The House

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The podcast currently has 869 episodes available.

The House episodes:

September 06, 2025 The House on Sunday: Parliament's local MP
Each of New Zealand’s 72 electorates is unique, so what's it like to represent the heart of our capital city?
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15min
August 30, 2025 A Tikanga for Parliament
Are Parliament’s colonial underpinnings out of date? A former Speaker says Parliament ought to be a reflection of everyone, but isn’t, and the mental shift needed would take collective political will.
The House chats with Adrian Rurawhe and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi about how Parliament could better reflect Māori tikanga and kawa.
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15min
August 23, 2025 The House on Sunday: slow government lawmaking and suggestions of lying
Several significant bills were passed through the House this week, two of them being Opposition bills. Meanwhile, the General Debate proved to be a test of the Speaker's tolerance for accusations of lying.
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15min
August 21, 2025 Lies, damn lies and parliamentary debate
Mendacity is the bane of good debate. In Parliament both lies and claims of lies used to be naughty, but the floodgates may have opened on the latter.
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8min
August 20, 2025 Opposition backbench passes more bills than National backbench
Members' bills can come from any backbench MP. Usually, successful government bills far outnumber opposition bills – but not this parliament.
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5min
August 19, 2025 Parliament this week: ETS reform, stalking, and spying
This week's bills are a mixture of unfinished business from last week and a selection of other bills plucked from the Order Paper, and awaiting their respective next stages.
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7min
August 16, 2025 Spine and Punishment: A review of Swarbrick v Brownlee
Last week the Speaker made a series of new rulings and interpretations on the fly in punishing an MP who dared governing party MPs to demonstrate some spine regarding Israel and Gaza. We survey and analyse the incident and aftermath.
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16min
August 14, 2025 Political distractions dominate while the House chips away at lawmaking
This week in Parliament, a brouhaha about unparliamentary language, an eviction from the House, and apologies, or rather a lack thereof, stole the spotlight – but what bills went through?
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6min
August 13, 2025 More rates and more debt: MPs hear from Auditor General on Local Councils
On Wednesday, the Governance and Administration committee were joined by two officials from the Office of the Auditor-General to hear about the long term plans of Local Government.
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August 12, 2025 Palestine: Divining a position from a lack of answers
National avoided taking a stand on Palestine in Parliament’s urgent debate. What can we learn from the Prime Minister’s answers on Palestine and Gaza during Question Time?
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FAQs about The House:

How many episodes does The House have?

The podcast currently has 869 episodes available.