Trevor Mallard
Question Time: How to get it straight
Question Time works best if the MPs ask tight, non-political questions. Straight questions are more likely to get straight answers, so they’re kept as tight as possible but not always by choice.
AudioQuestions for Oral Answer 18 May
Questions to Ministers: BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her… Audio
‘No fair Ref!’: The political theatre of asking the impossible
A lot of what happens in Parliament is theatre, including asking for what you know is against the rules. Audio
‘No fair Ref!’: The political theatre of asking the impossible
A lot of what happens in Parliament is theatre, including asking for what you know is against the rules.
AudioMallard backs down, retracts trespass order on Peters, others
Parliament's Speaker has performed a major about-turn, dropping the trespass orders he'd slapped on Winston Peters and four other former MPs.
The former Deputy Prime Minister yesterday revealed he'd… Audio
Dunne rebukes Mallard over trespass of Peters from Parliament
Speaker Trevor Mallard has been told to consult other parties over his decision to trespass Winston Peters from the grounds of Parliament for two years.
The former Deputy PM is one of several people… Video, Audio
Oral Questions for Wednesday 13 April 2022
Hon EUGENIE SAGE to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Has she taken advice to Cabinet regarding an international moratorium on seabed mining; if so, what did the advice say? ANNA LORCK to the Minister… Audio
Questions for Oral Answer for 5 April 2022
Questions for Oral Answer for 5 April 2022. Audio
Managing MPs - the ‘staff’ you can’t fire
Parliament’s Speaker is on a mission to stop workplace bullying and improve behaviour, even that of the ‘staff’ who can’t be fired. Audio
Managing MPs - the ‘staff’ you can’t fire
Parliament’s Speaker is on a mission to stop workplace bullying and improve behaviour, even that of the ‘staff’ who can’t be fired.
AudioDating Parliament’s Speaker, and the ‘chair of doom’
The unintended consequences of one MP's early retirement with a bad day for the MP, who in the subsequent reshuffle, is allocated the debating chamber's 'Chair of Doom'. Audio
Dating Parliament’s Speaker, and the ‘chair of doom’
The unintended consequences of one MP's early retirement with a bad day for the MP, who in the subsequent reshuffle, is allocated the debating chamber's 'Chair of Doom'.
AudioThe House For Thurs 17 March 2022
MP departures can have unexpected flow-on effects... Audio
Iwi lead panacea process as Parliament grounds reopen
The community is welcomed back into Parliament's grounds, the next step in the transition back from stinky rubbish tip to a place for picnics, petitions, play and protest. Audio
Iwi lead panacea process as Parliament grounds reopen
The community is welcomed back into Parliament's grounds, the next step in the transition back from stinky rubbish tip to a place for picnics, petitions, play and protest.
AudioOral Questions for Wednesday 16 March 2022
Questions to Ministers DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government's statements and actions? CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her… Audio
Parliament amok: A photo essay
A protest turns into a riot and conflagration as police move on Parliament’s squatters with quite extraordinary restraint. Photos tell the story.
Parliament amok: A photo essay
A protest turns into a riot and conflagration as police move on Parliament’s squatters with quite extraordinary restraint. Photos tell the story.
Audio'This too will pass': MPs give thanks and point a few fingers
Parliament’s precinct is being spring-cleaned and returned to order and the MPs are full of thanks, and a little causative finger pointing. Audio
