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Money for 30 months a year
28 May 2019In Budget week it seems suddenly everything’s about the money. That’s not true. Parliament’s focus on the money never seems to stop.
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The House today: Tuesday 28 May 2019
28 May 2019It’s budget week but before the big day on Thursday there are other things to work through. Here’s what the House will try to do today.
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The ‘right body’ - select committee hears petition on gender confirmation surgery
27 May 2019A petitioner asking for gender confirmation surgery for youth to be funded has appeared before a health committee.
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Committee roulette
23 May 2019Parliament is the forum for public debate, but you can’t wander into the debating chamber and join the MPs in random discussion. You can get pretty close though.
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Swearing in and bowing out
22 May 2019New MP Paulo Garcia was sworn in this week to replace former National MP Nuk Korako.
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The House today - Thursday 23 May 2019
23 May 2019Today MPs will work through an iwi settlement bill and some bills on earthquakes before breaking for the weekend.
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Nuk Korako says e noho rā
22 May 2019Nuk Korako didn’t plan to be a politician. And on becoming one later in life he was dropped in the deep end. He's now saying goodbye with huge plans ahead.
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Goodbye Gore, hello drugs and jobs
22 May 2019Wednesday in Parliament will include two hours of Gore with drugs and jobs as a chaser.
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This week in the House: zero carbon and last year's finances
21 May 2019MPs are back at Parliament after a week off and the first thing they'll tackle in the House is a bill on climate change.
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Zero carbon bill to have first reading
21 May 2019Each sitting day MPs debate various topics which are decided beforehand. Here's what they'll try to work through today.
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Parliament's chamber of secrets
19 May 2019The public aren't often allowed in the debating chamber but many have been in the second secret chamber without even realising. Phil Smith finds out how it works.
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The price of money
Last week the OCR dropped 25 basis points. What is the OCR, why does it matter, how’s the Government involved, and why weren’t the basis points better attached?
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Dealing with the naughty boys at Parliament
9 May 2019This week three MPs were booted from the debating chamber but was it a case of rule-breaking or bias?
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Parliament’s to do list: Thursday 9 May 2019
9 May 2019Every day in the House MPs work through a schedule of business so here’s what they’ll likely work on today.
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Checking up on billions spent
8 May 2019MPs have begun a 10 hour debate on whether or not public money was well spent in the 2017/2018 financial year.
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"It ain't over till..."
8 May 2019It’s round two of the Government’s boss publicly going over the books and offering praise and complaints. "In the red corner..."
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Bang for your buck - were taxes spent good?
7 May 2019Billions of dollars are channeled by the government into public services every year and every year MPs question whether or not it was money well spent in the Annual Review Debate.
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Beginning a long debate on how money was spent
7 May 2019Each sitting day in the House MPs work through a schedule of business. Today that includes starting a ten hour debate on how Government departments performed over the last financial year.
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A briefing, a farewell, and a paycheck at Parliament
5 May 2019The House rounds up some of the happenings at Parliament this week including a briefing on women, peace, and security, a farewell speech from Nuk Korako, and funding for the watchdogs.
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Feeding the hand that bites you
2 May 2019You may think that the opposition are the group in Parliament whose job is to ‘hold the government to account’. You’d be wrong.
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Support and criticism for misuse of drugs bill at select committee
1 May 2019A select committee has heard the intent of a bill to reclassify synthetic cannabinoids is supported but the bill could unintentionally affect prosecutions
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Third readings aplenty at Parliament
2 May 2019The House will likely work through the final stages of a few bills today but the usual question time will still take place first.
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Filibustering the End of Life Choice
1 May 2019End of Life Choice is finally back on Parliament’s agenda. But its opponents aren’t about to roll over, so what tactics are available to them? Quite a few as it turns out.
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Parliament's to do list: Wednesday 1 May 2019
1 May 2019Government bills are on the back-burner today with the House set to debate member’s bills.
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