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Apr 05, 2017•3 min
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Access Radio Week in House+Santa Baby
Extended version of the Week in Parliament with Tom Frewen and Hinaya Ahu plus the full-length Santa Baby from Marama Fox and Te Ururoa Flavell.
Dec 19, 2016•30 min
Last Week in Parliament
The last Week in Parliament for 2016 and probably for ever as RNZ and the Clerk’s Office are not renewing the contract for 2017.
Dec 16, 2016•15 min
House Adjourns for the Summer
MPs start their summer holiday at 4.31pm at the end of the adjournment debate and a final festive Question Time.
Dec 14, 2016•5 min
New Prime Minister, Same Old Questions
Child poverty and Pike River dominate first Question Time for Bill English as prime minister, sitting in the National frontbench seat formerly occupied by John Key. First bill put up for debate by Mister English’s National-led Government is the Children, Young Persons and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Bill which passes its first reading by 61 to 59 but is sent to a select committee by the larger margin of 75-45.
Dec 13, 2016•5 min
Access Radio Week in the House
Extended version of the Week in Parliament with Hinaya Ahu and Tom Frewen. Extra reports include the Speaker’a response to New Zealand First’s questions about the “Parliamentary Palace” and the first reading of a bill that would transfer responsibility for decisions on fluoridating local water supplies from territorial authorities to District Health Boards.
Dec 13, 2016•30 min
Big Week in the House
An exciting and historic week in the House after Prime Minister, John Key, announces his intention to resign after eight years. Speaker grants an urgent debate on the announcement on Tuesday and speculation on his successor dominates Wednesday’s General Debate and Question Times. Debate on Members Bills on Wednesday sees two from Government MPs survive their first reading debates and being referred to the Justice and Electoral Committee and three from Opposition MPs all being denied a first read...
Dec 09, 2016•15 min
House Prepares for Key-less Start
MPs take a break from speculating about John Key’s successor as National Party leader and Prime Minister to pass the Hurunui/Kaikoura Earthquakes Recovery Bill through all its remaining stages. The bill was back in the debating chamber after spending almost a week with the Local Government and Environment Committee whose chairman, Scott Simpson, related how government MPs on the committee heard of Mister Key’s resignation announcement. National’s Kaikoura MP, Stuart Smith, reports on aspects of ...
Dec 08, 2016•5 min
Key’s Departure Dominates Debate
Opposition interest in National’s three-legged race to find a replacement for John Key as their party leader and prime minister dominates Question Time and the General Debate. Questions include some old skeletons from the cupboards of Police Minister, Judith Collins, and Health Minister, Jonathan Coleman. New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, swaps barbs with Attorney-General, Christopher Finlayson.
Dec 07, 2016•5 min
John Key’s Legacy Debated and Disputed
New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, gets his request for a snap debate on John Key’s resignation in ahead of Opposition leader, Andrew Little. The Speaker, David Carter, grants the request despite its technical flaws and opposition from the Government’s leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee. The government’s response to Winston Peters is led by the deputy prime minister, Bill English. Dispute over the nature of Mister Key’s legacy includes questions as to whether he will even have a legacy. ...
Dec 06, 2016•5 min
Access Week in the House
Extended version of the Week in Parliament with Hinaya Ahu featuring Tracey Martin and Catherine Delahunty in the General Debate and another round in the long running battle between Annette King and Jonathan Coleman, health ministers past and present.
Dec 06, 2016•30 min
NZ First Stands Alone Against the Palace
The Key administration’s go-to quake response minister, Gerry Brownlee, dominates the week in the House, shepherding three bills through the House as the Government’s response to the Kaikoura earthquake on November 14. Mister Brownlee then gives a yeah-no answer to a patsy question seeking the timing and magnitude of the next big quake. The Speaker’s announcement on Monday of a plan to build a ministerial office block on Parliament’s car park attracts the close attention of the New Zealand First...
Dec 02, 2016•15 min
Another Quake Bill in the Works
Third quake bill – the Hurunui/Kaikoura Earthquakes Recovery Bill – introduced, given a first reading and sent to the Local Government and Environment Committee with instructions to report it back by Tuesday 6 December. Hurunui/Kaikoura Earthquakes Emergency Relief Bill, reported back from that committee, was put through all its remaining stages. Gerry Brownlee advises that GNS says an earthquake of similar in magnitude to the Kaikoura shake is unlikely but . . . possible. Mister Brownlee then m...
Dec 01, 2016•5 min
NZ First Pursue Speaker’s “Palace” Plan
New Zealand First MPs pursue the Speaker, David Carter, over his plan to build a new ministerial building on Parliament’s car park. New Zealand First’s deputy leader, Ron Mark, goes too far and has to take an early bath. His caucus colleagues, Denis O’Rourke and Tracey Martin, keep up the pressure in Question Time and the General Debate. New Zealand First also stands alone in opposition to three Treaty Settlement Bills passed in extra time on Wednesday morning. Later in the day, with the chamber...
Nov 30, 2016•5 min
Parliament’s Urgent Response to Quake
Government puts House under urgency to pass two bills in response to the Kaikoura earthquake. The first, the Hurunui/Kaikoura Earthquakes Emergency Relief Bill, was given a first reading before being sent to the Local Government and Environment Committee where it will spend a day before being reported back on Thursday to be passed through its final stages. The second bill, the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016 Amendment Bill, amending legislation passed just a few days before...
Nov 29, 2016•5 min
Access Week in the House
Extended version of The Week in Parliament including Urgency on Tuesday.
Nov 29, 2016•29 min
Disconnect in the Hail&Ride Space
MPs on the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee hear submissions on the Land Transport Amendment Bill. Otaki Road Safety Group convenor, Fred MacDonald, proposes gates on station platforms as a way o fthwarting fare dodgers. Some committee members struggle to get to grips with Uber’s technology of uniting driver and passenger via the internet. A Wellington taxi driver gives his view of Uber. Leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee, previews the week ahead in his business statement....
Nov 25, 2016•12 min
The Week in The House – Extra Content
Extended version of The Week in Parliament with double the length and including appeals for more money for public radio (which fell on deaf ears) and questions about the recovery of bodies from the Pike River Coal Mine (which also fell on deaf ears on the government benches).
Nov 22, 2016•29 min
Week Dominated by Kaikoura Earthquake
Week in the House dominated by the aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which jolted the country on Monday morning; Prime Minister John Key delivers a ministerial statement on the quake on Tuesday, and is followed by a round of speeches from representatives of all parties in the House; Aftershocks of the quake were felt in Parliament’s debating chamber later that afternoon, as Finance Minister Bill English was answering questions about the Government’s response to likely economic impacts of...
Nov 18, 2016•15 min
Pacific Debate Ends Week in the House
Civil Defence Minister, Gerry Brownlee, explains the significance of Sunday night’s Kaikoura earthquake being upgraded from magnitude 7.5 to 7.8. Building and Housing Minister, Nick Smith,. faces questions about the quality of Wellington buildings. He also faces questions about the possibility of recovering the 29 bodies still in the Pike River Coal mine six years after the mine exploded. Beehive springs a leak? Former Transport Secretary, Martin Matthews, recommended for appointment as the next...
Nov 17, 2016•5 min
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