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Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament.
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Parliament’s cross-partisan powerhouse and the new law that undermines it
Episode • Aug 9
House on Sunday: Electoral enrolment changes, & 'Unimportant' bills
Episode • Aug 2
Parliament's 'rats and mice'
Episode • Jul 31
Opposition drills into Crown Minerals Bill
Episode • Jul 30
Speaker nods towards large changes to Question Time
Episode • Jul 29
House on Sunday: EU MPs and a maiden statement
Episode • Jul 25
European MPs at Parliament
Episode • Jul 24
Space, spies, stalking, and extra sittings
Episode • Jul 23
Peters navigates opposition questions on Gaza
Episode • Jul 22
Are our politicians 'free to lead'
Episode • Jul 19
Parliament versus Executive: Regs Review and the Regulatory Standards Bill
Episode • Jul 17
MPs check in with Parliament's boss
Episode • Jul 16
New sitting block, new bills
Episode • Jul 15
"We are watching, we are rising, we will not be silenced": Youth Parliament 2025
Episode • Jul 12
Making law: A final avalanche of edits
Episode • Jul 5
House on Sunday: Debating war, mourning death
Episode • Jun 28
MPs pay tribute to Takutai Tarsh Kemp
Episode • Jun 26
Bills under urgency
Episode • Jun 25
Situation in the Middle East: Parliament reacts
Episode • Jun 24
The House on Sunday: Xu-Nan on scrutiny, and bear pit tactics
Episode • Jun 21
Tactics from the scrutiny bear pit
Episode • Jun 19
Peters holds court at foreign affairs scrutiny hearing
Episode • Jun 18
Lawrence Xu-Nan: Prepping for scrutiny week
Episode • Jun 17
The House: Morning Tea with Matt Doocey
Episode • Jun 14
The House: A sentencing hearing in Parliament
Episode • Jun 7
Two out of three: Parliament's week
Episode • Jun 5
Health Committee hear submissions on Medicines Amendment Bill
Episode • Jun 3
Pint of Order! Parliament and Alcohol
Episode • Jun 3
Categories and strategy: The path of Parliament's members' bills
Episode • May 31
MPs knuckle down for marathon budget urgency
Episode • May 24
Words and Numbers: Budget Day in the House
Episode • May 22
What to expect when you're expecting a Budget: The House chats with James Picker
Episode • May 21
Surprise adjournment cuts short haka punishment debate
Episode • May 21
Sir Anand Satyanand: "The Governor General is deep in the DNA of Parliament”
Episode • May 17
Decoding the Speaker’s reaction to the Privileges Committee report
Episode • May 14
Auditor-General tells MPs Treaty settlement commitments aren't being met by public organisations
Episode • May 14
MPs debate abuse in state care redress system
Episode • May 14
House on Sunday: Parliament debates pay equity claims and farewells a Labour stalwart
Episode • May 10
Labour's 'conviction politician' farewells Parliament
Episode • May 8
The Equal Pay Amendment Bill debate: Fast and furious
Episode • May 7
A tardy memorium for Francis
Episode • May 6
Cabinet-lite: Louise Upston sheds light on the Government's Cabinet Committees
Episode • May 3
Democratic guardrails: Is NZ safe from authoritarianism?
Episode • Apr 26
The watchdog that listens: Peter Boshier reflects on nine years as Ombudsman
Episode • Apr 19
House on Sunday: A scavenger hunt, a Treaty bill, and an annual health check
Episode • Apr 12
The unusual death of the Treaty bill
Episode • Apr 9
Verrall and Brown go tit-for-tat in health annual review debate
Episode • Apr 9
A Question Time Scavenger Hunt
Episode • Apr 8
Behind the door at a parliamentary privilege hearing
Episode • Apr 5
The parliamentary background to the 'missing submissions' story
Episode • Apr 3
Gene Technology Bill: The public have their say
Episode • Apr 2
Threats without consequences: Parliament’s “school-yard stupidity” classroom
Episode • Apr 1
Parliament Bill arrives back in the House
Episode • Mar 30
Do we need a Parliamentary Budget Office?
