22 Sep 2016

The Day In Parliament for 22 September 2016 - morning edition

From In Parliament, 5:45 am on 22 September 2016

Parliament to sit under extended hours provisions on Thursday for progress on treaty settlement bills; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee one of the few committees dues to meet; National's Mark Mitchell presents his Social Security (Stopping Benefit Payments for Offenders who Repeatedly Fail to Comply with Community Sentences) Amendment Bill to the Social Services Committee; Government Administration committee hears submissions on the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Bill; Things get heated in the General Debate as MPs from across the House play the blame game over the cancellation of Friday's sitting for treaty settlement bills; The Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill passes second reading unopposed; The New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Bill passes first reading and is referred to the Maori Affairs Committee; Catherine Delahunty extols the virtues of her Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Maori Land) Amendment Bill - which fails to pass first reading by 73 votes to 48.

Get the RNZ app

for easy access to all your favourite programmes

Subscribe to In Parliament

Podcast (MP3) Oggcast (Vorbis)