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Explore "meka whaitiri" with insightful episodes like "Midweek Mediawatch - putting a disaster in context", "Beehive Buzz: The Great Government Ghosting, narrated by Meka Whaitiri", "Political defection takes media by surprise", "Beehive Buzz: How can Meka Whaitiri stay as an independant MP?" and "Midweek Mediawatch - a media muddle over Meka Whaitiri" from podcasts like ""Mediawatch", "Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills", "Mediawatch", "Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills" and "Mediawatch"" and more!
Episodes (6)
Beehive Buzz: The Great Government Ghosting, narrated by Meka Whaitiri
Newstalk ZB Chief Political Reporter Aaron Dahmen joins Nick Mills to discuss the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll, the ongoing effects of Meka Whaitiri defecting from Labour, and what Kiwis can expect from Budget Day next week.
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Political defection takes media by surprise
Beehive Buzz: How can Meka Whaitiri stay as an independant MP?
Newstalk ZB Political Editor Jason Walls joins Nick Mills to explain how Meka Whaitiri's defection from Labour unfolded, and also discusses current vaping laws in New Zealand and changes to the clean car rebate scheme.
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Midweek Mediawatch - a media muddle over Meka Whaitiri
Andrew Geddis: Otago University law professor explains why Meka Whaitiri remains a sitting MP despite existing legislation
A constitutional law expert has explained why Meka Whaitiri remains a sitting MP, despite legislation stopping party waka-jumping.
She's crossing the floor to run as Te Pāti Māori's candidate in her Ikaroa-Rawhiti seat this October, quitting Labour.
Speaker Adrian Rurawhe has ruled she'll now be an independent MP, for Parliamentary purposes.
Otago University law professor Andrew Geddis says how the law's interpreted sits with the Speaker.
"What the Speaker of the House appears to have decided is that because she didn't specifically use the words: 'I want to be an independent' or 'I want to sit for another party' in her correspondence with him, those laws haven't been triggered."
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