Chloe Swarbrick

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.  Audio

The multitude of ways that alcohol harms society have been well documented - but will Chlöe Swarbrick's new Bill have unpleasant side-effects? Audio

Two-thirds of students struggle to afford the very basics. Why aren't we doing anything about it? Audio

The budget wasn’t the only thing at Parliament this week. There was also legislation on surrogacy, free speech, political conflicts of interest, and sexual harassment. Audio

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a $37.5 million reactivation package for Auckland - it includes vouchers, discounts, and food parcels.

She says it's to bring people back to businesses… Audio

Tighter rules for medicinal cannabis come into force tomorrow cutting possibly thousands of patients off from accessing their preferred treatment.

Medsafe has only verified four drugs for use from 1… Audio

We've seen the news that people have been queueing up in their cars for hours to get a Covid test ... but what do you do if you need to be tested and don't have a car? Auckland Central MP Chloe… Audio

Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick is urging for more intervention in housing affordability outside of tinkering from the Reserve Bank.

This week, Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the Reserve Bank… Audio

Parliament has seen an unusual increase recently in what is usually a rare event... a 13th question Audio

The law allowing drug testing at festivals is set to expire in December but MPs are working on a bill to put in a permanent system Audio

A Ministry of Health document leaked to RNZ shows officials will not even consider extending an amnesty to allow all chronically sick people to use illicit cannabis.

Medicinal cannabis campaigners… Audio

The government is warning the greyhound racing industry it's not satisfied animal welfare is improving quickly enough. A major report in late 2017 found unacceptably high rates of dog euthanasia, high… Audio

Roadworks on the way to Wellington Airport, ambulance wait times in Taieri, Waitematā water quality, and churches in Levin have been highlighted by MPs in a special debate at Parliament. Video, Audio

A Green MP says there's been too much attention paid to investors in the housing crisis, and not enough to Mum and Dad renters.

The government yesterday unveiled measures, including doubling of the… Audio

MPs have raced through four bills in their first proper week of Parliament passing new laws on festival drug testing, Covid-19, and income tax.  Audio

Chlöe Swarbrick has had quite the rise to prominence in New Zealand politics over the last few years. Her public life began when she famously ran for mayor of Auckland in 2016. After losing to Phil… Audio

At two o'clock today Chlöe Swarbrick will find out if she has held on to her Auckland Central seat now that special votes have been counted.

Her success was one of the surprises on election night… Audio

Polling on the Cannabis Legalisation and Control referendum has been tight, with support for the proposed bill ranging from 35 to 52 percent.

Chloe Swar-brick is the Green Party's drug reform… Audio

New Zealand now holds the title of the most rainbow Parliament in the world. Eleven LGBTQ people won seats in the weekend's election - that's 9.16 percent of the 120 MPs. The United Kingdom - the… Audio

Green Party candidate Chloe Swarbrick has won Auckland Central -- beating off Labour's Helen White, and National's Emma Mellow for the role. But the gap is relatively small... with just 492 between… Audio