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New voices: Kevin Hague - 20-Jan-2009

Green MP Kevin Hague said he rejected the concept of a "higher power" or of religious faith underpinning the fate of humankind. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald Related Site - Kevin Hague

New Voices: Grant Robertson - 15-Jan-2009

Grant Robertson Labour MP for Wellington Central Grant Robertson says he swelled with a combination of pride and "sausage rolls from the school canteen" when he saw David Lange on television arguing against nuclear weapons in the Oxford Union debate in 1985. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

Key spurned but Clark scores - 12-Dec-2008

New Prime Minister John Key has struck out in a survey by a big European dating website for gay men and women, gay-parship.co.uk, canvassing which world leader they would most like to date. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald Related Site - gay-parship.co.uk

Kevin Hague - Maiden Address to 49th Parliament - 11-Dec-2008

Mihi Ki te whaiao, ki te Ao Marama. Read the full story/Visit the site - Green Party

Key appoints Nats' first openly gay Cabinet minister - 17-Nov-2008

He is National's first openly gay Cabinet minister, but Chris Finlayson says his sexuality is a "non-issue". Read the full story/Visit the site - NBR

The March of Human Rights - 28-Sep-2008

This week, NZCPR Weekly looks at the progress of the human rights movement, the NZCPR Guest Commentator, Bruce Logan asks whether the agenda of the United Nations is threatening our national sovereignty, and this week's poll asks whether you believe the UN has too much influence on New Zealand's domestic law. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Centre For Political Debate

Tim Barnett gives farewell speech to Parliament - 26-Sep-2008

As the 48th New Zealand Parliament draws nearer to an end at its dissolution on 3 October ahead of the general election, retiring and outgoing MPs are making their valedictory statements from within the House. The valedictory statements enable outgoing MPs to formally say farewell to their eollective Parliamentary colleagues. Read the full story/Visit the site - TV3 News Related Site - Video Link

I used to be the only gay in the House - Barnett - 26-Sep-2008

Tim Barnett has recalled that when he came to Parliament he was its only openly gay MP Read the full story/Visit the site - Stuff Website

Let's make room for the important stuff - 25-Sep-2008

Get a room! This is the latest craze at our very own Parliament. Yesterday, the most important thing our top politicians did, seven weeks out from a general election, was dedicate a select committee room as the Rainbow Room. Read the full story/Visit the site - Manawatu Standard

Parliament's 'Rainbow Room' to recognise gay contribution - 23-Sep-2008

Somewhere over the Rainbow at Parliament there's now a select committee room dedicated to gay, lesbian and transgender New Zealanders. Read the full story/Visit the site - Dominion Post

Bob The Builder takes wrecking ball to Labour - 18-May-2008

Outspoken National MP Bob "The Builder" Clarkson has launched a blistering attack on Helen Clark’s Labour Party as he prepares to quit Parliament after just one term in office. Read the full story/Visit the site - Sunday News

Green Party gives high ranking to well-known Gay Man, Kevin Hague - 12-May-2008

Kevin Hague was today simultaneously announced as the Green Party's candidate for the West Coast Tasman electorate and as the seventh ranked candidate on the Green Party list, behind only currently sitting MPs and co-leader Russel Norman. Read the full story/Visit the site - Green Party

New MP already offside - 24-Feb-2008

Louisa Wall, the country's first Maori lesbian MP and a former champion netballer and rugby player, is already offside with her party over election policy. Read the full story/Visit the site - Sunday Star Times

Barnett withdraws from politics - 19-Feb-2008

Christchurch Central MP Tim Barnett has announced he will not stand as a candidate for any seat in the general election. Read the full story/Visit the site - Stuff Website

Former Silver Fern enters Parliament as Hartley goes - 18-Feb-2008

Labour MP Ann Hartley is to make her final speech to Parliament this week. She is retiring and will be replaced in Parliament by former Silver Fern netballer Louisa Wall. Read the full story/Visit the site - Stuff Website

Friends of Dorothy, Enemies of Liberty - 20-Oct-2007

Homosexuals, once the victims of Nazism, are now among its foremost advocates, says SOLO (Sense of Life Objectivists) Principal Lindsay Perigo. Read the full story/Visit the site - SOLO - Sense of Life Objectivists

Parliament farewells first transsexual MP - 15-Feb-2007

The world's first transsexual MP Georgina Beyer came into Parliament making a joke about her sexuality and left yesterday on the same note. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

PM's stalkers face wrath of country's private eyes - 22-Oct-2006

The private investigators hired by Exclusive Brethren members to follow Helen Clark and senior members of her cabinet have been called before the ethics committee of their professional body. Read the full story/Visit the site - Sunday Star Times

Cosying up a little too close - 28-Sep-2006

My husband is having an affair with the repiler. I've been blind to it for some time but the truth suddenly revealed itself to me when various media outlets ran footage of Prime Minister Helen Clark's husband being kissed by a gay friend on election night. Read the full story/Visit the site - Waikato Times

Charles Chauvel: His Attempts to Crush Free Speech - 13-Jul-2006

Wellington lawyer Charles Chauvel will shortly enter Parliament as a new Labourt Party List MP. He will replace soon-to-retire veteran MP Jim Sutton. The PM announced on Monday 10 July that Sutton, a list MP, will take up new appointments outside parliament on 1 August 2006. Read the full story/Visit the site - Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.

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