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The divided nature of our politics has been spotlighted once again. A fiery debate has seen Te Pati Maori’s leaders suspended for Parliament in the harshest punishment ever handed down to a politician. It was a vote made along party lines – with the Government parties voting in favour of the Privileges Committee recommendations, and the left-bloc voting against. And that split was highlighted once again by two polls with conflicting results showing who will win next year. Today on The Front Page, we’re joined by Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls to discuss the latest in politics – starting with a scandal that has hit the Prime Minister’s office. Follow The Front Page on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. You can read more about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network. Host: Chelsea DanielsSound Engineer/Producer: Richard MartinProducer: Ethan SillsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Satisfaction the Privileges Committee stood its ground over Te Pati Māori's viral haka in Parliament. The harshest sanctions in Parliament's history have been handed down, with co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi suspended for 21 days. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's been suspended for seven. Privileges Committee Chair Judith Collins told Mike Hosking the committee was almost universally appalled by the demonstration and six months' worth of hearings. She says the committee's work was worth it, and it's about time Parliament realised the public is appalled by the antics. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tensions are high in the House, as MPs go head-to-head over proposed sanctions for Te Pāti Māori MPs. The Privileges Committee has recommended seven, and 21-day suspensions for three of its MPs - for actions during a haka performed at last year's Treaty Principles Bill vote. NZ Herald political editor Thomas Coughlan unpacks the action from the debate. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Thursday 5th June 2025, The Māori Party's Privileges Committee decision finally comes to a vote. Political commentator Bryce Edwards speaks to Heather. Matthew Lane, the general manager of Night 'n Day reacts to the Commerce Commission's latest attempt to crack down on anti-competitive practices from the supermarkets. Former trade negotiator Stephen Jacobi says the Government is making good strides in its effort to avoid further tariffs from Donald Trump. Plus, the Huddle talks about Westgold raising their prices in response to butter raffles being held at schools around the country. Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Well that was as chaotic as you'd expect. I caught the first half of Parliament's debate on the haka-gate: Winston Peters went full attack dog, Willie Jackson fought back, Waititi brought a noose into the chamber, and Adrian Rurawhe, former Speaker and Labour MP, had the most sensible and respectable take of the debate. I've had the pleasure of interviewing him a few times. He's a humble, quiet and observant sort of guy. He's quick to a smile and enjoys a good argument. Not that you could hear it in the House yesterday. Loads of interjecting. Lots of noise. Adrian gets respect because he shushed his own Labour colleagues while he was up on his feet. He made two decent points. 1. The Privileges Committee is meant to be bipartisan. The fact this punishment was not, is a bad thing. Why? Because now it's open season, governments —of any persuasion— can weaponize its punishments against their political opponents. This is not a good thing. As he points out, this was the government punishing MPs, not the Parliament. Which it ought to be. Herein lies the problem with Parliament these days - there is no agreed standard of behaviours that's universal to all MPs. Getting physically up in somebody's grill is considered okay by some. The House is meant to be about what comes out of your mouth, not how close another MP is to it. 2. Rurawhe scolded the Māori Party for not apologising for their bad behaviour. He spoke of his cousin Dame Tariana Turia. She never skipped a vote, worked hard for her people and spoke on every bill before the House. The question really is whether Te Pati Māori actually wants to be in Parliament or whether it wants a separate one. If it wants the latter, which its website says it does, and doesn't turn up half the time or gets suspended for breaking rules, you've got to ask yourself why they're there in the first place. All in all, aside from Adrian's wise words, there's a few hours wasted the House won't get back. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Parliament's picking up where it left off last month, debating proposed sanctions on three Te Pāti Māori MPs. The Privileges Committee's suggested Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer be suspended for 21 days, and Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke for seven. The three had performed a haka during a vote on the Treaty Principles Bill last year. Leader of the House Chris Bishop told Mike Hosking he just wants the debate over and done with. He says we need to deal with the issue, but it's a distraction from the need for economic growth, and he hopes it's dealt with swiftly at Parliament this afternoon. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Te Paati Maori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa Packer and Rawiri Waititi join us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the Privileges Committee, the Regulatory Standards Bill and the drip among other issues and opinions that come up from the live chat and the conversation=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social

