23 episodes
The House RNZ News
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4.8 • 14 Ratings
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Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament.
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Arguing the count while counting the clock
The Annual Review Debate allows Parliament to grill government ministers on performance in their areas, unless someone runs out of time first. They did.
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“I have some ideas about your budget plan…”
Members of the public give some last-minute advice to the Government about its budget plans, via committee hearings into the Budget Policy Statement.
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Parliament asks for budget for its watchdogs
In the lead-up to the Budget, Parliament goes over the head of the Government, asking the Governor General to add in some cash for Parliament's three watch-dogs.
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'When old men plant trees': James Shaw's farewell
James Shaw's valedictory statement included thanks, humour, yarns, surprising allies, warnings and advice for MPs on avoiding the endless policy tug-of-war.
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Ukrainian MPs at Parliament
This week Parliament hosted both American and Ukrainian delegations. We chat with Galyna Mykhailiuk, who lead the visiting Ukrainian MPs.
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The view from the other side: When MPs submit on bills
MPs listen to hundreds of Select Committee submissions. But occasionally, like Camilla Belich today, they get to sit on the other side of the table themselves.
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Highly Informative & a perspective rarely seen.
This is a highly informative podcast, illuminating how parliament works, what our elective representatives actually do and that the posturing and nastiness highlighted in question time and in media soundbites is only a tiny portion of what goes on. Our politicians actually work cooperatively most of the time.