The House On Demand
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Displacement, drift, layering and conversion: The changing parliament
7 Jul 2024There is new research on how Parliament's rules change, and the researcher gets to observe that change very closely – Parlament's Clerk of the House. Audio
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New bills, ferry debacles and Samoan citizenship rights
30 Jun 2024Parliament tussled through another long week of urgency, and more besides. The House weekend edition has a stormy debate on ferries, five new bills for comment, and submissions on restoring Samoan… Audio
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Submissions on restoring Samoan's citizenship rights
27 Jun 2024Parliament is hearing submissions on a bill that would create a route to restore NZ citizenship for those Samoans who had that right removed in 1982. Audio
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An urgent week leaves bills wanting feedback
26 Jun 2024Parliament had another week of urgency and a new list of bills. Five now need public feedback on things ranging from charter schools, and medicine regulations, to three strikes sentencing. Audio
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Parliament debates ferry stranding and contract
25 Jun 2024Parliament’s urgent debate on the recent ferry grounding was a rollicking ride, and you might say the Speaker was to blame. Audio
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Tuesday: Scrutiny begins
18 Jun 2024The House covers the beginning of Scrutiny Week - when Parliament makes the Government really work to get its budget approved. Audio
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Scrutiny Week: When 'government comes to Parliament and tries to justify its spending'
16 Jun 2024Despite Parliament having supremacy, governments often play the boss. This week the tables will turn as ministers face up to backbenchers for Parliament's first Scrutiny Week. Audio
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Making complaining about MPs less scary
9 Jun 2024Parliament has a long-held reputation for bad bosses and even worse behaviour. One solution is a new independent role to hear complaints. Audio
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Budget Day: A Photo Essay
2 Jun 2024Budget Day in photos: Facts, attacks, stories, protests, pantomime and proclamations. Audio
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Urgency, at a snail's pace
31 May 2024After the Budget Debate begins, it's usual to go into urgency to progress some government bills quickly through the House, or as is the case so far this year - not so quickly. Audio
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Enough numbers, let’s talk process
30 May 2024Once the Budget Statement is delivered, what happens next? The House looks beyond the initial announcement to the three different processes that follow it, sometimes concurrently. Audio
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A taste of something non-budget, with a hint of gooseberry
29 May 2024Like the calm before a storm, Wednesday evening at Parliament was not about the budget. It was a Members' Day including a bill on cellar door tastings. We sip it with its sponsor Stuart Smith. Audio
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It's not Budget week, it's budget months
28 May 2024It's budget week at Parliament, but Thursday's announcement is just the beginning of a long process of the Government convincing Parliament to fund its ideas. Audio
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Parliament's Election Inquiry told blame lies in outdated laws
26 May 2024Parliament begins its election inquiry with a double-header and finds that blame is something of a boomerang. Audio
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Parliament's regular election law inquiry
23 May 2024The Justice Committee has begun its inquiry into last year's election. It got some pretty solid and very polite suggestions right up front. Audio
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Dear Parliament: submissions open on Oranga Tamariki & Rental bills
22 May 2024Changes to tenancy laws and the removal of Treaty obligations from Oranga Tamariki - two proposed new laws ask for public feedback. Audio
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Fast-track Approvals Bill: Submissions
21 May 2024Parliament has been hearing submissions on the Fast-Track Approvals Bill. The House outlines the Bill and a variety of submissions. Audio
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Leaving the partisan: Gerry Brownlee on being Speaker
19 May 2024We talk with the Speaker, Gerry Brownlee, about Question Time, MP porkies, and stepping above the fray after 27 years or partisan politics, to instead become 'Parliament's man'. Audio
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Three parliamentary signs that a new budget is imminent
12 May 2024Before each budget comes a political vanguard of announcements and trailers. Parliament has its own, less political signs that a budget is about to arrive. Audio
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Arguing the count while counting the clock
9 May 2024The Annual Review Debate allows Parliament to grill government ministers on performance in their areas, unless someone runs out of time first. They did. Audio
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“I have some ideas about your budget plan…”
8 May 2024Members of the public give some last-minute advice to the Government about its budget plans, via committee hearings into the Budget Policy Statement. Audio
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Parliament asks for budget for its watchdogs
7 May 2024In the lead-up to the Budget, Parliament goes over the head of the Government, asking the Governor General to add in some cash for Parliament's three watch-dogs. Audio
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'When old men plant trees': James Shaw's farewell
5 May 2024James Shaw's valedictory statement included thanks, humour, yarns, surprising allies, warnings and advice for MPs on avoiding the endless policy tug-of-war. Audio
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Ukrainian MPs at Parliament
2 May 2024This week Parliament hosted both American and Ukrainian delegations. We chat with Galyna Mykhailiuk, who lead the visiting Ukrainian MPs. Video, Audio
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The view from the other side: When MPs submit on bills
1 May 2024MPs listen to hundreds of Select Committee submissions. But occasionally, like Camilla Belich today, they get to sit on the other side of the table themselves. Audio
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Annual ten-hour long interrogation of government performance begins this week
30 Apr 2024The Annual Review Debate begins this week, when Parliament quizzes ministers about past performance. Kieran McAnulty explains... Audio
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Fish and quiz: The many uses of written parliamentary questions
28 Apr 2024Over the last six years, parliament’s clerks have had to vet about 40,000 written questions each year. So how are written questions used and what are the democratic benefits? Audio
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How MPs cope with strains of the job
MPs have some of the highest pressure jobs in New Zealand, and the stressors aren’t always what you might think. So does anyone help them carry the load, and how do they personally cope? Audio
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Member's Day surprises and more in short sitting block
14 Apr 2024It was a sitting block of just one week but it had its share of surprises, routine stuff and signs of a changing culture around scrutiny at committee level. Audio