Episode • Mar 27
Urgency giveth, and urgency taketh away
Episode • Mar 26
A week of urgent plod sprinkled with chaos
Episode • Mar 25
Climate change adaptation: Parliament asks the small questions
Episode • Mar 22
Budget debate lite: MPs debate Budget Policy Statement
Episode • Mar 15
Fictional fiscal cliffs – misinterpreting budgets for political gain
Episode • Mar 12
First dose of urgency for the year fixes legal issue
Episode • Mar 11
Four more years? MPs get first chance to debate parliamentary term length bill
Episode • Mar 6
New bill gives green light to congestion charging
Episode • Mar 5
Urgent debate on Bayly resignation
Episode • Mar 4
The Changing Sound of Politics: The voices of past PMs
Episode • Mar 1
MPs, the public, and media get rare glimpse into intelligence community
Episode • Feb 20
It's complicated: Debating justice
Episode • Feb 19
"We have generations of fix-it culture": Marama Davidson on her 'Right to Repair' members bill
Episode • Feb 18
The Prosecution of Stupid, and The Growth Debate
Episode • Feb 15
The Themes and Stylings of a 13-Hour Debate
Episode • Feb 13
"Mental health is about lived experience" Minister tells MPs
Episode • Feb 12
Rules and punishments for MPs
Episode • Feb 11
The Summer of 300,000 submissions
Episode • Feb 10
The Maunga owns itself
Episode • Jan 30
New Year Resolutions: Parliament Style
Episode • Jan 29
Parliament begins with farewells
Episode • Jan 27
The last shout: Parliament's chaotic finale
Episode • Dec 21, 2024
Parliament fits an extra morning into final sitting day
Episode • Dec 18, 2024
Podcast Extra: Debating a ruling
Episode • Dec 17, 2024
Labour moves Speaker from the 'nice' to 'naughty' list
Episode • Dec 17, 2024
The House on Sunday: Blitz week and a crammed committee
Episode • Dec 14, 2024
New bills for public feedback among end of year blitz
Episode • Dec 13, 2024
Parliament on the home stretch, but first: a 30 hour sitting week
Episode • Dec 12, 2024
Tough Justice - How to drown a committee
Episode • Dec 11, 2024
Pacific presiders: Parliament hosts pacific speakers and clerks conference.
Episode • Dec 10, 2024
Quizzing, interrogation, and grilling: scrutiny week in review
Episode • Dec 7, 2024
"RMA reform and land supply fundamental." Housing Minister tells MPs.
Episode • Dec 5, 2024
"Out there with our tails up." Defence minister defends defence.
Episode • Dec 5, 2024
Scrutiny week - peek-a-boo reporting in Health
Episode • Dec 3, 2024
Boosting Scrutiny Week: “Sometimes, for billions of dollars, you’d have a half-hour hearing.”
Episode • Nov 30, 2024
"To love is to move towards freedom" - Parliament's newest member makes their maiden statement
Episode • Nov 22, 2024
Meanwhile, passing law in the House
Episode • Nov 21, 2024
The little Members Bill that could: Restoring Citizenship Bill passes third reading
Episode • Nov 20, 2024
Noise and passion: Mostly outside the chamber
Episode • Nov 20, 2024
Press Gallery 101: The House chats with Jason Walls
Episode • Nov 17, 2024
Snubbing ACT, shaming National: a week of the Treaty bill
Episode • Nov 14, 2024
The House: It’s all politics
Episode • Nov 13, 2024
Responding to Abuse in Care Bill: Major parties put politics aside, minor parties not so much
Episode • Nov 12, 2024
The teen and the veteran: Parliament Bill Committee hears from the public
Episode • Nov 9, 2024
Fighting the Wind to Fly the Flag
Episode • Nov 7, 2024
Harmony and discord: Parliament’s inconstant chamber
Episode • Nov 7, 2024
Early jabs in a new bout: The first Question Time in a new sitting block
Episode • Nov 5, 2024
Parliament Library became haunted house for Halloween
Episode • Nov 2, 2024
Returning Samoan citizenship & a request to add to Te Tiriti
Episode • Oct 26, 2024
"It's good to be on the right side of history": Restoring Citizenship Bill passes second reading
Episode • Oct 24, 2024
Government passes RMA reform bill on freshwater
Episode • Oct 24, 2024
Gazetted: Banning petards and being hoist on them
Episode • Oct 23, 2024
Petard hoisting, petard banning
Episode • Oct 22, 2024
Political messaging: top down, bottom up
Episode • Oct 19, 2024
"A decent conversation": the art of the Ministerial statement
Episode • Oct 17, 2024
The submitters, and you.
