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The annual review debate: the butt-end of the budget
5 Apr 2023In a busy week of Parliament one of the most crucial things MPs did may have got the least attention. Financial scrutiny is seldom exciting but it is important. Read more Audio
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Exits, entries and grog: the week in Parliament
4 Apr 2023Parliament's week includes a mix of debate on a key police scrutiny role, annual reviews and two bills about booze, as well as the farewell speech from a familiar face. Read more Audio
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Eight new bills for Parliament’s final months
2 Apr 2023Despite a week of distractions MPs were working. Hard. Ten bills were finished, and eight brand new bills began their lives, ready for the remaining weeks of this parliamentary term. Read more Audio
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Little boxes: MPs and their offices
31 Mar 2023The House visited two MPs with very different job descriptions to see the shape and function of both their offices and their staffing arrangements. Read more
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Ten bills passed this week in Parliament
30 Mar 2023Parliament spent extra hours this week churning through quite a long list of proposed legislation, with ten bills completing their third and final readings. Read more Audio
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Extra scrutiny for Immigration
29 Mar 2023Question Time gets all the media attention, but it is only the tip of the scrutiny-iceberg. The action is below the waterline - in committee, where most of Parliament’s scrutiny of Government happens.
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Enabling lawmaking on the fly
28 Mar 2023Parliament can grant powers to certain authorities to make new rules without having to go through the normal lengthy legislative process. Read more Audio
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Lawmakers’ election-year alarm clock
28 Mar 2023This week Parliament changes gears to kick start a bevy of proposed laws. It’s another sign the election is not far away. Read more
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Keeping the flow: the use of te reo at Parliament
26 Mar 2023An increased appetite to learn Te reo Māori among different parts of the Parliament system means the work of the Māori Language Service is in demand more than ever. Read more Audio
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The ominously named Shadow Leader
19 Mar 2023Parliament has a charming tendency to gift people with very odd job titles, like Shadow Leader of the House. Michael Woodhouse outlines what the job entails (and it's neither shade nor homes). Read more Audio
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Political pile-on or Parliament as designed?
16 Mar 2023This week MPs discussed Stuart Nash’s loss of a ministerial warrant for an hour. It may have looked like a political pile-on, but in reality it was Parliament doing exactly what it is designed for –… Read more Audio
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'Fairly busy': National Emergency Management Agency at committee
15 Mar 2023Response to recent climate disasters was the focus as the National Emergency Management Agency appeared before the Governance and Administration Committee for its annual review. Read more Audio
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