RNZ: The House

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Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament.

  • 7 minutes 3 seconds
    "To love is to move towards freedom" - Parliament's newest member makes their maiden statement
    The Green's Benjamin Doyle has joined the 54th Parliament about a third of the way into its term. Their maiden statement wrapped up a huge week for Parliament.
    22 November 2024, 1:34 am
  • 5 minutes 5 seconds
    Meanwhile, passing law in the House
    The political week has been packed with worthy distractions, but in the background all week Parliament has focused on passing new laws. Here are the highlights.
    21 November 2024, 5:50 am
  • 5 minutes 36 seconds
    The little Members Bill that could: Restoring Citizenship Bill passes third reading
    The House speaks to two members of the Samoan Community that came to Parliament to see the Restoring Citizenship Bill pass its final reading.Ā 
    20 November 2024, 10:31 pm
  • 5 minutes 10 seconds
    Noise and passion: Mostly outside the chamber
    At Parliament the vast majority of noise and passion was from the hikoi outside the chamber. The crowd so large that vast number likely never managed to get inside the grounds. Despite that, everyone was incredibly patient, friendly and polite. Inside, the debating chamber was never going to quite match the energy - or possibly the politeness.
    20 November 2024, 12:13 am
  • 14 minutes 48 seconds
    Press Gallery 101: The House chats with Jason Walls
    After a tsunami of coverage out of Parliament last week, The House spoke to Press Gallery Chair Jason Walls about how the Press Gallery works.
    17 November 2024, 7:58 am
  • 6 minutes 16 seconds
    Snubbing ACT, shaming National: a week of the Treaty bill
    The Treaty principles bill dominated Parliament's week, despite being the final bill debated. How was it talked about in the House when it was not the topic of a debate; who focussed on it, who ignored it, who was ignored?
    14 November 2024, 8:59 am
  • 5 minutes 20 seconds
    The House: Itā€™s all politics
    In Parliament anything and everything can be political, or can be bent to politics. In recent memory, things as apparently innocuous as playground equipment, clothing, colours, or eating takeaways.
    13 November 2024, 8:54 pm
  • 5 minutes 1 second
    Responding to Abuse in Care Bill: Major parties put politics aside, minor parties not so much
    Following the Crown Apology for Abuse in State Care, Parliament passed the first reading of the Response to Abuse in Care Bill. Labour and National spoke of casting politics aside for a moment. Greens and Te Pāti Māori weren't so keen on that idea.
    12 November 2024, 7:00 am
  • 14 minutes 44 seconds
    The teen and the veteran: Parliament Bill Committee hears from the public
    This week, the Parliament Bill committee heard from a 16 year old high school student, and a former prime minister, 65 years his senior.
    9 November 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 5 minutes 51 seconds
    Fighting the Wind to Fly the Flag
    Atop the Beehive a lone national flag is tortured daily by Wellingtonā€™s gales. We join its handlers up on the roof to chat, watching as its fraying edges whip the sky.
    7 November 2024, 9:53 pm
  • 5 minutes 53 seconds
    Harmony and discord: Parliamentā€™s inconstant chamber
    Parliament is a mercurial place. Debate can flick from amity to antagony with each shift in topic, especially if that topic is climate change or agriculture, or both.
    7 November 2024, 2:13 am
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