At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. The Budget: 7/10 In totality she did quite a lot with next to nothing and the intent and messaging, I hope, gave hope. Because boy do we need hope. Oh, and also a surplus. The Green's budget: 1/10 They shouldn't even be allowed near a calculator. When nurses get pay cuts because of tax you know you are dealing with nutters. The Privileges Committee debate: 6/10 Because at last the committee came to the party on rule breaking and at least attempted to right the egregious mess the place has become. The Warriors: 8/10 They just keep on winning. And this weekend at home against the Raiders - what a lip-smacker! The Golden Dome: 6/10 Is it even real? Can you build a dome in three years and, if you can, how come we can't build a road in that time? Smith & Caugheys: 2/10 That is what arrogance, incompetence, blind ideology and lack of vision does for a city. LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Te Pāti Māori MPs now have to wait until next month to find out if they will get the harshest punishment the Privileges Committee has ever handed out. Māori news journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira reports.

The chair of the Privileges Committee wants Labour's Leader to apologise. Chris Hipkins told TVNZ Judith Collins had publicly condemned “uncivilised behaviour from indigenous people” in relation to Te Pati Māori's actions. Judith Collins told Mike Hosking she never said that. She says it's entirely wrong for him to have said that, and she's called on him to apologise and apparently he's going to think about it. The debate on the proposed punishments for the three Te Pati Māori MPs was moved to June 5 - to leave this week free for the Budget. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Hipkins needs help. For the life of me I have no idea why he is wasting his time defending the Māori Party. He says their punishment is too harsh. Problem 1: Is he doing it because it's seen as anti-Government? In other words, despite him saying he wasn't going to bark at any passing car, he barks at any passing car. Problem 2: This reinforces the general view that the Labour Party are soft on people who break rules, and consequences should always be watered down. Problem 3: He is the leader of a major party, and the major parties represent, you would have hoped, a bipartisan view that behaviour and rules and etiquette are to be adhered to in a place of national leadership. Problem 4: The Māori Party are nothing but trouble and you want, as a centrist, to stay well clear of them. They don't like Parliament, they don't believe it should exist and, if it does exist, they think they should have a separate version for themselves. Hipkins is like some tragic, legal aid boot lawyer who defends the hopeless for the sake of it. There is no upside, and yet in Budget week he has bought into the narrative, yet again, that some poor saps have been hard done by and it's all not fair. He somehow has to be on the side of the victim. Problem 5: Say whatever you want about the Privileges Committee, but it is Parliament's long-standing court, and his party is a part of it. It seems odd, and undermining, that you're willing to partake in the process then bag it when it reaches a conclusion. Problem 6: A few of his own members were part of the original crime on that infamous day when things went dramatically to the pack. So maybe he feels like a hypocrite, given Peeni Henare fell on his sword and the others were too belligerent to do so. Problem 7: New Zealanders want, like, and demand standards, so he is on the wrong side of this. Problem 8: When we aren't wanting improved behaviour, we wouldn't mind the big players in the political game concentrating on the big issues, like the mess economically we are currently in, as engineered by the bloke who is busy barking at passing cars. The Greens and the Māori Party are minor players and not serious. Labour are supposed to be serious. So how about you give it a crack? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A stay - for Te Pāti Māori MPs expecting debate on possible suspension today. The Privileges Committee recommended suspensions for Rawiri Waititi, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Hana Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke for a protest haka during voting on the contentious Treaty Principles Bill. But 20 minutes after the debate began, Parliament's voted to adjourn it. Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls unpacked today's events - and discussed why National wanted the focus off this matter during Budget week. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The debate on Te Pāti Māori's proposed punishment has been paused until June - but it's still sparked discussion among some. Debate was set to begin today on proposed suspensions for the Te Pāti Māori MPs who did a haka during voting on the Treaty Principles Bill - before the Government moved to adjourn it. Despite this, former co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell has spoken in defence of Te Pāti Māori. "The bigger kaupapa here is around an ability for Māori to express their views in the Parliament of our land - and allow that to happen on the back of what has happened through history in Parliament." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Well, that ended up being a fizzer, didn't it? I mean, wow, here we were. We were expecting this big debate over the Māori Party punishments to drag on for days, if not weeks, and overshadow the Budget - and the blinking thing didn't even last an hour. It got postponed to next month. What happened was, in retrospect, very simple and very obvious, just a move from the Government. It came to the Government's turn to talk about it - and up pops Chris Bishop, Leader of the House. He says - hey, I move it gets postponed, and guess what, it gets postponed because the Government has the majority in the House, so they simply voted for that, and there we go, clear air for the Budget. Most relieved, I would say, would be the Government, because it means that they do get clear air for the Budget on Thursday. Most bummed out, I would imagine, would be the Māori Party - who'd even gone to the effort of organizing a protest on the full court of Parliament. So basically, what's happened is we put this thing to bed for a few weeks because of a checkmate move from Chris Bishop. But while we've got this pause, can I just make an observation? It's quite remarkable how quickly this has gone from being a thing about the deliberate flouting of rules consistently by a party doing it as part of a PR strategy to being a thing about the National-led Government using parliamentary process to banish MPs they don't like, thereby turning us into a "banana republic". This is the kind of reportage that I'm reading at the moment. Suspending the Māori Party MPs threatens democracy. It is a drastic step that looks, on the face of it, undemocratic. Those are two different articles, by the way - it seems to be a theme that's emerging. But hang on a minute here, because it's going to take a lot to convince me that this is the case of a heavy-handed Government silencing innocent dissent - because I haven't forgotten how we got here. I haven't forgotten that the Māori Party planned to disrupt Parliament that day. They planned to disrupt it - and then they carried out that plan. I haven't forgotten that Debbie Ngarewa-Packer pointed her fingers in the shape of a gun at another MP and that the Māori Party refused to turn up to the Privileges Committee when they were asked to - and when they were supposed to. I haven't forgotten that that the Māori Party refused to apologize and accept they've done anything wrong and that the Māori Party then leaked the recommendations of the Privileges Committee, which is against the rules, and that the Māori Party co-leaders have said that they will do this again - most likely with the Regulatory Standards bill. I haven't forgotten any of that stuff. And it's remarkable to me how quickly people want to turn this into a bad Government story instead of a bad opposition story. And it's also remarkable to me how quickly people have forgotten what this party did to end up here today. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Andrew Geddis from the University of Otago's law faculty joins Emile Donovan to explain the bureaucracy and the politics at play with the suspension of Te Pāti Māori MPs, a motion which itself has been suspended until after Budget Day.

