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Voting age for local council elections debated
30 Aug 2023MPs have been debating whether to lower the voting age for local council elections to 16 years of age from the current age of 18. Read more Audio
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A week to wrap up Parliament
29 Aug 2023The last sitting week of the 53rd Parliament has a fairly packed schedule of government business, plus debate on the Standing Orders Committee's regular report, and the Adjournment Debate. Read more Audio
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First, dissolve your Parliament
29 Aug 2023Before you can hold an election, a little polite brutality is required. First you must dissolve the current Parliament. No-one wants two parliaments at once do they? Read more
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Beyond the tiles, the work of photographers at Parliament
27 Aug 2023If there’s one group who we don’t hear enough about, it’s the photographers who cover Parliament. A new exhibition is casting light on five of these practitioners. We talk to two of them. Read more Audio
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Finger pistols at 2pm: photos from a week of Question Time
26 Aug 2023The election looms over Parliament’s debating chamber and as it nears the behaviour of MPs is amplified, especially in Question Time. We have a week of photos from above and from down amongst it. Read more
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Todd Muller and 'What might have been'
25 Aug 2023Among a long week of debates at Parliament, MPs still found the time for farewell speeches from departing colleagues. Todd Muller's stood out and while uncomfortable for his colleagues, it is worth… Read more Video, Audio
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Valedictory warning about divisive style of politics
23 Aug 2023As more valedictory speeches were heard in Parliament’s chamber, a warning was sounded from a departing MP about race baiting and dog whistling to extremism. Read more Audio
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Parliament's final six busy days
22 Aug 2023It is the second to last sitting week for Parliament but there is still a mountain of bills to get finalised before the MPs wearily trudge home. Read more Audio
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'Stay grounded and connected to the community' - Aupito William Sio
20 Aug 2023The Labour MP for Māngere, Aupito William Sio is leaving Parliament after a sixteen year-stint which encompassed nine years in Opposition bookended by spells in Government. Read more Audio
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So many bills, so little time
17 Aug 2023Parliament has just days left before it ends for the election. The closer dissolution gets, the harder the MPs are pushing to fit everything in - almost like they're cramming four years of legislating… Read more Audio
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Valedictories: Tell us what you really think
16 Aug 2023Valedictory speech season has begun, and if there’s a common theme cropping up already, it’s a plea for a less toxic style of politics in Parliament. Read more Audio
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Final sitting block underway, urgency planned
15 Aug 2023This week is the first of the last three weeks in the 53rd Parliament, a busy time as the Government still has a lot that it wants to finish before the House rises. Read more Audio
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