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Television channel Parliament TV and radio network AM Network are funded by the New Zealand House of Representatives to broadcast full and unedited coverage of its proceedings. The Office of the Clerk also funds a fully independent written, audio and video political reporting service of Parliamentary proceedings called Parliament Today.
Fact Check: Members of Parliament in New Zealand representing the Maori people, labeled as Te Pāti Māori, interrupted a reading of the ‘Treaty Principles Bill’ on Thursday, November 14th ...
Tens of thousands of people have marched on the New Zealand parliament in Wellington to protest against a bill that critics say strikes at the core of the country’s founding principles and ...
Watch as New Zealand’s former prime minister Jacinda Ardern gives one final speech before quitting parliament for good. Ms Ardern stepped down as New Zealand’s leader earlier this year, in a ...
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) is the official name of the transcripts of debates in the New Zealand Parliament. New Zealand was one of the first countries to establish an independent team of Hansard reporters, [1] 42 years before the British (Imperial) Parliament. An official record of debates has been kept continuously since 9 July 1867.
The strengthening of the committee system was in response to concerns that legislation was being forced through, without receiving due examination and revision. Today, public meetings of select committees are livestreamed online. Each new Parliament appoints a number of select committees, which remain largely unchanged between parliaments.
New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the ...
The New Zealand Parliament is based, in practice, on the Westminster system (that is, the procedures of the British Parliament). [5] As a democratic institution, the primary role of the House of Representatives is to provide representation for the people and to pass legislation on behalf of the people ( see § Passage of legislation ).