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Scrutiny week kicks off with high profile issues dominating exchanges
The House
Dec 1, 20256:05pending
Urgency ends early after voting gaffe
The House
Nov 30, 202514:52pending
Parliament's penultimate sitting block brings long nights in the House
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Nov 23, 202513:58pending
Voting process slows but doesn't stop bills under urgency
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Nov 21, 20255:11pending
Clean vehicle bill passed under urgency
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Nov 20, 20255:10pending
MPs debate the details under urgency
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Nov 19, 20255:33pending
13 bills get urgency treatment in penultimate sitting block of 2025
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Nov 18, 20255:37pending
Loophole results in 11 day submission period for fast track amendments
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Nov 16, 202513:24pending
Government completes four bills in a week of political sideshows
The House
Nov 13, 20255:30pending
The House: Parliament reacts to the Jevon McSkimming scandal
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Nov 12, 20255:49pending
Question time directs rare question to non-Ministerial MP
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Nov 11, 20254:43pending
Introducing: Politics NZ
The House
Nov 10, 20251:09pending
From combative words to first words as new MP gives maiden statement
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Nov 9, 202512:26pending
A former PM weighs in on Parliament's rules
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Nov 6, 20254:18pending
Redress, apologies, and pardons as MPs work on three Treaty settlement bills
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Nov 5, 20254:59pending
Regulatory Standards Bill back in the House after a highly engaged public submis...
The House
Nov 4, 20254:09pending
Behind the scenes at the MP’s library
The House
Nov 2, 202514:03pending
House on Sunday: A power debate, Standing Orders tinkering, and a election date?
The House
Oct 25, 202513:48pending
Parliament delivers two heralds of the 2026 election
The House
Oct 23, 20255:19pending
A question of intent: Takutai Moana Bill passes third reading
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Oct 22, 20255:59pending
It's called Question Time, not Answer Time
The House
Oct 21, 20255:16pending
Moe mai rā, Mr Bolger: MPs Lament the death of the "great helmsman"
The House
Oct 16, 20255:20pending
MPs hear submissions on Public Service Bill
The House
Oct 15, 20255:20pending
Sometimes Parliament needs plot summaries
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Oct 14, 20254:22pending
'A product of Māori resilience': Oriini Kaipara's maiden statement
The House
Oct 11, 202511:24pending
MPs hash out the details of abuse in state care legislation
The House
Oct 9, 20255:28pending
Good MPs make great quiz team members
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Oct 8, 20254:26pending
Groundhog Day as Peter’s delivers third Ministerial Statement on Gaza
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Oct 7, 20255:21pending
The third branch: Parliament's relationship with the courts
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Oct 4, 202514:18pending
Inside the Beehive’s emergency command bunker
The House
Sep 27, 202514:50pending
Government gets urgent on adoption
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Sep 20, 202514:02pending
MPs celebrate Māori language week by arguing in te reo
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Sep 18, 20255:21pending
Government passes adoption bill under urgency
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Sep 17, 20255:29pending
Moves from the Question Time playbook
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Sep 16, 20254:27pending
Politics vs Governance: The Budget finale
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Sep 13, 202512:03pending
The four month journey to budget approval
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Sep 10, 20255:29pending
Parliament’s workload and pace squeezing out committees
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Sep 9, 20255:15pending
The House on Sunday: Parliament's local MP
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Sep 6, 202514:27pending
A Tikanga for Parliament
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Aug 30, 202514:59pending
The House on Sunday: slow government lawmaking and suggestions of lying
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Aug 23, 202515:00pending
Lies, damn lies and parliamentary debate
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Aug 21, 20257:48pending
Opposition backbench passes more bills than National backbench
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Aug 20, 20254:52pending
Parliament this week: ETS reform, stalking, and spying
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Aug 19, 20256:12pending
Spine and Punishment: A review of Swarbrick v Brownlee
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Aug 16, 202515:01pending
Political distractions dominate while the House chips away at lawmaking
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Aug 14, 20255:48pending
More rates and more debt: MPs hear from Auditor General on Local Councils
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Aug 13, 20255:39pending
Palestine: Divining a position from a lack of answers
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Aug 12, 20255:41pending
Parliament’s cross-partisan powerhouse and the new law that undermines it
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Aug 9, 202514:50pending
House on Sunday: Electoral enrolment changes, & 'Unimportant' bills
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Aug 2, 202512:46pending
Parliament's 'rats and mice'
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Jul 31, 20255:35pending