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Today In Parliament 29.06.10
Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 5:23 pm | Tom Frewen
Prime Minister, John Key, faces questions about his Attorney-General, Chris Finlayson, over technical errors in declaring his interests as a director - and his estimate that Maori will control two thousand kilometres of coast under the replacement to ... More >>
The Week In Parliament 25.06.10
Friday, 25 June 2010, 2:43 pm | Tom Frewen
Party leaders congratulate the All Whites. Labour's Trevor Mallard calls for a public holiday if the All Whites win their final pool game. Green's co-leader Russel Norman seeks leave to explain his protest earlier in the week. Opposition leader Phil Goff ... More >>
Today In Parliament 24.06.10
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 5:10 pm | Tom Frewen
Paula Bennett refuses to buckle under pressure from Annette King over privacy commissioner's ruling. Trevor Mallard shoots but fails to score. The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee hears from Defence Minister Wayne Mapp when it meets to consider ... More >>
Today In Parliament 23.06.10
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 5:41 pm | Tom Frewen
More questions for Bill English about his Budget's $4.8 million for the Pacific Economic Development Agency with Labour trying to rope the prime minister into the affair. Maori Affairs Select Committee considers funding for Te Puni Kokiri and hears from ... More >>
Today In Parliament 22.06.10
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 5:35 pm | Tom Frewen
Greens co-leader Russel Norman is denied a chance to explain his side of the incident outside Parliament last week when Chinese security guards took his Tibetan flag. Bill English, though, says television coverage of the scuffle shows the Greens co-leader ... More >>
The Week In Parliament 18.06.10
Friday, 18 June 2010, 3:27 pm | Tom Frewen
Budget Debate ends in defeat for Opposition's no-confidence amendment by 69-53. Labour grills National ministers on background to $4.8million budget grant to Pacific Economic Development Agency. Attorney-General Chris Finlayson and Maori Affairs Minister Pita ... More >>
Today In Parliament 17.06.10
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 4:58 pm | Tom Frewen
Finance Minister, Bill English, is interrogated on his role in the controversial $4.8 million budget grant to the Pacific Economic Development Agency in Auckland. Labour's Darren Hughes reveals that he buys his suits from Macandrews in Otaki. The ... More >>
Today In Parliament 16.06.10
Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 5:35 pm | Tom Frewen
Questions about sale of Kiwibank and NZ Post start a mad hatter's tea party in the House. Government Administration Committee considering Office of the Clerk funding hears from Speaker Lockwood Smith. More >>
Today In Parliament 15.06.10
Tuesday, 15 June 2010, 5:28 pm | Tom Frewen
Questions about National's plan to repeal Labour's Foreshore and Seabed Act produce conflicting answers on the significance of its proposed replacement converting Crown ownership into public domain. Pacific Affairs Minister Georgina te Heuheu is questioned ... More >>
The Week In Parliament 11.06.10
Friday, 11 June 2010, 1:45 pm | Tom Frewen
While the Parliamentary Press Gallery runs a microscope over Labour's credit card expenses, the Finance and Expenditure Committee asks the country's three top financial chiefs for a long-term view of the economy through a telescope. More >>
The Week In Parliament 04.06.10
Friday, 4 June 2010, 3:12 pm | Tom Frewen
Budget Debate is shunted aside as the Government pushes through its second Auckland super-city bill before the Queen's Birthday weekend adjournment. Five and a half hours remain in the Budget Debate when Parliament resumes on Tuesday, June the 15th. ... More >>
Today In Parliament 03.06.10
Thursday, 3 June 2010, 5:39 pm | Tom Frewen
Pacific Island Affairs minister, Georgina Te Heu Heu, is vague on details of controversial $4.8 million budget grant to newcomer Pacific Economic Development Agency. The Transport and Industrial Relations Committee considers the Employment Relations - Workers Secret ... More >>
Today In Parliament 02.06.10
Wednesday, 2 June 2010, 5:49 pm | Tom Frewen
Prime Minister refuses to speculate on asset sales and also clams up over his blind trust. Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson has good news for leaky home owners. Speaker Lockwood Smith appears before the Government Administartion ... More >>
Today In Parliament 01.06.10
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 5:42 pm | Tom Frewen
peaker forces finance minister to admit that the government's on-line budget calculator does not allow for inflation. Speaker also refuses to allow Phil Goff to table a document which Mr Goff says contradicts the Prime Minister's answers about cycleway ... More >>
Tom Frewen: The Week In Parliament 28.05.10
Friday, 28 May 2010, 2:59 pm | Tom Frewen
Nick Smith cautioned over calling Pete Hodgson a "sewer rat". Mr Hodgson accuses the Prime Minister of a conflict on interest. Opposition questions Government over possible plans to sell Kiwibank and other state owned assets. Budget debate continues. ... More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 27.05.10
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 4:49 pm | Tom Frewen
Russell Norman's Kiwibank question boomerangs back across the chamber. Nick Smith calls Pete Hodgson a "sewer rat" for implying the prime minister's blind trust conceals conflicts of interest. Senior Citizens Minister John Carter is questioned about outcomes ... More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 26.05.10
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 9:54 am | Tom Frewen
Gerry Brownlee gets his speakers in a twist but refuses to be intimidated by the many thousands of submissions on his mining of conservation land proposal. Health Select Committee recieves a petition calling for an inquiry into male suicide in ... More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 25.05.10
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 5:09 pm | Tom Frewen
Government has to ask itself about the Budget as Opposition shows more interest in PM's plans for asset sales. Mister Key also faces questions from ACT leader, Rodney Hide, about tax cuts being wiped out by price rises caused by the emissions trading ... More >>
The Week In Parliament 21.05.10
Friday, 21 May 2010, 4:47 pm | Tom Frewen
Finance Minister Bill English delivers his second budget. More >>
Today In Parliament 20.05.10
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 6:21 pm | Tom Frewen
Bill English delivers his second budget. It contains the expected rise in GST to 15% and lower personal tax rates. They are slammed by Opposition leader, Phil Goff, as helping the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The Speaker has to quieten ... More >>
