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Kimihia ngā pire kei te whakaaroarohia e Te Pāremata i te wā tonu nei. <a href="/mi/pb/bills-and-laws/" class="list-pod__link theme__link hidden show--l">Read more</a> </p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="flex-grid__item one-whole m-one-half l-one-third"> <div class="list-pod list-pod--stacked list-pod--secondary stretch"> <a href="/mi/pb/sc/" class="list-pod--stacked__figure figure flush theme__border"> <img src="/content/images/placeholder/lazyload/landscape.F1dsGg.png" data-original="/media/3594/lge-select-committee-meeting-2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=920&height=518&rnd=131292941020000000" alt="A person making a submission to a Select Committee" class="js-lazy-auto " title="Local Government and Environment Select Committee meeting"/> <noscript> <img src="/media/3594/lge-select-committee-meeting-2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=920&height=518&rnd=131292941020000000" alt="A person making a submission to a Select Committee" class="" title="Local Government and Environment Select Committee meeting" /> </noscript> <h3 class="list-pod--stacked__heading list-pod--secondary__heading list-pod__heading theme__bg">Ngā komiti whiriwhiri</h3> </a> <div class="list-pod--stacked__body list-pod__body"> <p class="list-pod__text"> Select committees are vital to the work of your Parliament. 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Ka kitea e koe i konei ā mātou pūrongo tata nei kupu mā te kupu mō ngā pātai ā-waha me ngā ture (ngā pire) kua whakatakotoria. <a href="/mi/pb/hansard-debates/" class="list-pod__link theme__link hidden show--l">Read more</a> </p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="flex-grid__item one-whole m-one-half l-one-third"> <div class="list-pod list-pod--stacked list-pod--secondary stretch"> <a href="/mi/pb/journals-of-the-house/" class="list-pod--stacked__figure figure flush theme__border"> <img src="/content/images/placeholder/lazyload/landscape.F1dsGg.png" data-original="/media/3672/new-zealand-parliament-library-94.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=920&height=518&rnd=131328564180000000" alt="Close-up of person holding an open book" class="js-lazy-auto " title="Person reading the Journals of the House"/> <noscript> <img src="/media/3672/new-zealand-parliament-library-94.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=920&height=518&rnd=131328564180000000" alt="Close-up of person holding an open book" class="" title="Person reading the Journals of the House" /> </noscript> <h3 class="list-pod--stacked__heading list-pod--secondary__heading list-pod__heading theme__bg">Ngā Hautaka o Te Whare</h3> </a> <div class="list-pod--stacked__body list-pod__body"> <p class="list-pod__text"> You can read the official record of Parliament's proceedings which are recorded in the Journals of the House. <a href="/mi/pb/journals-of-the-house/" class="list-pod__link theme__link hidden show--l">Read more</a> </p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="flex-grid__item one-whole m-one-half l-one-third"> <div class="list-pod list-pod--stacked list-pod--secondary stretch"> <a href="/mi/pb/order-paper-questions/" class="list-pod--stacked__figure figure flush theme__border"> <img src="/content/images/placeholder/lazyload/landscape.F1dsGg.png" data-original="/media/4827/52nd-parliament-20171129-high-res-4.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=920&height=518&rnd=131732863470000000" alt="Government benches during Question Time" class="js-lazy-auto " title="Government benches during Question Time"/> <noscript> <img src="/media/4827/52nd-parliament-20171129-high-res-4.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=920&height=518&rnd=131732863470000000" alt="Government benches during Question Time" class="" title="Government benches during Question Time" /> </noscript> <h3 class="list-pod--stacked__heading list-pod--secondary__heading list-pod__heading theme__bg">Te Pepa Whakataunga me Ngā Pātai</h3> </a> <div class="list-pod--stacked__body list-pod__body"> <p class="list-pod__text"> When Parliament meets it follows the Order Paper which lists all business before the House. 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