to ban attempts to 'convert' gender and sexual orientations. Read more Audio
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Firearms prohibition orders take the first step
6:55 PM.A Government bill to ban those deemed dangerous from coming anywhere near guns has had a successful first reading in Parliament. Read more Audio
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Cracking on with preventing anti-LBGTQI harm
6:55 PM.The main event at Parliament might be a very long set-piece debate, but the bills being debated are all scene stealers. Read more Audio
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Parliament begins year with a pep rally
6:55 PM.Parliament's new year has begun in the traditional fashion with a very wide debate that is a multi-party pep rally. And it's no short booster. This one takes 13 hours. Read more Audio
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‘I wish you a wonderful break. You bloody deserve it!’
7:30 AM.Parliament finished its year with a final debate: a chance for a last laugh, a litany of thanks, and a quick punch in the conk. And many wishes for a good break after a hard year. Read more Audio
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Sudden outbreaks of accord: Parliament’s final week
6:55 PM.Parliament has had it’s final day of debating in a week that has been unusual convivial. Mostly. Read more Audio
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Parliament: last orders please
6:55 PM."All over bar the shouting" might refer to many final weeks in Parliament, but this year the MPs still have an ambitious legislative agenda and just two days to get it all done. Read more Audio
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Gender self-ID: 'You can change the law'
7:30 AM.The media focus at Parliament was on the impact of leadership, but the legislation told a different story – about the impact of the public. That we can each change the law. Read more Audio
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Lento, presto, repeat: Louise Upston’s member’s bill
6:55 PM.Louise Upston’s been working on a victims rights member’s bill for more than a decade. After a long gestation and a troubled passage this week it suddenly raced to the finish line. Read more Audio
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New party leaders, new energy, new everything
6:50 PM.Parliament's opposition has shuffled its deck thoroughly and the House has reacted like a school room after a lolly scramble - all sugared up and excited. Read more Audio
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3,2,1… finishing up, not winding down
6:55 PM.Parliament has reached the penultimate week of its year. You might think it was winding down but the to-do list is still prodigious. Read more Audio
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The MPs scrutinising the Covid-19 rules
7:30 AM.Some ministers and ministries have special powers to unilaterally make new laws. And a small group of lawyerly MPs have the job of breaking out the microscope and checking they do it right. Read more Audio
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Coaching the troops: Parliament's Speaker on improving process
7:35 AM.The Speaker is the guardian, champion and referee of parliamentary process, but he also coaches the foot soldiers in the arts of battle - individually or en masse. Read more Audio
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Red, green, blue, yellow? Parliament’s Covid traffic lights
6:55 PM.Parliament has approved the traffic light system, and so Parliament must also abide by it. The Speaker, Trevor Mallard discusses the complexities for Parliament and how it will be applied. Read more Audio
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Speed shows natural divide
6:55 PM.By design there is a gulf between parliaments and governments. It is most obvious when government asks Parliament to go faster. Read more Audio
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A complicated week: Urgency gives House plans A and B
6:55 PM.Most weeks at Parliament are reasonably predictable, this week might need a flow diagram. There's a morning sitting, a members' day and urgency. Read more Audio
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Recapping the week in Parliament
7:30 AM.The House wraps Parliament's week; asks who really runs the country and outlines the repeal of the three strikes law. Read more Audio