# A week of party politics spilling over into the House

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Podcast: [Politics NZ](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-nz-7561226)
Published: 2026-04-26T17:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz?share=9d1e917d-ec9c-4737-b072-c3fff46b60a6
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## Resource

With distracting party politics the focus out side the House, MPs were brought back on task by the Speaker on more than one occasion this week. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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