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5:46 AM.Harmful Digital Communications Bill passes final reading - but not without some dissent; Question time sees the Prime Minister fronting up over social housing - and reports of an Australian group… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Government faces questions about social housing - and reports of an Australian group interested in buying up NZ's state houses. Audio

7:30 AM.Murray McCully under fire in both the chamber and committee rooms, over his Saudi Sheep Farm deal; Government faces questions on Climate Change while Greenpeace protestors are on the roof; Petitions… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.MPs get to grip with climate change during questions for ministers - a timely subject while Greenpeace protestors occupy the roof of the House; Murray McCully faces questions about his Saudi Farm Deal… Read more Audio

6:53 PM.With Greenpeace protestors on the roof, the House gets to grip with climate change - the subject of a quarter of the daily dozen questions for ministers; Questions also on Health; David Shearer… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Members Day sees Ron Mark getting all mixed up over something he thought he heard and Jacqui Dean also getting her wires crossed; Opposition turns up the heat on Murray McCully, getting confirmation… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Opposition turns up the heat as it drills down into Murray McCully's bid to get a free trade deal with Saudi Arabia with the Foreign Minister back in the House to answer questions for the first time… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Civil Defence Minister Nikki Kaye provides update on North Island flooding; Environment Minister Nick Smith questioned about environmental effects of dairy farming; Petitions tabled; John Key comes… Read more Audio

6:53 PM.John Key comes close to being thrown out by the Speaker after he claims Labour is lying about their role in jeopardising trade deal with Saudi Arabia in their handling of live sheep export ban; Mr Key… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Questions on Housing dominate the week; Wednesday sees a short debate on Southern DHB fiasco; Estimates reviews continue; Committees conduct budget reviews of Ombudsman, Office of the Clerk & Police… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Trade Minister Tim Groser defends desert farm in Saudi Arabia despite high death rate among lambs; Foreign Affairs Committee hears petitions on Syrian Christian refugees & TPP trade deal. Bill… Read more Audio

6:52 PM.Trade Minister Tim Groser defends desert farm in Saudi Arabia despite high death rate among lambs; Foreign Affairs Committee hears petitions on Syrian Christian refugees & TPP trade deal. Audio

6:50 PM.Trade Minister Tim Groser defends desert farm in Saudi Arabia despite high death rate among lambs; Foreign Affairs Committee hears petitions on Syrian Christian refugees & TPP trade deal. Bill… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Allegations of ministerial interference in editorial decisions at Maori TV; Ministerial statement on sacking of Southern DHB board members; Andrew Little kicks of weekly General Debate; Ombudsman and… Read more Audio

6:54 PM.Allegations of ministerial interference in editorial decisions at Maori TV; Ministerial statement on sacking of Southern DHB board members; Andrew Little kicks off weekly General Debate; Ombudsman and… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.MPs celebrate 800 years of Magna Carta; Snap debate on Euthanasia declined by Speaker; Prime Minister John Key and his deputy Bill English face questions about housing issues - which they in turn… Read more Audio

6:52 PM.Prime Minister John Key and his deputy Bill English face questions about housing issues - which they in turn blame on Labour; Greens' Russel Norman takes on Tim Groser over Climate Change. Audio

7:30 AM.MPs on Finance and Expenditure Committee quiz Reserve Bank Governor, Graeme Wheeler, about Thursday's 25-point cut in the Official Cash Rate. Labour's Palmerston North MP, Iain Lees-Galloway… Read more Audio

7:31 AM.Budget Debate completed; Ministers front up to committees for estimates reviews; questions about sheep exports to Saudi Arabia; James Shaw debuts as Greens Co-leader; Former & current Health Ministers… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.Government blocks move to table the vital cabinet papers in the House after Labour tries to call PM's bluff on live sheep export deals with Saudi Arabia; Former Health Minister Annette King and… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Labour tries to call PM's bluff on live sheep export deals with Saudi Arabia but government blocks move to table the vital cabinet papers in the House; Former Health Minister Annette King and current… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Prime Minister defends Murray McCully over multi-million dollar payments to a Saudi businessman; Steven Joyce fronts up to Education & Science Committee and faces questions about a MBIE signage… Read more Audio

6:52 PM.John Key required to defend Foreign Minister Murray McCully in the fifth day of questions in the House about multi-million dollar payments to a Saudi businessman; Steven Joyce fronts up to Education &amp… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Budget debate completed; Health ministers past and present go head to head on the Government's new "Social Bonds" initiative; James Shaw debuts as Greens co-leader with questions to the PM on climate… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Budget Debate ends after 15 hours in 63-58 vote, the government's majority assured by its three support parties. Finance minister devotes his right of reply to an all-out attack on the Labour Party. A… Read more Audio