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Postponement of the Privileges Committee recommendations in Parliament gives National a chance to take the moral high ground. The debate of the suspension recommendations for those who did a haka during the Treaty Principles Bill's vote last year was adjoined after 20 minutes. The Leader of the House Chris Bishop moved the vote until June 5th, to leave this week free for the Budget. Political commentator Brigitte Morten told Ryan Bridge National clearly showed they know how to use the rules of Parliament. She says they've therefore been able to take the high ground and let the Te Pati Māori MPs be there for the Budget. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Political parties are preparing for what could be a protracted debate tomorrow surrounding the proposed penalties for three Te Pāti Māori MPs. Parliament's Privileges Committee recommended the party's co-leaders be suspended for an unprecedented 21 days for breaking the rules with a haka. MPs will tomorrow consider the proposal - but the Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he's not willing to compromise. Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Lisa Owen.

It's a big week at Parliament this week, with the house poised to debate the Privileges Committee punishment of Te Pāti Māori and, of course, the annual Budget announcement timed for Thursday. Labour leader Chris Hipkins spoke to Corin Dann.

Last week the Privileges Committee proposed suspending Te Pāti Māori's co-leaders for 21 days for their haka during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill. Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

In today's episode, it's a big week at Parliament this week, with the house poised to debate the Privileges Committee punishment of Te Pāti Māori and, of course, the annual Budget announcement timed for Thursday, a high-stakes phone call has just ended between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin aimed at stopping the war in Ukraine, some brain doctors are concerned about the danger of a new popular collision sport Run It Straight, we look into where the cheapest petrol in New Zealand is, and a nearly 10-metre tall sculpture of a dinosaur sitting atop a large geometric rock is the latest attraction in Taupo.

