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Live Parliamentary Video: Parliament Live On Scoop Now

Live Video From Parliament (high speed) (med. broadband) (dialup): Scoop viewers now have access to an unprecedented view into Parliamentary proceedings with live web-casts of Parliamentary debates.

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This Parliament Web-Cast is Courtesy of www.parliament.nz

While the House of Representatives is sitting, around 17.5 hours of proceedings will be televised each week by eight remote controlled cameras. Scoop viewers will be able to watch the live streaming here at this page on all sitting days. Previously, only question-time was covered in full.

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