Inside Parliament

This week, we challenged Minister Phil Twyford on Kiwibuild targets and took a hard look at the Govt’s drug driving proposal. Also, free uni fees. We look back to a previous Labour Govt. which introduced them, and students who shouted Phil Goff all the way back to Parliament in protest.

Cannabis reform & Parliament kick-outs dominated the week but significant proposed changes to carbon emissions and welfare investment meant a busy time for our reporters. Not to mention a certain engagement and a Royal baby.

This week the Government admitted slushing out a Million dollars to cool down hot prison guards and 16 Million to sort the census. Brian Tamaki’s tweets turned Kelvin Davis’ money tap off for the Man Up program and everything’s fine in the National party leadership according to everyone we asked.

Labour’s shock capital gains back-track dominated a huge week in New Zealand politics, and it arrived just after the latest 1 News poll put Labour & the Prime Minister up in the wake of her Christchurch response and China trip. We also polled responses to gun law changes and this week saw a very public comms scuffle between the Government and Red Cross over a captured kiwi nurse.

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Research by Rochelle Duncan

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As new gun reforms become law, Jessica Mutch McKay & Benedict Collins disagree on buy-backs. We recap the PM’s recent speed trip to China and look back to Prime Minister Rob Muldoon’s 2nd trip there in 1980. Finally Benedict investigates the National Party’s 6 month investigation that didn’t interview MPs, carried out by people the Party isn’t will to identify, and with conclusions the Party isn’t willing to reveal. All this plus our pits, peaks and what’s coming up as Parliament heads into Easter.

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Sound Engineered by Brian Holloway

Camera by Scarlett Wild

Research by Mark Hutchings & Peter Sugden

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Benedict Collins & Maiki Sherman team up to cover Government gun reforms and Australian reaction. We head back to 1990 when Police Minister John Banks tried to ban semi-automatic weapons. Also vocational training faces big change amidst small consultation plus pretty much everything else that happened in politics this week.

Produced by Adam Simpson

Camera by Scarlett Wild

Sound Engineering by Brian Holloway

Research by Liz Feary

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In this week’s Inside Parliament we reflect on the past two weeks and look at the horrific terrorist attack that took place in Christchurch and the Prime Minister’s meeting with the Muslim community.

We discuss the latest figures which show that police breath tests have dropped dramatically over the past five years and whether this is helping with the road toll.

And we look at the Prime Minister’s very short trip to China this weekend and how important it will be for New Zealand.

In this week’s Inside Parliament all the talk is about Kiwi Jihadist Mark Taylor. We discuss the debate over whether the Isis recruit should be brought home from Syria and who should pay for it.

We look at National’s accusation that capital gains tax will hammer farmers and be a raid on regional New Zealand.

And we talk about the planned strike by Kiwi school children wanting action on climate change.

In this week’s podcast we start by looking at the Government’s decision to delay a law change that would make it easier for people to amend the gender on their birth certificate.

We discuss the results of a 1News Colmar Brunton Poll that reveals a significant majority of New Zealanders believe the Treaty of Waitangi should be a compulsory part of the school curriculum.

We look at the possibility of an exemption from capital gains tax for Iwi in the case of collectively owned Maori land and assets.

And we finish by discussing the Government’s decision to ignore Treasury Officials warnings that it’s plan to curb synthetic cannabis was flawed.

In this week’s Inside Parliament Jessica Mutch McKay and Benedict Collins discuss the results of the Colmar Brunton Poll with Labour looking healthy and Jacinda Ardern still in poll position as the preferred Prime Minister.

We also take a look at the Minor Parties and discuss whether the election threshold of 5% should be reduced as the Government considers a referendum to look at the issue.

We discuss the new report that’s out from the oil industry that looks at the true cost of the Government's decision to ban oil and gas exploration.

And finally we check out Labour’s plans to bring in Capital Gains Tax and how it will affect the average family.