Episode • Oct 16, 2024
Sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui: Parliament reacts
Episode • Oct 15, 2024
Speaker’s little helpers: Parliament’s other presiding officers
Episode • Oct 12, 2024
Vetting Parliament's Questions
Episode • Oct 5, 2024
Parliament considers a bill about... itself
Episode • Sep 28, 2024
Parliament gets urgent on sentencing, mining, and charter schools
Episode • Sep 26, 2024
Taking the funding of Parliament off governments
Episode • Sep 25, 2024
"Arcane but really important": Parliament Bill gets special committee
Episode • Sep 24, 2024
Opposition forcing long debates on short committees
Episode • Sep 21, 2024
Wā Pātai: Māori language week at Parliament
Episode • Sep 19, 2024
MPs rediscover a filibustering tactic
Episode • Sep 18, 2024
Budget 2024: Light at the end of the tunnel
Episode • Sep 17, 2024
Leading in opposition & building an alternative government
Episode • Sep 14, 2024
Parsing Question Time answers
Episode • Sep 11, 2024
Parliament honours Kiingi Tuheitia
Episode • Sep 11, 2024
CYP 12 - 60 MPs, 60 accents, 100 opinions
Episode • Sep 7, 2024
Rising costs and rising seas: Parliament’s climate adaptation inquiry
Episode • Aug 31, 2024
Petitioner reveals NZ First's original fast track bill, with hidden projects
Episode • Aug 30, 2024
Stop the questions: a coach steps in to end the fight
Episode • Aug 28, 2024
From Beehive to Bluegrass: Kiwi MPs head stateside
Episode • Aug 25, 2024
How not to answer a question, and other lessons from Parliament
Episode • Aug 23, 2024
Water, coastlines, and corrections: Parliament’s committee stage this week
Episode • Aug 22, 2024
Kumbayah, now take that!
Episode • Aug 20, 2024
Being Māori at Parliament
Episode • Aug 17, 2024
Taking their word for it: Lying and MPs
Episode • Aug 10, 2024
Water cooler chat: Parliament’s General Debate
Episode • Aug 9, 2024
Let your vocal chords do the walking
Episode • Aug 8, 2024
What on earth is that noise: Parliament's bell keepers.
Episode • Aug 6, 2024
National tries for message discipline, ACT not so much
Episode • Aug 3, 2024
Like a student flat, parliament runs on rosters
Episode • Aug 3, 2024
MPs get primetime with state owned media
Episode • Aug 1, 2024
Going back on wards, aiming at gangs
Episode • Jul 31, 2024
MPs on the Abuse in Care report
Episode • Jul 27, 2024
‘Stripping is not exploitative, theft is’, strippers tell MPs
Episode • Jul 26, 2024
Turn up, stand up: Learning from MP’s mistakes
Episode • Jul 25, 2024
Shadow leader visits UK clerks
Episode • Jul 24, 2024
"Plans on top of plans": Being parliament’s scheduler
Episode • Jul 21, 2024
Lobbyists: What do they do and why the bad rep?
