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Parliament's Election Inquiry told blame lies in outdated laws
7:30 AM.Parliament begins its election inquiry with a double-header and finds that blame is something of a boomerang. Read more Audio
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Parliament's regular election law inquiry
7:00 PM.The Justice Committee has begun its inquiry into last year's election. It got some pretty solid and very polite suggestions right up front. Read more Audio
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Dear Parliament: submissions open on Oranga Tamariki & Rental bills
8:00 PM.Changes to tenancy laws and the removal of Treaty obligations from Oranga Tamariki - two proposed new laws ask for public feedback. Read more Audio
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Fast-track Approvals Bill: Submissions
7:00 PM.Parliament has been hearing submissions on the Fast-Track Approvals Bill. The House outlines the Bill and a variety of submissions. Read more Audio
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Leaving the partisan: Gerry Brownlee on being Speaker
7:00 AM.We 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'. Read more Audio
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Three parliamentary signs that a new budget is imminent
7:00 AM.Before each budget comes a political vanguard of announcements and trailers. Parliament has its own, less political signs that a budget is about to arrive. Read more Audio
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Arguing the count while counting the clock
7:55 PM.The Annual Review Debate allows Parliament to grill government ministers on performance in their areas, unless someone runs out of time first. They did. Read more Audio
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“I have some ideas about your budget plan…”
6:50 PM.Members of the public give some last-minute advice to the Government about its budget plans, via committee hearings into the Budget Policy Statement. Read more Audio
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Parliament asks for budget for its watchdogs
7:30 PM.In 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. Read more Audio
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'When old men plant trees': James Shaw's farewell
7:00 AM.James Shaw's valedictory statement included thanks, humour, yarns, surprising allies, warnings and advice for MPs on avoiding the endless policy tug-of-war. Read more Audio
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Ukrainian MPs at Parliament
6:30 PM.This week Parliament hosted both American and Ukrainian delegations. We chat with Galyna Mykhailiuk, who lead the visiting Ukrainian MPs. Read more Video, Audio
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The view from the other side: When MPs submit on bills
6:30 PM.MPs 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. Read more Audio
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Annual ten-hour long interrogation of government performance begins this week
10:00 AM.The Annual Review Debate begins this week, when Parliament quizzes ministers about past performance. Kieran McAnulty explains... Read more Audio
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Fish and quiz: The many uses of written parliamentary questions
7:35 AM.Over 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? Read more Audio
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How MPs cope with strains of the job
7:35 AM.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? Read more Audio
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Member's Day surprises and more in short sitting block
7:35 AM.It 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. Read more Audio
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The debate James Shaw delayed his retirement for
10:23 AM.Members Day this week had it all: surprise votes, big and niche issues, success and failure. A bill from a retiring MP led to an environmental rights debate which included gaping philosophical divides… Read more Audio
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The well-worn path between Auditor-General and Parliament
6:55 PM.The work of the Auditor-General’s office features often in this week’s select committee hearings at Parliament, and for good reason. Read more Audio
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Getting stuck on attack: the slow road to positivity in government
5:30 PM.The Speaker has begun steering ministerial answers away from outright attacks on the previous government, and towards answers. The road to positivity for new governments is long and difficult. Read more Audio
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How petitions get Parliament's attention
7:35 AM.Petitions to Parliament don't always result in a change to law or policy as intended, but they can be an effective way of the public getting a message to those in power. Read more Audio
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How to MP: Tips from a ‘great parliamentarian’
7:00 AM.As he departs from Parliament, Grant Roberson outlines the skills and requirements for being a successful MP, and what he would replace Question Time with. Read more Video, Audio
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Getting specific or aiming wide: The tactics of Question Time
3:00 PM.A look at the tactics of primary questions during Question Time, with help from Grant Robertson, Judith Collins and Gerry Brownlee. Read more Audio
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Taking MPs at their word, or not
6:55 PM.The principle that all MPs are honourable and that they should be taken at their word has been tested multiple times this week in Parliament. Read more Audio
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Parliament begins with money bills on a deadline
8:00 PM.This week’s sitting of Parliament began with two finance bills that have deadlines attached. Read more Audio