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Kōrero: Parliament

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Parliament overview

Opening Parliament

Opening Parliament

Parliament buildings: Auckland, 1859

Parliament buildings: Auckland, 1859 (1 o 4)

Parliament buildings: Wellington, 1900s

Parliament buildings: Wellington, 1900s (2 o 4)

Parliament Buildings at twilight

Parliament Buildings at twilight (3 o 4)

Parliament Buildings: panorama

Parliament Buildings: panorama (4 o 4)

Mai i te whārangi 2 - How Parliament works

Speaker of the House, 1911

Speaker of the House, 1911 (1 o 2)

Speaker of the House, 2011

Speaker of the House, 2011 (2 o 2)

The debating chamber: layout

The debating chamber: layout (1 o 2)

The debating chamber: panorama

The debating chamber: panorama (2 o 2)

Order paper

Ayes lobby panorama

Ayes lobby panorama

Privileges Committee meeting

Privileges Committee meeting

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Legislating

How a bill becomes an act

How a bill becomes an act

Sign language at select committee

Sign language at select committee

Giving the royal assent

Giving the royal assent

Ballot for members' bills

Ballot for members' bills

Mai i te whārangi 4 - The business of government

Cabinet meeting

Cabinet meeting

Speech from the throne

Speech from the throne

Delivering the Budget

Delivering the Budget

Hansard staff: 1896

Hansard staff: 1896

Māori affairs committee room: the first room

Māori affairs committee room: the first room (1 o 2)

Māori affairs committee room: the current room

Māori affairs committee room: the current room (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Parliament and the public

Haka in the public gallery

Haka in the public gallery

Press gallery: 1885

Press gallery: 1885 (1 o 3)

Press gallery: sole woman reporter

Press gallery: sole woman reporter (2 o 3)

Press gallery, 2010

Press gallery, 2010 (3 o 3)

Radio broadcasts of Parliament

Radio broadcasts of Parliament

Presenting a petition

Presenting a petition

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Evolution of Parliament, 19th century

Native Affairs Committee, 1912

Native Affairs Committee, 1912

Long roll of paper with writing on it enclosed in a glass case.

1893 women's suffrage petition

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Structural changes, 1890s to 1950s

Rātana MPs

The mace

Mabel Howard, first female cabinet minister

Mabel Howard, first female cabinet minister

Last meeting of the Legislative Council

Last meeting of the Legislative Council

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Reform, 1980s onwards

Number of MPs over time

Number of MPs over time

Parliamentary Service Commission

Parliamentary Service Commission

The end of an era

The end of an era

Wigs and dreadlocks

Wigs and dreadlocks

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Impact of MMP

Implications of MMP

Implications of MMP

Door to the Pacific committee room

Door to the Pacific committee room

Numbers of women MPs

Numbers of women MPs

The first Māori speaker of the House

The first Māori speaker of the House

Party-hopping

Ethnic diversity of MPs

Ethnic diversity of MPs

Pacific MPs

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

John E. Martin, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/parliament/media (accessed 1 October 2023)

He kōrero nā John E. Martin, i tāngia i te 20 Jun 2012, updated 1 Feb 2015