Written By: Matthew Whitehead - Date published: 7:20 am, November 16th, 2017 - 17 comments
Green backbenchers Chlöe Swarbrick and Golriz Ghahraman just gave their maiden speeches recently.
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 4:37 pm, November 13th, 2017 - 22 comments
Greg O’Connor talks about how his time with police led him to Labour.
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:27 pm, November 12th, 2017 - 29 comments
“It means protecting and growing our rights as people, not just as economic units, health clients, “clients” of any kind.”
A strong start by Willow-Jean Prime.
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 9:37 am, February 9th, 2017 - 2 comments
Having soundly thrashed National in the Mount Roskill by election, new MP Michael Wood made his maiden statement to Parliament yesterday.
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 7:14 am, February 16th, 2012 - 2 comments
Felix recommended Denise Roche’s maiden speech and I can see why.
It’s good to see some strong left voices entering parliament.
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 1:01 pm, February 14th, 2012 - 9 comments
The four new Labour MPs make their first (“maiden”) speeches today in Parliament, starting at 5pm. I’d expect to hear some thoughtful and moving speeches.
Written By: all_your_base - Date published: 10:35 am, December 23rd, 2008 - 8 comments
Rather than decorating their tree, some committed Labour Party staffer seems still to be hard at work posting maiden speeches to YouTube. The Greens have theirs up too [link].
Written By: all_your_base - Date published: 5:58 pm, December 9th, 2008 - 31 comments
I’ve just watched the first part of the Address in Reply debate which included maiden speeches by two new National Party MPs – Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga and Melissa Lee. They were impressive. This in itself should provide some cause for concern for Labour but more ominous should be the signal that while this year’s election […]
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