Echo Chamber: Kneepads off, claws out
The week in parliament was marked by intra-coalition potshots, patsies and a former politician hoist with his own…
Echo Chamber: Death by a thousand amendments
Gerry Brownlee warned MPs this week to keep their amendments to a minimum. If only the same advice…
Echo Chamber: Is this a policy platform or a debating chamber?
Never mind our bills, here’s what we think of the opposition. With nine sitting weeks left before parliament…
Echo Chamber: Christopher Luxon and the disappearing documents
We’ve all misplaced something at work. But if your office is a ministerial one, you might expect a…
Echo Chamber: The week’s biggest losers were probably adult human biological public servants
Contentious bills ruled the week in parliament. It’s overwhelming how much has happened this week in parliament and…
Echo Chamber: Haere rā to Crusher, hello to old scandals
This week in parliament, Judith Collins said goodbye, Shane Jones had a showdown and MPs were reminded they’re…
Echo Chamber: Agreeing to disagree about India
Nicola Willis takes aim at Shane Jones, while Winston Peters clarifies he’s not a student of ‘Woketown University’.…
Echo Chamber: The National Party in a state of emergency
The coalition careens from a confidence vote to a trade agreement to a weight loss comment. National MPs…
Echo Chamber: NZ First takes jabs at Gerry Brownlee
A new Covid inquiry is out, and so are the knives. It was a week in which parliament…
Echo Chamber: Christopher Luxon’s worst week in parliament
A global conflict has put the spotlight on a prime minister in conflict with himself. The thunder rolled…
Echo Chamber: King David Seymour the fifth
It was a week for parliament to say hello, and others to say goodbye. It was a summer…
Echo Chamber: School’s out for summer
Parliament slogged its way to the finish line – and got an early day off as a result.…