LibGuides: NZ Parliament: NZ Parliament

Parliamentary Business

Information about our Parliament, our MPs, parties, electorates, parliamentary business and support.

Parliamentary business
Find out about what business is before the House, e.g.
* Legislation - Bills, Acts and Regulations, Supplementary Order Papers
* Select committees
* Hansard and Journals of the House
* Order Papers and Questions - including House sitting programme
* Papers and petitions presented
* Rules of the House - Standing Orders, Sessional orders
* Receive daily alerts by email
Speakers' rulings, 1867 to 2017 inclusive
Rulings from the Speaker show how the Standing Orders have been applied and interpreted. Significant rulings made since 1867 are published as Speakers’ Rulings.

Hansard (via Knowledge Basket) This link opens in a new window
Hansard (Speeches), Oral Questions, and Written Questions. Hansard and the Written Questions from 1987 onwards are included, and Oral Questions from 1995 onwards.

Parliamentary Hansard Reports
Hansard is the official report of debate in the House of Representatives. It’s produced by editors, who go into the debating chamber and report what members of Parliament (MPs) say. Fully searchable 2003 onwards.
Historical Hansard
From 1867, whilst records from 1854 were compiled from early newspaper reports
New Zealand Parliament Hansard Debates - Indexes
Daily, weekly, cumulative, annual and session indexes are provided.
Papers Presented
You can view the documents that are presented to the House of Representatives and are used for the business of Parliament and for MPs' information. There are both current papers that are available on this website (presented after August 2002) and historical papers (pre-1951).
Guide for Petitions
A petition is a document addressed to the House of Representatives (Parliament) asking it to take a specific action. This page provides information on the petition process.
Natural justice before select committees
PDF 2010. Check the Catalogue for earlier editions.
Working with select committees : a guide for public service advisers
PDF 2010. Check the Catalogue for earlier editions.

NZ Parliament on YouTube

Find out about all things Parliament through the medium of video. I recommend "How Laws are Made", and "Select committees 101"

How Laws Are Made Select committees 101

Parliament on Demand

Parliament On Demand provides live and recorded broadcasts from the House of Representatives. It is available with a choice of audio as a webcast and on the following digital television channels:

Freeview 22
Igloo 25
Sky 86
Vodafone 86

Question time is replayed each day at 6pm and 10pm.

Members of Parliament

Parliamentary parties - National, Labour, Green, NZ First, ACT, Maori, United Future, Mana

Electorate profiles - includes election results, statistics about people, households and industries, and maps

Members of Parliament includes lists of current and former members, a biography page for each member, current members’ contact details and details of parliamentary friendship groups.

* Current MPs	* Former MPs
* Contact Lists	* House Seating Plan
* MPs' pay and entitlements	* MPs' expenses
* MPs" financial interests	* Parliamentary publicity

Make a Submission to Parliament

Make a Submission
Make an online public submission on specific topics of inquiry. Note the closing date for each topic.
How to make a submission to a Parliamentary Select Committee
Parliament have produced a range of guides and videos on the what when why and how of making a submission.
Te Whakatakoto Tāpaetanga ki te Aroaro o Tētahi Komiti Whiriwhiri Take Pāremata
This PDF booklet in Maori is designed to help those writing a submission to a select committee to produce it in a form that is easily read and understood by members of the committee.
Disclosures
Disclosures may assist submitters on new Bills being considered by a select committee.

Papers & Petitions

Parliamentary Papers

The Office of the Clerk of the House web site has parliamentary papers presented to the House and ordered to be published during the parliament

Petitions

Documents addressed to the House of Representatives and signed by at least one person. The House is asked to act on a matter of public policy or law, or to put right a local or private concern. When a petition has been presented to the House, it is referred to a select committee for consideration and report.

Get Involved. Have your say

If you want to have a say in relation to Parliament, or a parliamentary committee has asked for your views, there are formal ways to do this. The ways in which you can contribute to parliamentary work are set out here:

* Vote in elections

* Contact an MP

* How to make a submission

* Prepare a petition

* Challenge a regulation

* Seek a referendum

* Stand for Parliament