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Not enough chiefs
9 Aug 2022It’s not often a group of workers think ‘we need more bosses’. That’s what MPs did this week - kind of. Parliament may now have more presiding officers than it’s ever had.
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Words galore - the work of Hansard
7 Aug 2022The House hears from two Hansard editors about the unique work of the team whose reports become part of Parliament's official record and can be seen by anyone.
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A week knee-deep in bills
4 Aug 2022This week Parliament's debating chamber was knee-deep in bills. We have a quick run-through of the 14 different wanna-be laws it debated.
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Youth Parliament 2022: A Pasifika Perspective
4 Aug 2022Youth Press Gallery reporters Louis Collins and Andre Fa’aoso talked to four Pasifika Youth MPs to hear what viewpoints they sought to bring to Youth Parliament 2022.
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Youth MPs in their own words: A photo essay
5 Aug 2022Every three years 120 young MPs descend on Parliament to show the old MPs how to do it properly. They bring speeches, stories, ideas and experience that are compelling. Here are photos and words from…
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Get busy winning - Tauranga MP’s maiden speech
3 Aug 2022In his maiden speech the newly sworn-in MP for Tauranga warns of a malaise in the country, and urges the nation to 'get busy winning'.
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Experience of youth in care highlighted at YP 22
1 Aug 2022"Dislocated, Dismissed and Disappointed." Youth MP Albet Lockie speaks to Youth Parliament on challenges faced by young people with experience in the care system.
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Parliament’s sweet spot for extra days
2 Aug 2022For the next while Parliament is sitting an extra morning each week. It has hit the twixt-reviews sweet-spot and has also has a lot of new ideas to debate.
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Civics: New Zealand’s Cinderella subject
1 Aug 2022The 2020s bring unprecedented challenges for young New Zealanders including a pandemic, climate crisis, economic hardship and volatile politics. Youth Parliament Press Gallery reporter Louis Collins…
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Parliament at night: scenes inside the ant hill
31 Jul 2022Parliament at night is a different vibe to Parliament during the day. Staff numbers on precinct have mostly thinned out, but it's a time when the weird and wonderful can happen.
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Youth MPs call for improved civics education in NZ schools
30 Jul 2022Youth MPs part of joint international call to governments for provision of better access to civics education for youth.
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Meet a new MP: Dan Rosewarne
28 Jul 2022We meet a new MP, Dan Rosewarne who gave hs maiden speech this week: a chance to say 'who I am, how I got to be here and what I hope to achieve'.
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Extended sitting weeks begin as legislative agenda gets busy
26 Jul 2022The latest from the House
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Beyond imposter syndrome - Youth Parliament 2022
24 Jul 2022Last week Parliament was taken over by the new leaders Youth Parliament - an opportunity for rangatahi to speak and the rest of us to pay attention.
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Demand for lowered voting age reinforced at Youth Parliament '22
22 Jul 2022A Youth MP is criticising Parliament for the double standards rangatahi face to effectively engage in Aotearoa’s democratic process, amidst increasing calls to lower the voting age.
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Youth MP pleads for action on mental health crisis
22 Jul 2022Jade Varney is one of 18 Youth MPs who took the opportunity of participating in Youth Parliament 2022 to plead for action on the country's mental health crisis.
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Youth Parliament mock bill passes with decisive majority
21 Jul 2022Youth MPs at Youth Parliament 2022 have voted in favour of a mock-bill to abolish the starting-out wage for young people.
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Photo essay: Youth Parliament 2022 Day 1
20 Jul 2022Photo Essay: YP22 Day 1 - A story told in pictures by Mishka Lombaard, featuring the opening of Parliament, question time, general debate and select committees.
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Youth MPs grill government ministers on wide range of topics
19 Jul 2022Government Ministers were faced with a series of challenging questions by Youth MPs at Parliament today on a wide variety of subjects.
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Greymouth Youth MP works for teen sexual health
19 Jul 2022Youth Press Gallery reporter Mishka Lombaard has a conversation with Youth MP Samantha Bergin about her passion for teen sexual health.
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Youth MPs to focus on glaring wage gap
19 Jul 2022A mock Member’s Bill which zeroes in on the glaring disparity in wages for young people is to be the focus of debate among Youth MPs in the 10th Youth Parliament this week.
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Make it 16 gains traction at Youth Parliament
18 Jul 2022Youth MPs are expected to present an open letter to Parliament calling for the voting age to be lowered, as the Make it 16 movement takes centre stage at this year's Youth Parliament.
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Parliament’s cooperative team captains
17 Jul 2022MPs in Parliament shout at each other a lot, but they also cooperate a lot, including about the timetable for that shouting. It's all more efficient that way.
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Local elections 2022: Why youth should care
15 Jul 2022Many rangatahi get their first say in October’s local elections. The issues Aotearoa faces have changed recently adding more reasons that young people must defy turnout trends and information scarcity…
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