A former Speaker of the House has been worried Parliament's standards have been slipping over the past few years. It comes as the Privileges Committee report on Te Pati Māori's behaviour during last year's Treaty Principles Bill vote, will be debated and voted on this afternoon. It proposes a 21-day suspension for the party's leaders, and a seven-day suspension for MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke. Former Speaker Sir Lockwood Smith told Mike Hosking a decision to close the public gallery is wise. He says this will be a test for Speaker Gerry Brownlee because his judgement will be critical. Smith says it's up to him to make sure this debate, which will be watched by many, shows Parliament to be a better place than it's been in the last couple of weeks. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The debate around the Privileges Committee and their decision for the Māori Party MPs starts today. It's set to be a long-winded and largely pointless exercise. If you can be bothered, get a read on where each of the parties stand. Why? Because you will find that some parties don't agree with the committee and think the so-called punishment is a bit hard. The Prime Minister was asked about this yesterday at his post-Cabinet press conference. In fact, they were the first questions asked, which was sad and yet again a reminder of how the Press Gallery is not really interested in the news of the day, and perhaps even the good news of the day. The good news of the day came from the Finance Minister, who was standing next to the Prime Minister at said conference and had been busy up to the question bit outlining some new tax treatment for investment and payments for start-ups and businesses looking for a bit of relief around rules and paperwork. That got scant coverage, despite the fact these are the very sort of issues, ideas, and polices that will drag this beleaguered economy out of the quagmire it is currently stuck in. As regards to the Privileges Committee, for the record, the Prime Minister stood firm on the ensuing debate, and whether or not by bargaining away the decision it could expedite what could be days of time wasting. Why this matters is because standards matter, and standards in this country have become embarrassing. What the Māori Party did was farcical, as well as embarrassing. Their punishment was not because they were Māori, or because what they did was Māori, it was because they broke the rules, and rules count or should count. Because when they don't, people like the Māori Party and to a lesser degree the Labour Party and the Greens, bring us all into disrepute. Believe it or not, there are large swathes of this country that find what has been happening at our highest level of leadership to be completely and utterly shocking, as well as embarrassing and needless, and we are more than over it. By asking whether Government can plea bargain it away so we can skip a lengthy, boring debate is systematic of the problem itself. "Why deal to it, when we can ignore it or water it down?" If those who think this is all okay want to debate it and remind us what mediocre looks like, that's on them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The 2025 Budget is due out this week - and the Finance Minister's feeling hopeful despite the concerns around Te Pāti Māori's antics. Prime Minister Chris Luxon made it clear earlier today that National will not make any concessions on the Privileges Committee's recommendation to suspend three Te Pāti Māori MPs from Parliament. Nicola Willis says this week is all about the Budget - which aims to address concerns Kiwis have about the cost of living. "We just need to focus on the things that will make a difference to people. We can't control Te Pāti Māori, they will do what they want to do." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis will unveil her second budget on Thursday - and she's remaining tight lipped on what could be inside. What can we expect? Also, Parliament will tomorrow debate the Privileges Committee's recommendation to suspend three Te Pati Maori MPs. How long could this debate go on? Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls joined Nick Mills for the Beehive Buzz. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Parliament's Speaker will hold all the power in today's vote on three Te Pati Māori MPs. The Privileges Committee's proposing 21-day suspensions for the party's leaders, and a seven-day suspension for MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke for their behaviour at last year's Treaty Principles Bill vote. The public gallery will be closed for safety and security reasons. Political Commentator Liam Hehir told Ryan Bridge the punishment is unprecedented but so is the offence. He says the suspension needs to be looked at in the context that these were never before seen actions. Hehir says it's an unusual situation, as the debate technically has no time limit. He says Speaker Gerry Brownlee has the unique ability to regulate how long people speak, tell them if they're repeating themselves and close off debate. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Government debt is the worst it's been since the 1990s but today, two days out from a Budget designed to fix it, our Parliamentarians be debating a haka. The public largely doesn't care about this stuff. Pocketbook politics always trumps theatrics - except if you're Te Pati Māori. No matter how today's debate over the Privileges Committee report goes, and it could go on for a long time, Te Pati Māori wins. A loss for them in our Westminster system, what we might think of as a sanction or punishment, is to them a badge of honour. Already their well-followed social accounts are beating the drum of discontent. There are some who say that 21 days without pay is too harsh. People are comparing the haka and Debbie's gun gesture to Brooke's C-bomb. They miss an important point. Both the c-bomb and the haka were pre-planned choreographed stunts. The difference between the two is Brooke asked the Clerk in advance of her stunt if she was allowed to use the word. The answer was yes. Te Pati Māori did not. Brooke's stunt did not disrupt a vote being taken in the House. Te Pari Māori's did. Voting is the essence of democracy, where the elected express the views of the electors. It's Parliament's Holy Communion. And nobody's yet said sorry. That doesn't mean the punishment a slim majority of government members voted for is not overly harsh. The Clerk reckons it is. Brownlee clearly reckons it is. The Opposition reckons it is. Does the punishment really fit the crime? Or have standards slipped so badly, the House such a hot mess, that a precedent and a message needs to be sent? The public, largely, doesn't care. The question today is how long will National let this debate drag on with amendments and filibustering before a compromised is reached? Winston and Seymour will be hardliners, of course. As will the Greens and TPM. But for the bigger parties the risk is if you play politics over policy for too long you look childish. The only winners from today's sideshow will be the minnows and, of course, the rest of us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Monday Wire: For our weekly catch up with Te Pāti Māori's Takutai Kemp, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, speaks to her about the Privileges Committee's recommendations to suspend co-leader's Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer for 21-days and MP Hana Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke for their haka during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill, and the Waitangi Tribunals recommendations regarding the Regulatory Standards Bill. For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party, Producer Evie speaks to Simon Court about the Waitangi Tribunal recommending an ‘immediate halt' to the Regulatory Standards Bill and the government opening a review into the Waitangi Tribunal. Evie also spekas to The University of Auckland's Tom Baker about the government's newly announced Social Investment Fund. Joel speaks to Mark Thomas, an Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases at the University of Auckland, about the World Health Organisation declaring an outbreak of Polio in Papua New Guinea. Whakarongo mai.