Episode • Jul 13, 2024
Displacement, drift, layering and conversion: The changing parliament
Episode • Jul 6, 2024
New bills, ferry debacles and Samoan citizenship rights
Episode • Jun 29, 2024
An urgent week leaves bills wanting feedback
Episode • Jun 28, 2024
Submissions on restoring Samoan's citizenship rights
Episode • Jun 28, 2024
Parliament debates ferry stranding and contract
Episode • Jun 26, 2024
Tuesday: Scrutiny begins
Episode • Jun 21, 2024
Scrutiny Week: When 'government comes to Parliament and tries to justify its spending'
Episode • Jun 15, 2024
Making complaining about MPs less scary
Episode • Jun 8, 2024
Budget Day: A Photo Essay
Episode • Jun 1, 2024
Urgency, at a snail's pace
Episode • Jun 1, 2024
Enough numbers, let’s talk process
Episode • May 31, 2024
A taste of something non-budget, with a hint of gooseberry
Episode • May 29, 2024
It's not Budget week, it's budget months
Episode • May 28, 2024
Parliament's Election Inquiry told blame lies in outdated laws
Episode • May 25, 2024
Parliament's regular election law inquiry
Episode • May 25, 2024
Dear Parliament: submissions open on Oranga Tamariki & Rental bills
Episode • May 23, 2024
Fast-track Approvals Bill: Submissions
Episode • May 21, 2024
Leaving the partisan: Gerry Brownlee on being Speaker
Episode • May 18, 2024
Three parliamentary signs that a new budget is imminent
Episode • May 11, 2024
Arguing the count while counting the clock
Episode • May 9, 2024
“I have some ideas about your budget plan…”
Episode • May 9, 2024
Parliament asks for budget for its watchdogs
Episode • May 7, 2024
'When old men plant trees': James Shaw's farewell
Episode • May 4, 2024
Ukrainian MPs at Parliament
Episode • May 2, 2024
The view from the other side: When MPs submit on bills
Episode • May 1, 2024
Annual ten-hour long interrogation of government performance begins this week
Episode • Apr 30, 2024
Fish and quiz: The many uses of written parliamentary questions
Episode • Apr 27, 2024
How MPs cope with strains of the job
Episode • Apr 20, 2024
The House For Sunday 21 April 2024
Episode • Apr 20, 2024
Member's Day surprises and more in short sitting block
Episode • Apr 13, 2024
The debate James Shaw delayed his retirement for
Episode • Apr 11, 2024
The well-worn path between Auditor-General and Parliament
Episode • Apr 10, 2024
Getting stuck on attack: the slow road to positivity in government
Episode • Apr 10, 2024
How petitions get Parliament's attention
Episode • Apr 6, 2024
How to MP: Tips from a ‘great parliamentarian’
Episode • Mar 30, 2024
Getting specific or aiming wide: The tactics of Question Time
Episode • Mar 29, 2024
Taking MPs at their word, or not
Episode • Mar 27, 2024
Parliament begins with money bills on a deadline
Episode • Mar 26, 2024
Making the cut: two of Parliament's thresholds
Episode • Mar 23, 2024
Auditor-General's youth mental health report before committee
Episode • Mar 21, 2024
Waiting weeks for urgent debates
Episode • Mar 20, 2024
Touch and go: list MPs on the cusp
Episode • Mar 19, 2024
Parliament’s future out the back
Episode • Mar 16, 2024
Chris Bishop: On keeping a tidy parliament
Episode • Mar 9, 2024
Long sitting block wraps up, urgency used throughout
Episode • Mar 7, 2024
Directing traffic in a bear pit: presiding over Question Time
Episode • Mar 6, 2024
Parliament agencies face increased demands and tight funds
Episode • Mar 5, 2024
Parliament: Why so much urgency?
Episode • Mar 2, 2024
Full steam ahead
Episode • Feb 29, 2024
Testy times for presiding officers
Episode • Feb 28, 2024
Foreign minister seeks larger diplomatic footprint, despite cuts
Episode • Feb 27, 2024
Fa’anānā Efeso Collins: In his own words
Episode • Feb 24, 2024
Parliament pauses out of respect for Efeso Collins
Episode • Feb 21, 2024
Is Casey Costello facing a privilege complaint?
