The House on Sunday: Anti-slavery law uses new rule to bypass ballot
From The House by RNZ
May 2, 2026 · 15 min · Episode 788
About this episode
The episode discusses a historic debate in Parliament regarding anti-slavery legislation and the differing opinions among government coalition partners.
In a historic first, Parliament used a new rule to debate slavery legislation that has wide support in the House, but that government coalition partners don’t agree on. Plus other stories from a week of unlikely allies and surprising foes. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Topics covered
- anti-slavery legislation
- Parliament debate
- government coalition
- political alliances
- legislative process
Keywords
- anti-slavery
- legislation
- Parliament
- coalition partners
- politics
- debate
- House
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Parliament, House, RNZ
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