The Privileges Committee report on Te Pāti Māori's haka last year will be debated and voted on next Tuesday, with Parliament's Speaker calling the proposed punishment 'very severe'. The Committee suggested Hana Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke be suspended for seven days - and co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi for 21 days. Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls unpacked the ongoing issue. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It sounds like Gerry Brownlee thinks that the Māori Party punishment is too harsh. He started Parliament today with the Speaker's ruling and he dropped some pretty strong hints that he thinks that 21 days without pay for Debbie and Rawiri over that haka is too much. He called the punishment very 'severe' and unprecedented because up til now, the harshest punishment has been 3 days, not 21 days. He pointed out that the punishment was only carried by a narrow majority on the Privileges Committee - and that going through with the punishment as it stands will deprive the Māori Party of their ability to vote in the House for several sitting days, and that Parliament does not have to go through with it. He told them that - he said, you don't have to go through with it, Parliament can change the punishment. Now, I can't say I agree with them on this for one simple reason, and that is deterrence. Whatever the punishment is going to end up being, it has to be harsh enough to stop the Māori Party doing this again - or at least try to stop them doing this again - because this is a strategy from them. We need to see this stuff for what it is. This isn't like Julie Anne Genter losing her rag in Parliament in the heat of the moment, apologizing, and then ending up with just a censure and perhaps never doing it again. The Māori Party break the rules deliberately. This is their strategy, so you can assume that they will keep on doing it. And the reason they keep on doing it is because it gets them attention. Attention for wearing sneakers in the house, attention for wearing a cowboy hat in the house, attention for doing a haka in the house, attention for not turning up to the Privileges Committee, attention for leaking the recommendations of the Privileges Committee - the list just goes on. They say this is about tikanga - but it's not about tikanga. Sneakers are not tikanga. This is about breaking rules for attention - it's a PR strategy. 3 days without pay is not going to deter them. To be honest, I don't even know that 21 days without pay will deter them, but it surely has a better chance of doing it. And for the record, a 21-day suspension is not that wild in the UK, where our Parliament derives from. Just in the last two years, three MPs in the UK have copped suspensions of 30 days or more. In 2019, one guy was suspended for six months. Now I don't know that we will ever get order back into Parliament the way things have gone in the last few months, but if we don't try, we definitely won't. So in that context, 21 days doesn't seem overly harsh. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A former Speaker believes suggested punishments for three Te Pāti Māori MPs falls short. Parliament's Privileges Committee has recommended suspensions for the three - for their protest haka during voting on the Treaty Principles Bill. Parliament will vote next Tuesday on whether to suspend the co-leaders for 21 days, and MP Hana Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke for seven. David Carter says the haka was 'intimidating' and 'unacceptable'. "And then to refuse to appear before the Privileges Committee - again, it's yet another contempt of the rules of Parliament." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week the Gals talk about the ongoing pay equity saga and C-bombs, the harshest punishments ever recommended by Parliament's Privileges Committee, all things pre-Budget and the Greens' alternate budget.   Georgie gets a defamation warning, Esther asks Labour leader Chris Hipkins if the rules around Urgency need to change, and Brigitte makes her views on the proposed suspensions for three Te Pāti Māori MPs known.   Yass Queen to pants and shorts and Beehave Mate to a local Labour Party branch for a distasteful social media post.   Question Time: Are there any rules/guides around what can be passed under urgency?   Email us at 3gals1beehive@gmail.com  