Episode • Feb 20, 2024
Water reforms ditched and digital hitches: Parliament week
Episode • Feb 17, 2024
News media's existential crisis comes to select committee
Episode • Feb 15, 2024
Water reforms down the drain after repeal bill
Episode • Feb 14, 2024
Marathon sitting block underway with more repeals
Episode • Feb 13, 2024
Parliament's new bible
Episode • Feb 10, 2024
Select Committee live-streaming moves off Facebook
Episode • Feb 3, 2024
Harder than it looks: Welcome to the ministry Ms Costello
Episode • Feb 1, 2024
Legislative year begins with ending Productivity Commission
Episode • Jan 31, 2024
New Year, newish Parliament, new MPs
Episode • Jan 30, 2024
Parliament 2023, year of the shake-up
Episode • Dec 23, 2023
Quick bills, long weeks at Parliament
Episode • Dec 21, 2023
Digging in: Parliament's grind towards year's end
Episode • Dec 20, 2023
Parliament's Speaker has outlined his approach to Question Time
Episode • Dec 20, 2023
Early stanzas: getting a feel for the new Parliament
Episode • Dec 16, 2023
The House For Thursday 14 December 2023
Episode • Dec 14, 2023
Crash learning: MPs adjust to new roles
Episode • Dec 13, 2023
Question Time answers become optional
Episode • Dec 13, 2023
Parliament: A change of ends and a new referee
Episode • Dec 9, 2023
Parliament’s first choice of debate topic is Gaza
Episode • Dec 8, 2023
Pomp and ceremony gets Parliament underway
Episode • Dec 6, 2023
Parliament's new Speaker hints at free flow style
Episode • Dec 5, 2023
New Parliament, new rules
Episode • Sep 2, 2023
The rule untravelled: changes MPs wanted but didn’t get
Episode • Aug 31, 2023
Voting age for local council elections debated
Episode • Aug 30, 2023
A week to wrap up Parliament
Episode • Aug 29, 2023
Beyond the tiles, the work of photographers at Parliament
Episode • Aug 26, 2023
Todd Muller and 'What might have been'
Episode • Aug 24, 2023
Valedictory warning about divisive style of politics
Episode • Aug 23, 2023
Parliament's final six busy days
Episode • Aug 22, 2023
'Stay grounded and connected to the community' - Aupito William Sio
Episode • Aug 19, 2023
So many bills, so little time
Episode • Aug 17, 2023
Valedictories: Tell us what you really think
Episode • Aug 16, 2023
Final sitting block underway, urgency planned
Episode • Aug 15, 2023
Soft parliamentary diplomacy for more women MPs in the Pacific
Episode • Aug 10, 2023
Committee's scrutiny of Covid regulations fleshed out
Episode • Aug 6, 2023
Bill looks to address Dawn Raids-linked injustice
Episode • Aug 3, 2023
National security briefing: prepare for the unpredictable
Episode • Aug 2, 2023
Special debate to focus on Covid regulations
Episode • Aug 1, 2023
Todd Muller, the human factor
Episode • Jul 29, 2023
The House drops into first gear on RMA
Episode • Jul 27, 2023
Te Kāhui Mōuri lights up Parliament's face
Episode • Jul 27, 2023
Election Energy inside Parliament
Episode • Jul 26, 2023
Photo essay: cross-party MP group in Samoa
Episode • Jul 22, 2023
Urgency done with urgency
Episode • Jul 20, 2023
Parliamentary Privilege: a balance of power and responsibility
Episode • Jul 19, 2023
Privileges and more than a sense of urgency
Episode • Jul 18, 2023
Geoffrey Palmer: Strengthen Parliament to watch government
Episode • Jul 15, 2023
Ian McKelvie: Parliament's last country squire
Episode • Jul 8, 2023
The ways of Parliament’s committees
Episode • Jul 1, 2023
Therapeutic Products Bill in the panel-beater workshop
Episode • Jun 30, 2023
How select committees tweak bills
Episode • Jun 28, 2023
Parliament's backstop for extra government spending
Episode • Jun 27, 2023
Ministerial Grillapalooza: Photos from Parliament’s Estimates Hearings
Episode • Jun 24, 2023
ACT’s pile-on Question Time tactic
Episode • Jun 22, 2023
Bill tackling supermarket duopoly to become law
Episode • Jun 21, 2023
Empty the mattress: Parliament’s week
Episode • Jun 20, 2023
Retiring MPs take stock of Parliament careers
Episode • Jun 17, 2023
Jan Logie: Balancing frustration with hope
Episode • Jun 17, 2023
'A bob each way': Jacqui Dean on Parliament career
Episode • Jun 17, 2023
The unbridled Question Time
Episode • Jun 10, 2023
Rugby, racing and beer: MPs tackle NZ's holy trinity
Episode • Jun 8, 2023
Question Time as a forum for political messaging
Episode • Jun 7, 2023
Testy exchange highlights reach of select committee
