Hard News by Russell Brown

So how has it affected the conduct of the House and the behaviour of MPs?

LOL

So how has it affected the conduct of the House and the behaviour of MPs?

Now they expect us to know who they are?

If the presence of cameras improved behaviour, we wouldn't have so much reality TV.

House that!

So how has it affected the conduct of the House and the behaviour of MPs?

aaah, well, it still seems to be a spotlit sandpit to me, and it seems to encourage amateur stand-up routines of little legislative purpose - sure parliament is about speaking, but to an end, not just 'filler bluster' as it were...

Bit worried about what appears to be long feelers in the bottom left corner of the camera on this clip from the Marriage Equality Debate. And wasn’t that a missed opportunity to showcase some NZ music to a huge audience as we waited for the result.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ilMBLV3A6ug

a missed opportunity to showcase some NZ music

Often thought the same. How hard would it be?

I would like coverage of select committee hearings too.

a missed opportunity to showcase some NZ music

Often thought the same. How hard would it be?

It is New Zealand music -- commissioned from the late Rob Winch.

Ta. A variety of NZ music, then.

In the House has provided us with some data on its services.

All-time most-viewed videos:

1. Marriage (of Marriage) Amendment Bill – Third Reading – Part 20
VIEWS: 1,356,665
MINUTES WATCHED: 3,276,517

2. Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill – Third Reading – Part 2
VIEWS: 174,230
MINUTES WATCHED: 540,068

3. Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill – Third Reading – Part 1
VIEWS: 27,442
MINUTES WATCHED: 108,868

4. Military Manoeuvres Act Repeal Bill – Third Reading – Part 6
VIEWS: 15,916
MINUTES WATCHED: 1,114

5. General Debate – 21st March, 2012 – Part 1
VIEWS: 15,389
MINUTES WATCHED: 863

So it’s marriage equality then daylight …

The number one is the waiata after the third reading. But as Toby Manhire points out, the Maurice Williamson clip in second place here was ripped by a whole bunch of third-party sites, so probably got more views in total.

And again, emphasising how big that marriage equality bump was ...

All-time views by location:

New Zealand 875,677
United States 527,330
United Kingdom 269,659
Australia 222,505
Canada 132,203
Germany 74,650
France 45,000
South Korea 42,156
Ireland 41,263
Finland 31,222

Gender demographic: 60.2% male, 39.8% female.

Biggest age group: 45-54 years, accounting for 31.5% of all views.

And the most popular page in the past eight weeks? Trevor Mallard's, with nearly 1000 views -- bigger than the Question Time and general Debate pages put together!

It is a variety! It runs the gamut from lite-jazz to lite-reggae. And alllll the inoffensive noodling in between. :)

Mean of me, but I’m tempted to try catching the final episode of Gilmore’s Folly this afternoon, live. Anyone know the exact time?

I'm amazed the Military Manoeuvres Bill is running so high. I wrote about it at the time because it was so quirkily obscure: it repeals some First World War legislation which allowed the government to take over land for military training, and it hadn't been used for a very long time.

Mean of me, but I’m tempted to try catching the final episode of Gilmore’s Folly this afternoon, live. Anyone know the exact time?

About 3pm, after Question Time.

About 3pm, after Question Time.

Thanks :) Nothing yet, must turn twitter on… since it’s afternoon tea time :)
Oops, blinked and missed it! Oh well...

I’m amazed the Military Manoeuvres Bill is running so high.

I believe it's Richard Prosser's speech about how New Zealand First will be voting against the bill based on the threat of a Finnish invasion. Not quite virulent, but people were trying to make it happen at the time.