The House

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July 17, 2025 Parliament versus Executive: Regs Review and the Regulatory Standards Bill
A parliamentary committee tasked with keeping a check on the Executive has heard how the Regulatory Standards Board would duplicate its role, but without its powers.
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July 16, 2025 MPs check in with Parliament's boss
Albeit a month late, Speaker Gerry Brownlee sat down this week with the Governance and Administration Committee for a chat about Parliament.
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7min
July 15, 2025 New sitting block, new bills
Parliament kicked off a three week sitting block today, and the first legislative business was initial debates and votes on three brand new bills.
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July 12, 2025 "We are watching, we are rising, we will not be silenced": Youth Parliament 2025
Last week, MPs were replaced by their younger counterparts during Youth Parliament 2025, and just like real Parliament, there was plenty of drama.
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15min
July 05, 2025 Making law: A final avalanche of edits
Before laws are finalised, MPs get a last chance to argue for changes. Pav Sharma—whose office manages them—explains the purpose, rules, and process for the many amendments.
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15min
June 28, 2025 House on Sunday: Debating war, mourning death
Parliament spent most of the week debating legislation under urgency, finalising eight separate government bills, initiating four others.
Despite that effort, the week's most telling events may have been its bookends – the international tragedy that opening it, the very local tragedy at its close.
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13min
June 26, 2025 MPs pay tribute to Takutai Tarsh Kemp
It was a sad day at Parliament on Thursday, with the news of the sudden death of Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp. Before adjourning, The House paid tribute to her in a number of speeches.
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6min
June 25, 2025 Bills under urgency
Parliament's focus this week is debating numerous bills under urgency. Across recent parliaments the use of urgency and extra sittings has become so regular as to be almost normal. But it remains important to know what laws are being debated and agreed – at whatever speed.
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June 24, 2025 Situation in the Middle East: Parliament reacts
The first item of business at Parliament this week was not Question Time, but a Ministerial Statement on the Middle East situation.
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7min
June 21, 2025 The House on Sunday: Xu-Nan on scrutiny, and bear pit tactics
On the Sunday Edition of the House you can hear an interview with Lawrence Xu-Nan about Scrutiny Week and the preparation necessary. You can also listen to a description of a few of the Q&A tactics observed in the scrutiny hearings.
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13min

FAQs about The House:

How many episodes does The House have?

The podcast currently has 869 episodes available.