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The House
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Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament.
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House on Sunday: Ministerial responsibility & key bills from a big week
4w ago00:12:34Tap to summarizeWe ask whether ministers can evade questions by claiming operational independence, and note some key bills from a huge week. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →23 Bills, 36 stages: Here are eight to note
4w ago00:05:12Tap to summarizeAs Parliament stretches into the weekend in a debating marathon, we note four bills being completed and four others just beginning their legislative journey. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Ten third readings: A lot of practice crossing the finish line
4w ago00:05:32Tap to summarizeWith ten third readings during Parliament's urgency week, a suite of bills are now on the cusp of becoming law, pending the largely ceremonial box-tick of Royal Assent.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →The 'not my circus, not my monkey' defence
Jul 100:05:42Tap to summarizeCan a minister, asked how his agency achieves its targets, use the 'not my circus, not my monkey' tactic? Tama Potaka did. What are the rules?Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Rare declaration debate precedes a week of urgency
Jun 3000:06:04Tap to summarizeBefore Parliament got down into the trenches for urgency, it debated a declaration from the Supreme Court that particular legislation was inconsistent with NZBORAGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →House on Sunday: Misinforming MPs, and an election-free QT
Jun 2700:14:10Tap to summarizeAllegations that officials kept ministers and MPs in the dark, and MPs as bad examples. Plus, the Speaker quashes Question Time electioneering.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Misleading Parliament: Do MPs set a bad example?
Jun 2500:05:20Tap to summarizeImmigration officials are under investigation for allegedly misleading a Parliament committee. Are MPs bad role models? Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Parliament hears submissions on "Samaritan bill"
Jun 2400:06:15Tap to summarizeRemember the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan? Well this week, Parliament's Health Select Committee has been hearing oral submissions on a member's bill that some have dubbed the "Good Samaritan Bill". Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Parliament (and ministers) kept in dark
Jun 2300:05:40Tap to summarizeMPs as well as ministers may have been kept in the dark over immigration IT project. One omission gets more outrage, but both are equally bad. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →House on Sunday: the last scrutiny week of the 54th Parliament
Jun 2000:12:55Tap to summarizeThe House reviews the last estimates scrutiny week for the 54th ParliamentGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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