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Hurling your voice in Parliament's chamber
6:55 PM.Parliament is back to normal(ish) with MPs flexing their vocal chords, and some comments and misconceptions about the House's microphones. Read more Audio
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The safe bet and the cash cache: imprest supply
7:30 AM.MPs have been arguing about imprest supply recently. Partly, that argument assumes you don’t understand what it is. You’re about to. Read more Audio
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Parliament hails the returning heroes
7:30 AM.The House reviews the week in Parliament with praise for paralympians and more than usual unity when the subject is security. Read more Audio
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A budget week but covid questions
6:55 PM.In a parliamentary week that was all about passing the budget, Question Time did not get the memo - it was all about Covid-19. Read more Audio
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Security draws major parties together
6:55 PM.When New Zealand faces a security issue the major political parties often co-operate, focusing more on solutions than blame, as this week demonstrates. Read more Audio
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Enough debate, show me the money
6:55 PM.Parliament is slowly returning to normal. This week the House moves beyond its 'government oversight' function and adds 'approving spending' and 'supplying the actual cash'. Read more Audio
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Parliament's tiny house vs its committees
7:35 AM.This week Parliament's House held just a tiny remnant of MPs. So where were the rest of them, what were they doing, and who was working harder? Read more Audio
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Covid, covid, covid: a week of questions at Parliament
6:55 PM.Covid, covid, covid, and especially vaccines: a week of questions in Parliament. Read more Audio
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General debate: Bouquets and lumps of brick
6:55 PM.Today's General Debate was a potpourri of arguments and approaches, of bouquets and lumps of brick. The House surveys it's tones and themes. Read more Audio
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Interesting times in the level 4 House
6:55 PM.The House isn’t doing that much this week, mostly ‘General Business’. Both more and less of it than usual; and all of it pointing to interesting times. Read more Audio
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Michael Cullen on caucus
7:30 AM.A previously unbroadcast interview with Sir Michael Cullen about the party caucus, how it works and his experience of it. Read more Audio
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Five TV-sized parliaments set to grill ministers
5:55 PM.How do you have a Parliament without a debating chamber? Go small and go virtual. This week five select committees will question ministers on TV. Read more Audio
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Business Committee: the power behind the chamber
7:30 AM.Collectively the MPs can make Parliament’s rules, but just a few of them can short circuit that and agree together what will happen. Read more Audio
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MPs on the Dawn Raids
7:30 AM.This week Parliament held a special debate to give MPs a chance to talk about the official apology for the Dawn Raids of the 1970s. The House has some moments from that debate. Read more Audio
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Births, deaths, and genders: a quiet bill goes loud
6:55 PM.Four years ago an almost anonymous bill began life in Parliament. This week that quiet bill turned up the volume, went loud and now commands attention. Read more Audio
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Week in a day: Parliament’s bonkers Tuesday
6:55 PM.What happens if you try to fit a week’s worth of parliament into a single day - a slightly bonkers Tuesday. Read more Audio
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All the debates: The week in Parliament
6:55 PM.This week in Parliament is set to be a busy one with an almost complete set of the many kinds of debate the House can have. Read more Audio
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Conversion practices & debate therapy
7:35 AM.We look at the first outing of the conversion therapy ban bill, and whether MPs could need therapy for first reading confusion. Read more Audio
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Four fall down, three stand up
6:55 PM.This week Parliament banished four member’s bills to dusty oblivion, but like a game of whack-a-mole three more popped up to replace them. Read more Audio
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The unmysterious case of the vanishing leaders
6:55 PM.Akin to the animals on the way to Noah’s fabled Ark, in Parliament one particular breed of MP always goes two-by-two. They even vanish together. Read more Audio
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And on the third day: the pre-life of a law
6:55 PM.What happens before parliament debates a new bill, and why does that usually happen at the fag-end of the week? Read more Audio
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Louisa & Louise: How to member’s bill
7:35 AM.Louisa Wall and Louise Upston discuss how MPs choose, devise, draft, and champion their own member's bills. Read more Audio
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Gay law reform: a tactics masterclass
7:30 AM.Thirty five years later, Fran Wilde and Trevor Mallard discuss the campaign, strategy and tactics involved in the 1985-86 campaign to legalise gay sex. Read more Audio
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Staying alive for the next 40 years? Treasury is planning your future.
7:30 AM.How will decisions made about Covid-19, climate change, housing and an ageing population play out 40 years from now? The Treasury is making predictions and wants the public to weigh in. Read more Audio
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Auditing responsibilities
7:30 AM.Parliament spent a long time this week debating an auditing problem. We give that debate a short audit and hear from MPs on suicide prevention. Read more Audio