Parliament's Privileges Committee is recommending the harshest ever punishment for Te Pāti Māori's co-leaders, following last year's protest haka in the House. Committee chair Judith Collins spoke to Corin Dann.

Parliament's Privileges Committee is recommending its harshest ever punishment for Te Pāti Māori's co-leaders, following last year's protest haka in the House. Lawyer Tania Waikato represented Te Pāti Māori at the Privileges Committee. Waikato spoke to Corin Dann.

The co-leaders of Te Pāti Māori face a three-week suspension from Parliament after the Privileges Committee deemed a haka performed in the house could have been intimidating to members. University of Otago law professor Andrew Geddis spoke to Corin Dann.

In today's episode, the co-leaders of Te Pāti Māori face a three-week suspension from Parliament after the Privileges Committee deemed a haka performed in the house could have been intimidating to members, Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden says she used the c-word in the House on Wednesday as a way of sticking up for herself and other ministers, and Wellington author Damien Wilkins has taken out the main fiction prize at this year's Ockham Book Awards.

Judith Collins calls for “civility” in Parliament after suspending three MPs and attacks on female MPs. Collins praised Act MP Brooke van Velden for standing up for herself after using the c-word. Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi face 21-day suspensions without pay. Parliament Privileges Committee chair Judith Collins is calling for “civility” in the House after the decision to suspend three MPs without pay and attacks on female MPs. Collins said she was proud of Act MP Brooke van Velden for “standing up for herself” yesterday when she stirred major controversy by using the c-word in the House while attacking Labour for not condemning a column that used the word “c***” against female ministers. Yesterday, her committee's decision was handed down to three Te Pāti Māori MPs after last year's controversial haka. The committee recommended 21-day suspensions for co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, saying they should be “severely censured”. Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer face a heavy censure. It also recommended a seven-day suspension for MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke. Collins told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking this morning the suspension also meant the MPs would go without pay during this time. She confirmed the suspension would be carried out consecutively. Collins said the committee had been “collegial” through the six-month-long process and only butted heads in the end when it came to handing down the penalties. “Even [the Green Party and the Labour Party] are differing from each other. “It's a very severe penalty compared to what has been awarded in the past, it's not only a suspension from the House, it's a suspension of salary. “But then, we haven't seen that level of behaviour before.” She said the committee's decision would be tabled today before it was voted for on Tuesday. She said she expected it to pass. On Brooke van Velden's use of the c-bomb in the House yesterday, Collins said she was proud of the Act MP for standing up for herself and the other women in the House being attacked. “I would say to Brooke, that I wouldn't have used the word myself but I did feel that she did stand up for herself and all the rest of us and I am waiting for someone of the left persuasion… one MP, just one, to come out and say it's not okay to attack someone just because you are not okay with what they do." She called reading the language in the column, which was written by Andrea Vance and published in the Sunday Star-Times, one of the “lowest points” in Parliament she has seen in her 23 years of service. “That and what happened on the 14th of November in Parliament. “It's just the sort of behaviour towards each other that is despicable.” LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 15th of May, Privileges Committee Chair Judith Collins is on to discuss the punishment suggested for the three Te Pati Māori MPs. Will the meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin in Turkey happen? Former Australian Major General Mick Ryan gives his thoughts on how it will go, if Putin will turn up, and how much of a role the US plays. Auckland FC owner Bill Foley is on to talk A-league ahead of the semifinals this weekend - and if his Vegas Golden Knights can turn around a 3-1 deficit in the NHL playoffs. Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Parliament's Speaker, Gerry Brownlee spoke to MPs on Thursday about the Privileges Committee's unprecedented recommendations for punishing Te Pāti Māori MPs. His response was telling. We decode his comments. Note: A slip of the tongue in this episode causes MP Duncan Webb to be renamed Duncan Green. Apologies. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Te Pāti Māori has been granted a stay of execution from the Privileges Committee - at least until tomorrow. Te Pāti Māori was referred to the Privileges Committee following a haka performed during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill in November of last year. Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls says Committee Chair Judith Collins confirmed the decision on Te Pāti Māori's fate has been delayed until 8:30pm on Wednesday - after the next meeting. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Treaty Principles Bill is all but dead, but the fallout from a protest haka in Parliament has Te Pāti Māori MPs at odds with the Privileges Committee After a haka in Parliament last November, three Te Pāti Māori MPs were referred to the Privileges Committee. They've refused to turn up, igniting a debate about the role of tikanga in Parliament.…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Three Te Pāti Māori MPs, Hana Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, and Rawiri Waititi, did not attend the Privileges Committee over their contempt of the House, following their haka in Parliament protesting the Treaty Principles Bill. The party instead are planning on holding their own hearing regarding the matter. Privileges Committee chairwoman Judith Collins, called the no-show “unprecedented” and has given the MPs “one final chance” to attend the hearing. For our weekly catch up, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to Te Pāti Māori's Takutai Kemp about the party's action, and why they are going about the hearing in their own manner. We also spoke about the repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act passing its final reading. But first, we discussed the party not attending the Privileges Committee.