Episode • Jun 3, 2023
Justice Committee focus on youth justice
Episode • Jun 2, 2023
Third readings for two number twos
Episode • Jun 1, 2023
How the Opposition shares its shots at Government
Episode • May 30, 2023
Disability access a work in progress for parliament
Episode • May 27, 2023
Budget week goings on, diamonds in the rough
Episode • May 20, 2023
I oppose this awful [add details] plan
Episode • May 19, 2023
Stuff that went down under Budget urgency
Episode • May 19, 2023
Member's Bill: a rough diamond waiting to be shaped
Episode • May 17, 2023
Budget '23: the ceremonial nature of a big day
Episode • May 16, 2023
MPs make great talkers, but terrible tellers
Episode • May 13, 2023
Private bill offers a more reflective debate
Episode • May 11, 2023
Officers of Parliament face more complex and demanding environment
Episode • May 10, 2023
Congratulating an ‘heir’ but pondering ‘successors’
Episode • May 9, 2023
Backbench MPs take on Russia
Episode • May 6, 2023
Luxon v Sepuloni exchanges follow repetitive rhythm
Episode • May 4, 2023
Tourette's Association speaks on petition at health committee
Episode • May 3, 2023
Portents and harbingers of the Budget
Episode • May 2, 2023
Parliament's first Te Reo Māori outreach
Episode • Apr 29, 2023
Long game: activism at Parliament
Episode • Apr 22, 2023
Behind the scenes of Cabinet
Episode • Apr 15, 2023
Jacinda Ardern: Text and Photos - full valedictory
Episode • Apr 8, 2023
Booze bill blocked in conscience vote
Episode • Apr 7, 2023
The annual review debate: the butt-end of the budget
Episode • Apr 7, 2023
Exits, entries and grog: the week in Parliament
Episode • Apr 4, 2023
Eight new bills for Parliament’s final months
Episode • Apr 1, 2023
Ten bills passed this week in Parliament
Episode • Mar 30, 2023
Extra scrutiny for Immigration
Episode • Mar 29, 2023
Enabling lawmaking on the fly
Episode • Mar 28, 2023
Keeping the flow: the use of te reo at Parliament
Episode • Mar 25, 2023
The ominously named Shadow Leader
Episode • Mar 18, 2023
Political pile-on or Parliament as designed?
Episode • Mar 17, 2023
'Fairly busy': National Emergency Management Agency at committee
Episode • Mar 15, 2023
Parliament may fast-track cyclone law without urgency
Episode • Mar 14, 2023
Tabling and other Parliamentage
Episode • Mar 11, 2023
Unpacked: seeking leave to table a document
Episode • Mar 9, 2023
Hamilton West MP honours tūpuna in maiden statement
Episode • Mar 8, 2023
The non-legislative week in the House
Episode • Mar 7, 2023
Talking the talk: how MPs' backgrounds inform debating style
Episode • Mar 4, 2023
Democracy on the cheap: Skint Parliament to turn off the radio
Episode • Feb 25, 2023
Urgency used to pass Bill fixing 501 deportees loophole
Episode • Feb 23, 2023
Entrenchment use under the grill in Standing Orders review
Episode • Feb 22, 2023
Cyclone devastation and climate dominate PM's Statement debate
Episode • Feb 21, 2023
Parliament gets cracking proper with PM's Statement and disaster bills
Episode • Feb 20, 2023
Short, cyclone-hit week starts Parliament 2023
Episode • Feb 14, 2023
A year of disruption: Parliament's 2022 in review
Episode • Dec 17, 2022
The first guest on the floor
Episode • Dec 14, 2022
Parliament’s week includes new bills and an historic speech
Episode • Dec 13, 2022
Go high: Parliament takes its roof solar
Episode • Dec 10, 2022
Parliament cancels a reservation: explaining 'entrenchment'
Episode • Dec 7, 2022
Focus on three Government bills in penultimate week
Episode • Dec 7, 2022
Demystifying Parliament: MPs open up in Westport
Episode • Dec 2, 2022
Submitting to Parliament (but in a good way)
Episode • Nov 26, 2022
A long week of Tuesdays and lots of bills
Episode • Nov 25, 2022
Niggly nights: testy exchanges in the House under urgency
Episode • Nov 24, 2022
Parliament’s full-steam-ahead Christmas wind-down
Episode • Nov 23, 2022
Parliament to sit under urgency this week
Episode • Nov 21, 2022
The Parliamentary Collection: an eclectic list
Episode • Nov 21, 2022
Overwhelming vote, meet Reserved Provision
Episode • Nov 16, 2022
MPs warned of ordeals ahead amid disinformation
Episode • Nov 15, 2022
Reimagining Parliament
Episode • Nov 12, 2022
A Members’ Day of two halves
Episode • Nov 10, 2022
Ex-military MPs vocal on Inspector General Bill
Episode • Nov 9, 2022
So many reasons for law...
