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Question puts new speaker through his paces

Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean, Speaker Adrian Rurawhe (below) and Dunedin list MP Michael Woodhouse ...

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Question puts new speaker through his paces

Adrian Rurawhe has only been in the Speaker’s chair for a few weeks but on Thursday he faced his toughest challenge to date, and from an unlikely source at that.

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Southern say: Willis gets chance to press flesh

National deputy leader Nicola Willis speaks at a Business South lunch event in Dunedin yesterday....

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Nats’ No 2 Willis gets chance to press the flesh

National's deputy leader Nicola Willis visited Dunedin this week and spoke at a Business South lunch, setting out a four-point economic plan the party proposes taking to the electorate next year.

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FPA Act takes us back to the future

Michael Woodhouse, Cargills Enterprises worker Michael Bardick, 2020 National Taieri candidate...

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FPA Act takes us back to the future

This week, after a tangled and at times excruciating filibuster, the Government finally passed its Fair Pay Agreements Act.

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Workforce issues hitting Otago hospitality hard

National Southland MP Joseph Mooney at Coronet Peak, one of many attractions in his electorate...

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Workforce issues hitting Otago hospitality hard

Southern Say just spent a week off visiting the scenic Waitaki electorate, and it was not hard to spot one of the major issues besetting that glorious part of New Zealand.

Craig’s first six months; Woodhouse in a huff

Invercargill Labour list MP Liz Craig, working on health and local issues. PHOTO: LAURA SMITH

Craig’s first six months; Woodhouse in a huff

It is now more than six months since Invercargill Labour list MP Liz Craig was elevated to the rank of parliamentary private secretary for health.

Labour likely to make women a key issue

It may be ascribing too much to a speech late in the general debate a year out from polling day, but on Wednesday Taieri Labour MP Ingrid Leary might have revealed the site of one of the...

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Regulations around animal welfare matter

Animal Law Association member and University of Otago law lecturer Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere...

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Regulations around animal welfare matter

All of Parliament’s select committees are created equal, but some select committees are more equal than others.

Bill on biosecurity penalties moving forward

Jacqui Dean, usually in the Speaker’s chair, takes a rare call in the debating chamber. Photo:...

Bill on biosecurity penalties moving forward

If all goes according to plan — and this is Parliament so nothing is guaranteed — next week Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean has what will likely be her last chance to legislate.

Strengths on show in PM’s visit to South

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Dunedin MP Dr David Clark stop for refreshments at Otago...

Strengths on show in PM’s visit to South

Given her job you would expect Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to know about many things, but she is still capable of springing a surprise.

Bill to ban live exports debated in House

The livestock carrier Rahmeh, berthed in Western Australia in 2016. Four years later, renamed...

Bill to ban live exports debated in House

The Animal Welfare Bill sounds like a broad, sweeping piece of legislation, but it actually has a single and narrow purpose: to ban the live export of cattle, deer, sheep and goats by sea.

Small gains, big problems trouble politicians

Parliament looks set to pass a Bill to expand ACC eligibility to include maternal birth injuries....

Small gains, big problems trouble politicians

Back in 1967, Owen Woodhouse released his landmark report which recommended that New Zealand set up a no-fault compensation scheme for unintended injury.

Right to free expression can be fraught

National Dunedin list MP Michael Woodhouse expresses his views on the campaign trail. PHOTO:...

Right to free expression can be fraught

Be it an exchange of ideas or preaching to the converted, the Free Speech Union is entitled to provide a forum for people to speak their minds, writes Mike Houlahan.

Accessibility Bill: will it make a big difference?

Accessibility Bill: will it make a big difference?

On Tuesday Parliament took an important step towards lowering barriers and guaranteeing equality for all ... or not, take your pick.

Young voices speak up for the Waiau

The not-as-mighty-as-it-could-be Waiau River, near Clifden. PHOTO: DAVE LOUDON

Young voices speak up for the Waiau

There seems to be a steady stream of southern youngsters making their views known to Parliament.

Not just MPs who help shape our laws

Our politicians have been taking a break from making the law over the long winter recess, but that doesn't mean that lawmaking stops.

Politics students get a chance to grill MPs

Taking questions from University of Otago politics students are (from left) Green MP for Auckland...

Politics students get a chance to grill MPs

On a wet Wednesday in Dunedin, some red-hot politics sounded like just the thing to warm oneself up.

Hawea Flat is ticked off, and not quiet about it

Hawea Flat School in 2022. The Ministry of Education intends to move the school to Lake Hawea,...

Hawea Flat is ticked off, and not quiet about it

The Government and its ministries spends their days making decisions of national importance, but those decisions have local ramifications.

Southern say: Electoral rhetoric has truly begun

Listeners who tuned in to Morning Report on Wednesday for the show’s weekly interview with National leader Christopher Luxon would've heard Corin Dann musing, to little demurral from Luxon, there were few policy differences between the two main parties.

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