Parliament

Tongan parliamentary staff have picked up tips for record keeping and helping upset constituents following a visit to their New Zealand counterparts. Audio

When conscience intervenes in the running of Parliament. How conscience issues alter the rules and process of law making. Audio

It will be a feisty week in Parliament and not just from election fever. Up for debate are abortion, elections, film workers, and whether to keep the government. Audio

‘Don’t ask me, not my problem’ really is an appropriate response from MPs in Question Time - but probably in fancier words.  Audio

You may vote at the election, but you don’t choose the government. If not you, then who?

When Parliament finally begins each year it goes off with a bang, and in an election year moreso. In the first debate the parties demoed their election messages. They were selling both sunflowers… Audio

The first week of question time is done for 2020 and featured topics including coronavirus, Ihumatao, and gangs. Audio

Parliament’s select committees are surprisingly open and public, but when they go dark to work on outcomes they are meant to stay pitch black. Audio

This is Parliament’s ultimate week of the year. But the line-up is less in the sense of the epitome of superlative greats, and more the eventual, terminal, conclusion.  Audio

The end of the year is often a time of reflection and Parliament does this too by assessing the performance of Government funded entities and acknowledging the Whakaari/White Island eruption  Video, Audio