Episode • Nov 8, 2022
'A sea of tranquility' - MPs and their groups
Episode • Nov 5, 2022
“Not just for old stuffy white males” Trevor Mallard on Parliament
Episode • Oct 29, 2022
Trevor Mallard: Exit Interview
Episode • Oct 28, 2022
Parliament: without notice, but with warning
Episode • Oct 27, 2022
Historic gender achievement in Parliament with MP's swearing-in
Episode • Oct 26, 2022
Fair Pay Bill hogs limelight again this week
Episode • Oct 25, 2022
Trevor Mallard: 'Humble backbencher of Wainuiomata'
Episode • Oct 22, 2022
The E-team: Parliament and cyber security
Episode • Oct 20, 2022
A rare message of consent from the GG
Episode • Oct 19, 2022
Fair Pay Bill to make for feisty debate this week
Episode • Oct 18, 2022
Adrian Rurawhe: The accidental Speaker
Episode • Oct 15, 2022
Treading water: the plight of the First Term MP
Episode • Oct 8, 2022
Testing times: Parliament’s new speakers get a hazing
Episode • Oct 1, 2022
Walking backwards while pointing forwards
Episode • Sep 29, 2022
Not just MPs in the big grey box
Episode • Sep 29, 2022
Crime double shot in week of first readings
Episode • Sep 27, 2022
Plain language? Forsooth, forfend!
Episode • Sep 24, 2022
Queen holiday bill debate not all misty-eyed
Episode • Sep 21, 2022
MPs get back into the rhythm
Episode • Sep 20, 2022
Te reo Māori thrives as petition anniversary marked
Episode • Sep 15, 2022
Condolences & congratulations: A very short week in Parliament
Episode • Sep 14, 2022
Bringing Parliament and more to the people: PTV
Episode • Sep 3, 2022
Parliament journos back on the tiles
Episode • Sep 1, 2022
Freedom Campers debate offers insights on MPs
Episode • Aug 31, 2022
Estimates debate set to conclude this week
Episode • Aug 30, 2022
Six months on, human costs of the Parliament occupation
Episode • Aug 27, 2022
Long time in the pipeline, prohibition of mining bill
Episode • Aug 25, 2022
Parliament elects a new Speaker
Episode • Aug 24, 2022
Parliament's week with a Speaker-sized hole in it
Episode • Aug 23, 2022
Shape your own Parliament: The standing orders review
Episode • Aug 20, 2022
Parliamentary employment: 'Chief Executive but not really the boss'
Episode • Aug 19, 2022
From passenger to pilot: subbing in as Parliament chair
Episode • Aug 13, 2022
Parliament: The week inside
Episode • Aug 12, 2022
Parliament doubles down on serious crime
Episode • Aug 10, 2022
Not enough chiefs
Episode • Aug 9, 2022
Words galore - the work of Hansard
Episode • Aug 6, 2022
A week knee-deep in bills
Episode • Aug 4, 2022
Get busy winning - Tauranga MP’s maiden speech
Episode • Aug 3, 2022
Parliament’s sweet spot for extra days
Episode • Aug 2, 2022
Parliament at night: scenes inside the ant hill
Episode • Jul 30, 2022
Meet a new MP: Dan Rosewarne
Episode • Jul 28, 2022
Extended sitting weeks begin as legislative agenda gets busy
Episode • Jul 26, 2022
Beyond imposter syndrome - Youth Parliament 2022
Episode • Jul 23, 2022
Parliament’s cooperative team captains
Episode • Jul 16, 2022
If the House is Parliament's mouth, this is its brain
Episode • Jul 9, 2022
The House For Sunday 10 July 2022
Episode • Jul 9, 2022
Decoding Parliament's money talk
Episode • Jul 2, 2022
Studying Parliament from the inside
Episode • Jun 30, 2022
An expeditious Tuesday
