Inside Parliament

There was only one topic of conversation this week, Simon Bridges v Jami-Lee Ross.

Our political reporters discuss the week’s events as they unfolded. From Jami-Lee Ross’ press conference, the impact it’s had on the National Party and Simon Bridge’s reputation as a Leader, to audio tapes of private phone conversations, sexual harassment and mental health.

This week we look at the governments large surplus and what they could do with the money, the exorbitant price of petrol and what can be done about it and look back at the price 20 years ago when it was below a dollar a litre. We also discuss the upcoming release of Nationals leak investigation.

Join us for the pits and peaks of politics as this week we try to make sense of the Jami-Lee Ross situation and head to Hobbiton for cross-party child poverty reduction bill support. We’re at the NZ First annual conference as they consider legislating kiwi values and we look back at decades of Russian expulsions.

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This week, PM Jacinda Ardern at the UN dogged by domestic distractions as Derek Handley & Meka Whaitiri dominate back home. Plus we look back at Kiwi PMs past on the UN stage, from Peter Fraser in 1945 to John Key.

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The cabinet ouster of Meka Whaitiri dominates a week which also saw Housing New Zealand apologise for evicting tenants based on bogus meth investigations. We also discuss New Zealand’s commitment to raise refugee numbers but is it too little and too far off? Finally on the 125th anniversary of Women’s vote, we look at pay parity arguments from 1988, and we’ve got some of the more lively encounters in the House.

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This week, as Claire Curran resigns from Cabinet is there trouble in coalition paradise? Claims of the tail wagging the dog surface over the Govt’s Crown Maori portfolio proposal. We discuss a new report that some households are paying nearly double what they were 30 years ago for power, and we look back to 1999 when generation companies were set up to compete with the aim of lowering electricity costs.

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In the week that Claire Curran was dropped from Cabinet the investigation into the leak of Simon Bridges’ travel expenses shows no sign of going away. In Déjà vu this week we look back to 1990 when the recently elected Labour Govt. began dealing with business confidence issues, and finally we discuss Govt. plans to favour renters over landlords.

It was a cold week in Wellington as the Prime Minister froze MP’s pay. We head back to 1970 when a 31% pay rise was proposed for MPs.

This week Maiki Sherman & Mei Heron have been at the justice summit; they discuss how it went and the Green Party AGM was also held. We discuss how they’ve changed in the year since Metiria Turei’s admission.

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This week suspicion swirls around the leak of Simon Bridges' travel expenses. Teachers strike, and tensions erupt around the Maori King ahead of Coronation celebrations. Finally as the ACT party look at rebranding, we look back at their 1994 origins.

This week we celebrate our first birthday by looking back to see what’s changed in a year (clue: everything). The winners and losers of our latest poll are out and we discuss shocking Govt. findings into beneficiary drug use. We also welcome new 1 News political reporter Maiki Sherman and discuss water rights fights heading to the Supreme Court.