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Entrenchment use under the grill in Standing Orders review
22 Feb 2023The 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
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
21 Feb 2023After 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
14 Feb 2023After 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
18 Dec 2022The 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
14 Dec 2022It'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
13 Dec 2022It 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
11 Dec 2022MPs 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
7 Dec 2022Parliament’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'
6 Dec 2022Parliament 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
4 Dec 2022Five 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)
27 Nov 2022Parliament 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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