Parliament's Privileges Committee has been a major source of news over the last few weeks. What is privilege, and how does the committee typically work? ...and because this is a Sunday episode of the House, it also includes a replay of Wednesday's episode on leniency towards MPs 'schoolyard stupidity' during Question Time. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

It's been another big week in politics - Greens MP Tamatha Paul went under fire for DJ'ing anti-police anthems at a Wellington festival, while her colleague Benjamin Doyle received backlash for his social media posts. Meanwhile Te Pāti Māori are planning their own version of the Privileges Committee meeting after refusing to attend a hearing over the haka protest. Senior Political Editor Barry Soper wraps the political week with Ryan Bridge. LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three MPs from Te Pati Maori say they will refuse to attend a hearing with Parliament's Privileges Committee tomorrow because their - quote fundamental rights - are being ignored. Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer plus Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke were summoned to face the committee over their peformance of a haka at the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill last year. Maori News Journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira spoke to Lisa Owen.

Three Te Pāti Māori MPs are planning to skip Wednesday's Privileges Committee hearing over their conduct in the House, claiming their fundamental rights are being ignored. Law expert Andrew Geddis spoke to Corin Dann.

On today's episode, Labour leader Chris Hipkins joins us for his weekly chat, US prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, three Te Pāti Māori MPs are planning to skip Wednesday's Privileges Committee hearing, the actors for the four-part Beatles biopic have been announced, and Neil Wagner has retired from cricket.

The Privileges Committee will meet with or without Te Pati Māori. The party's refusing to front up for alleged threatening behaviour towards David Seymour during last year's Haka in the House. Co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi —along with Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke— have all been separately summoned. They say they haven't been allowed to appear together, at a time their lawyer can attend. Constitutional Law Expert Graeme Edgeler told Mike Hosking the committee will meet regardless. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new test for Parliament's processes. Te Pāti Māori MPs are refusing to appear before a Privileges Committee hearing about last year's haka in the House, after being told they can't appear together with their lawyer. Labour MP Peeni Henare appeared before the committee last month, with the committee finding his conduct was disorderly but didn't amount to contempt. He apologised for leaving his seat to perform a haka, but stands by performing it, saying he'd do it again Fellow Labour MP Ginny Andersen told Mike Hosking it will be interesting to see how this plays out. She says Labour believes in taking part in the Privileges Committee process, but this is an issue for Te Pāti Māori and Parliament to navigate. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.