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Chris Bishop: On keeping a tidy parliament
10 Mar 2024New goverment, new parliament, new Leader of the House. Chris Bishop is now the Minister responsible for shepherding the Government's legislative agenda. He explains how.
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Long sitting block wraps up, urgency used throughout
7 Mar 2024A rare four-week sitting block at Parliament has wound up, with the Government’s programme of moving legislation through under urgency used throughout.
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Directing traffic in a bear pit: presiding over Question Time
6 Mar 2024Taming Question Time is not easy but this week the Speaker has attempted to reign in the use of Points of Order to make out of order points.
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Parliament agencies face increased demands and tight funds
5 Mar 2024Due to the increasing demands on the work of the Office of the Clerk in an environment of funding constraints, the efficiency of some key Parliament functions could suffer.
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This week in Parliament
5 Mar 2024Parliament has another busy week planned this week. Another week spent almost entirely under the rules of urgency, but with some bills heading to select committee.
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Parliament: Why so much urgency?
3 Mar 2024The new Parliament has spent most of its existence under urgency. What is that, and why use it?
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Full steam ahead
29 Feb 2024The new Parliament has spent much of its time so far, debating under urgency. What is that, and why has it?
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Testy times for presiding officers
28 Feb 2024This morning’s debates in the chamber provided multiple examples of how difficult it can be as a presiding officer when contentious bills are going through under urgency.
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Foreign minister seeks larger diplomatic footprint, despite cuts
27 Feb 2024The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee has been holding its annual review of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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Fa’anānā Efeso Collins: In his own words
25 Feb 2024Fa’anānā Efeso Collins has been fondly remembered and much praised by his colleagues. Here is his own message; the maiden speech he gave a week ago.
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Parliament pauses out of respect for Efeso Collins
21 Feb 2024Parliament has paused out of respect for the Green Party MP Efeso Collins who died unexpectedly in Auckland this morning.
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Is Casey Costello facing a privilege complaint?
20 Feb 2024Wise MPs apologise hard and early, but Casey Costello's correction may be late. The Speaker appears to have revealed he is considering a complaint over a matter of privilege.
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Water reforms ditched and digital hitches: Parliament week
18 Feb 2024This weekly wrap of The House looks at the repeal of major water reforms passed in the last Parliament term, and a Select Committee hearing on news media's existential crisis.
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News media's existential crisis comes to select committee
15 Feb 2024A select committee is considering views on a bill that seeks a more level playing field in the digital market that our media industry operates in, where tech giants dominate.
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Water reforms down the drain after repeal bill
14 Feb 2024The Water Services Acts Repeal Bill has passed through all stages while Parliament went into urgency.
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Marathon sitting block underway with more repeals
13 Feb 2024An unusually long sitting block begins today at Parliament, beginning with another repeal of law passed by the previous government.
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Parliament's new bible
11 Feb 2024Parliament's Clerk has just published a new edition of Parliament's own bible, a vast and fascinating compendium of our democracy - Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand.
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Select Committee live-streaming moves off Facebook
4 Feb 2024Live-streaming of public select committee hearings is now being hosted on Parliament’s own website instead of on Facebook.
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Harder than it looks: Welcome to the ministry Ms Costello
1 Feb 2024Being a government minister is harder than it looks. Parliament is a tough master of its governments. This week a clutch of ministers made mea culpas, and one is learning fast just how hard it can be.
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Legislative year begins with ending Productivity Commission
31 Jan 2024The first piece of legislation Parliament is looking at in 2024 disestablishes a Crown entity that MPs all agreed has been doing great work. But they don't all agree that it should go.
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New Year, newish Parliament, new MPs
30 Jan 2024Leader of the House, Chris Bishop, outlines the week to come in Parliament. A week with 19 maidens and just two bills.
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Parliament 2023, year of the shake-up
24 Dec 2023The House offers a selection of some of the highs and lows, and behind the scenes chats, from a year of great change at Parliament.
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Quick bills, long weeks at Parliament
21 Dec 2023When governments change, the new bunch typically want to quickly make a mark. The first weeks have been long weeks, all about marking fast marks.
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Digging in: Parliament's grind towards year's end
20 Dec 2023There’s a look in the eyes of many people who work on precinct that tells you they just want this parliamentary year to finish already, but it’s not quite done yet.
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