question time Archive

  • Catherine Delahunty

    Welcome to #Housewatch - by Catherine Delahunty



    #Housewatch is the new Green ‘name and shame’ anti-abuse campaign from the House of Parliament. Irritated and occasionally sickened by the personal abuse allowed by the system in the name of ‘robust debate’ we have decided on a tweet exposé system. The Green MPs won’t be tweeting about the juvenile and slightly funny repartee or [...] read more
    June 22, 2010 9:00 am - 15 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Question Time at Gormenghast - by Catherine Delahunty



    There’s a gothic fantasy book by Mervyn Peake, called “Gormenghast”. It’s about a medieval castle inhabited by weird individuals and arcane patriarchal rituals. There is an atmosphere of ruination, insanity and borderline behaviour. Such was my impression of my first question time at Parliament. There was howling, snarling, backslapping and ritual clapping but nothing you [...] read more
    December 19, 2008 10:20 am - 31 Comments
  • frog

    Russel’s entry into US politics - by frog



    Occasionally you actually learn something at question time. Not often, but occasionally.  Today it was mostly farce (particularly this exchange between Rodney Hide and Winston Peters.) But we did learn today that While US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice did not have time to discuss with our Foreign Minister his views on Islam, New Zealanders’ [...] read more
    July 31, 2008 6:05 pm - 47 Comments
  • frog

    Two questions in Parliament from Jeanette today - by frog



    It’s not often the Greens get allotted two questions in one day at Parliamentary question time. (I think today’s double dose might have come about due to some horse trading with the Maori Party?)  Anyway, they’re both good ones: Question 1 – Jeanette Fitzsimons to the Prime Minister Does she still aspire for New Zealand [...] read more
    May 29, 2008 11:27 am - 24 Comments