Trevor Mallard
Owned and owed: debating the investment statement
MPs have held the first ever debate on the Investment Statement - an analysis of Government assets and liabilities - in yet another debate about money. Audio
Trevor Mallard behind idea for more play time at Parliament
A playground with a slide, tunnel, stepping stones and maze will be built on a small lawn in front of the Beehive in a bid to make Parliament more family friendly. Speaker Trevor Mallard tells Deputy… Audio
National MPs in stand-off with Speaker of House
It's been a feisty week in Parliament with escalating tensions between National Party MPs and the Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard. On Thursday Mr Mallard ordered National's deputy leader Paula… Audio
National not backing down in dispute with Speaker Mallard
The Parliamentary showdown between the Opposition and the Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard, remains entrenched - with National MPs saying they're not backing down. It comes after scenes of… Audio
Confidence in the speaker
National has accused speaker Trevor Mallard of "pushing" the story about an MP allegedly making a sexist remark about the Prime Minister. Audio
Keeping House: The role of the Speaker explained
Analysis - From the outside, Parliament's Question Time looks like a scrappy playground at times, and Chris Bramwell writes that it's up to the Speaker to enforce the rules. Watch today's Question…
Bennett storms from House over Speaker frustration
The National Party says its confidence in the Speaker of the House has been "severely shaken".
Front loading at oral questions
In Parliament’s Oral Question the Opposition took a lead from the All Black’s Sam Whitelock and tried Front Loading as a tactic Audio
3-D grammatical chess
Ministers sometimes refer to themselves in the third person - and it's not solipsism, it's required. Audio
Only so much leeway
General Debates are as 'free-for-all' as Parliament's debating chamber gets - but there are still rules. Audio
A Q&A on questions and answers : the rules and process of question time
You ask a question. You get an answer. You’d think Question Time would be easy. But MPs constantly get it wrong, and often on purpose. The House gets a tutorial from Parliament’s quiz masters. Audio
Calls for Jesus to be resurrected in Parliament prayer
In New Zealand's Parliament, Speaker Trevor Mallard reads a prayer aloud at the start of each sitting session, a tradition established in 1854. One of the first things Mr Mallard did after being… Audio
A noes by any other name: Parliamentary jargon
Parliament's language is sometimes archaic and often confusing. Can you tell your assent from your noes? Try our quiz. Audio
Labour govt's first week in Parliament - analysis
It's been a shaky start for some of the new Labour Party ministers this week, with the Leader of the House Chris Hipkins admitting the first day of the 52nd Parliament, including the eventual election… Audio
Parliamentary prayer set for makeover
Since the very first Parliament in 1854, MPs have begun proceedings with a daily prayer. But to everything there is a season - and with a new government comes a new approach; the Speaker - Labour's… Audio
Babies in Parliament the ‘beginning of some changes’
Grandad Mallard, aka Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard, cradles fellow MPs' babies as he tells John Campbell he wants Parliament to lead by example and be a more supportive workplace for working… Video, Audio
Jesus Christ, Queen removed from Parliamentary Prayer
Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard has caused ripples among MPs on all sides of the House after removing references to the Queen and Jesus Christ in the Parliamentary prayer. Audio