Episode • Jun 30, 2022
Tips on surviving Question Time
Episode • Jun 28, 2022
Learning to Minister, and a crucial skill
Episode • Jun 25, 2022
Christchurch Call making headway
Episode • Jun 23, 2022
Committee hears more on plight of 'hope seekers' from Tuvalu
Episode • Jun 22, 2022
Sense of urgency in Parliament amid winter gloom
Episode • Jun 21, 2022
Parliament’s Serjeant: More than ceremonial
Episode • Jun 18, 2022
Begin at the centre: interning at Parliament
Episode • Jun 11, 2022
Local authorities urge MPs to support alcohol harm minimisation bill
Episode • Jun 9, 2022
Booze bills flow in the House
Episode • Jun 8, 2022
If you miss a major reform, wait a day or two...
Episode • Jun 7, 2022
The Budget: Shades of debate
Episode • Jun 4, 2022
Hanging messages on Pae Ora
Episode • Jun 2, 2022
Aged Care workers call for increased minimum staff levels
Episode • Jun 1, 2022
Last chance for MPs to edit health reform bill
Episode • May 31, 2022
Playing catch-up to protect kids from digital harm
Episode • May 28, 2022
Reading Everest: Notes on Budgets
Episode • May 21, 2022
The not-the-budget bills
Episode • May 19, 2022
Question Time: How to get it straight
Episode • May 18, 2022
Oddity notes on budget week at Parliament
Episode • May 17, 2022
Oiling the democratic machine
Episode • May 14, 2022
When courts tell parliament 'no', what next?
Episode • May 12, 2022
How ministers reach a decision
Episode • May 11, 2022
Special debate on draft version of Resource Management Act replacement
Episode • May 10, 2022
Goodbye Hello - two ends of the Parliament journey
Episode • May 7, 2022
‘No fair Ref!’: The political theatre of asking the impossible
Episode • May 6, 2022
No matter what, any petition to parliament gets heard
Episode • May 4, 2022
Comings and goings: A week in the House
Episode • May 3, 2022
The House For Sunday 1 May 2022
Episode • Apr 30, 2022
Select committees by Zoom, the great leveller
Episode • Apr 30, 2022
Painting the legal jigsaw, one piece at a time
Episode • Apr 23, 2022
Police: The unenviable portfolio
Episode • Apr 16, 2022
It’s the putting right that counts, or something like that
Episode • Apr 14, 2022
Urgency called for as parliament committee works on pay gaps
Episode • Apr 13, 2022
Scrutiny of appropriations and appropriating for scrutiny
Episode • Apr 12, 2022
Duelling quotes and holiday stars
Episode • Apr 9, 2022
Journey of learning: Matariki Holiday becomes law
Episode • Apr 7, 2022
The vanishing fallacy: The tactics of Question Time
Episode • Apr 6, 2022
Back to font: Parliament as the source of cash and power
Episode • Apr 5, 2022
Managing MPs - the ‘staff’ you can’t fire
Episode • Apr 2, 2022
Lessons from Christchurch inform Earthquake Commission transition
Episode • Mar 31, 2022
Parliament’s second spring: a public return
Episode • Mar 30, 2022
Decoding the names of bills
Episode • Mar 29, 2022
Bill seeks streamlined path through surrogacy process
Episode • Mar 26, 2022
Dating Parliament’s Speaker, and the ‘chair of doom’
Episode • Mar 19, 2022
Iwi lead panacea process as Parliament grounds reopen
Episode • Mar 16, 2022
More work needed on hate speech, as Parliament marks mosque attacks anniversary
Episode • Mar 15, 2022
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