RNZ Podcasts

• The Week in Parliament Sunday 25 September 2016
  After passing motions hoping for peace in Syria and other conflict zones, MPs go to war in the General Debate over which party is most to blame for the failure to have extended time on Friday to pass treaty settlement bills. Kevin Hague delivers his valedictory. In the committee rooms, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade […]
• The Day In Parliament for 23 September 2016 - morning edition
  Plans for an extended sitting on Friday cancelled after New Zealand First withdraws support for two treaty settlement bills - a move which Winston Peters seeks to explain; Green MP Julie-Anne Genter puts questions about Auckland's transport to Transport Minister Simon Bridges; Questions also to Paula Bennett about Climate Change - which is also an […]
• Today In Parliament Thursday 22 September 2016
  Parliament resumes at 9am to debate treaty settlement bills. New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, defends his party's decision to vote against two of the five settlement bills, ending plans of passing them on Friday without the head count required for party votes. He blames National's chief whip, Tim McIndoe, for allowing too many of […]
• The Day In Parliament for 22 September 2016 - morning edition
  Parliament to sit under extended hours provisions on Thursday for progress on treaty settlement bills; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee one of the few committees dues to meet; National's Mark Mitchell presents his Social Security (Stopping Benefit Payments for Offenders who Repeatedly Fail to Comply with Community Sentences) Amendment Bill to the Social Services […]
• Today In Parliament for 21 September 2016 - evening edition
  Maori Party co-leader, Te Ururoa Flavell, slams New Zealand First for breaking cross-party agreement to sit this Friday to pass five Treaty settlement Bills. His attack on New Zealand First in Wednesday's General Debate is joined by National cabinet minister, Steven Joyce, and National backbencher, David Bennett. But New Zealand First's deputy leader, Ron Mark, […]
• The Day In Parliament for 21 September 2016 - morning edition
  Green MP Kevin Hague delivers his valedictory speech after 8 years in the House; Evidence Amendment Bill passes final reading unopposed; Three bills split from the Electronic Monitoring of Offenders Legislation Bill pass their final readings by 107 votes to 12, opposed only by New Zealand First; Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Bill passes […]
• Today In Parliament for 20 September 2016 - evening edition
  Fish, fishing and fish dumping were under scrutiny in a third of the daily dozen questions for ministers and an urgent debate. Questions for the prime minister about the government's proposed marine sanctuary around the Kermadecs from Maori Party co-leader, Marama Fox, and Opposition leader, Andrew Little, were fielded by his deputy, Bill English. He […]
• The Week In Parliament for 18 September 2016
  Speaker receives complaint from Labour's Chris Hipkins alleging the Parliamentary Service interfered with his email correspondence with a journalist, saying it blocked an email carrying an attachment which had been classified but had subsequently been cleared for release; Questions and answers between Greens co-leader Metiria Turei and Education Minister Hekia Parata get lost in translation; […]