Barbara Kuriger
The House For Sun 13 Oct 2024
Louis Collins talks with Parliamnt's 'other Speakers' about the skills and difficulties of presiding over their coleagues in the House. Audio
Directing traffic in a bear pit: presiding over Question Time
Taming Question Time is not easy but this week the Speaker has attempted to reign in the use of Points of Order to make out of order points. Audio
Directing traffic in a bear pit: presiding over Question Time
Taming Question Time is not easy but this week the Speaker has attempted to reign in the use of Points of Order to make out of order points.
AudioCovid-19: Raglan wakes to alert level 3
The Waikato beachside town of Raglan is waking up under an alert level 3 lockdown after a Covid-19 case popped up in the community yesterday.
The case is one of two detected in the Waikato yesterday… Audio
Full throttle House work
After a month without progress on debating bills Parliament returned to the debating chamber this week for some full throttle law-making, making up for lost time. Audio
Full throttle House work
After a month without progress on debating bills Parliament returned to the debating chamber this week for some full throttle law-making, making up for lost time.
AudioBirths, deaths, and genders: a quiet bill goes loud
Four years ago an almost anonymous bill began life in Parliament. This week that quiet bill turned up the volume, went loud and now commands attention. Audio
Births, deaths, and genders: a quiet bill goes loud
Four years ago an almost anonymous bill began life in Parliament. This week that quiet bill turned up the volume, went loud and now commands attention.
AudioConversion practices & debate therapy
We look at the first outing of the conversion therapy ban bill, and whether MPs could need therapy for first reading confusion. Audio
Conversion practices & debate therapy
We look at the first outing of the conversion therapy ban bill, and whether MPs could need therapy for first reading confusion.
AudioNational Party says not enough planning to get away from coal use
Aotearoa's hooked on coal, importing more than one million tonnes of low grade coal from Indonesia last year.
The fuel was burnt at the Huntly power station to keep the lights on, as gas fields… Audio
Rural medical staff turn down chance of vaccination
Rural doctors and nurses are turning down their chance of a Covid vaccine because they would have to take hours out of their day to get one.
The head of the rural GP network, Fiona Bolden, says… Audio
Govt, opposition fire shots over coal import statistics
The government has fired back at the Opposition for suggesting its 2018 ban on gas exploration has lead to a major increase in coal imports.
New data shows the amount of coal imported last year was… Audio
Revenge porn, miscarriage bereavement leave, and abortion clinic safe zones tackled at Parliament
MPs tackle bills on revenge porn, miscarriage bereavement leave, abortion clinic safe zones and cannabis in this Parliament's first members' day Audio
Revenge porn, miscarriage bereavement leave, and abortion clinic safe zones tackled at Parliament
MPs tackle bills on revenge porn, miscarriage bereavement leave, abortion clinic safe zones and cannabis in this Parliament's first members' day
AudioCovid-19: National Party says recovery not providing jobs for women
The National Party is criticising the government's list of "shovel-ready projects", meant to kickstart the economy, for not generating enough jobs for women.
Many of the projects on the list will… Audio
National MP's son to pay $4k over ill-treatment of dairy cows
The son of a National Party MP has been ordered to pay more than $4000 after being convicted for the ill-treatment of dairy cows on a farm he ran near Eketehuna.
Sharemilker Tony Kuriger admitted in… Video, Audio
Covid-19: Cabinet ministers dialling in to meetings
As Cabinet ministers grapple to get a hold of the rapidly developing Covid-19 crisis, they will meet in a new way this morning - with half dialling in via video-conference to limit their physical… Audio
