Parliament
The vanishing fallacy: The tactics of Question Time
Question Time is a contest where the tactics constantly evolve, and counter tactics shift to respond. This week one clever tactic appeared suddenly to disappear. Audio
The vanishing fallacy: The tactics of Question Time
Question Time is a contest where the tactics constantly evolve, and counter tactics shift to respond. This week one clever tactic appeared suddenly to disappear.
AudioBack to font: Parliament as the source of cash and power
This week's reduction for Road User Charges shows Parliament is always the source of power and of cash. Audio
Back to font: Parliament as the source of cash and power
This week's reduction for Road User Charges shows Parliament is always the source of power and of cash.
AudioManaging MPs - the ‘staff’ you can’t fire
Parliament’s Speaker is on a mission to stop workplace bullying and improve behaviour, even that of the ‘staff’ who can’t be fired. Audio
Managing MPs - the ‘staff’ you can’t fire
Parliament’s Speaker is on a mission to stop workplace bullying and improve behaviour, even that of the ‘staff’ who can’t be fired.
AudioParliament’s second spring: a public return
Parliament has reworked its traffic light settings and the public are returning to the precinct, including school visits, public events, tours and public galleries in the debating chamber. Audio
Parliament’s second spring: a public return
Parliament has reworked its traffic light settings and the public are returning to the precinct, including school visits, public events, tours and public galleries in the debating chamber.
AudioDecoding the names of bills
A bill by any other name (would be utterly confusing). We decode the naming rules for Parliament’s bills and laws. Audio
Decoding the names of bills
A bill by any other name (would be utterly confusing). We decode the naming rules for Parliament’s bills and laws.
AudioBill seeks streamlined path through surrogacy process
Surrogacy arrangements can often be difficult legal and health processes to navigate for intending parents and surrogates. A new Member’s Bill is looking to make it a smoother process that enhances… Audio
Bill seeks streamlined path through surrogacy process
Surrogacy arrangements can often be difficult legal and health processes to navigate for intending parents and surrogates. A new Member’s Bill is looking to make it a smoother process that enhances…
AudioDating Parliament’s Speaker, and the ‘chair of doom’
The unintended consequences of one MP's early retirement with a bad day for the MP, who in the subsequent reshuffle, is allocated the debating chamber's 'Chair of Doom'. Audio
Dating Parliament’s Speaker, and the ‘chair of doom’
The unintended consequences of one MP's early retirement with a bad day for the MP, who in the subsequent reshuffle, is allocated the debating chamber's 'Chair of Doom'.
AudioThe House For Thurs 17 March 2022
MP departures can have unexpected flow-on effects... Audio
Iwi lead panacea process as Parliament grounds reopen
The community is welcomed back into Parliament's grounds, the next step in the transition back from stinky rubbish tip to a place for picnics, petitions, play and protest. Audio
Iwi lead panacea process as Parliament grounds reopen
The community is welcomed back into Parliament's grounds, the next step in the transition back from stinky rubbish tip to a place for picnics, petitions, play and protest.
AudioMore work needed on hate speech, as Parliament marks mosque attacks anniversary
A motion in Parliament to mark the third anniversary of the Christchurch mosque terror attacks found MPs reflecting on how there is still work to do to counter extremism and hate speech. Audio
More work needed on hate speech, as Parliament marks mosque attacks anniversary
A motion in Parliament to mark the third anniversary of the Christchurch mosque terror attacks found MPs reflecting on how there is still work to do to counter extremism and hate speech.
AudioWhen 'shoe salesman' Vladimir Putin visited New Zealand
In 2000, Sir Bob Harvey was handed an envelope containing 10 pages of gallery proofs of a yet-to-be-published book about future Russian president Vladimir Putin's undercover visits here in the 1980s… Audio
