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Inside Parliament: Slushies, census and Brian Tamaki

May 3, 2019

A weekly catch up with our political reporters about the stories they’ve been covering. (Source: Other)

This week on Inside Parliament we look at the Government slushing out $1 million to cool down hot prison guards and the $16 million they forked out to sort the Census.

The 1 NEWS political team also discuss Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki and Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis' spat over the Man Up programme and the questions surrounding National Party leadership.

1 NEWS political editor Jessica Mutch McKay, and reporters Maiki Sherman and Benedict Collins look back at the stories they have covered this week in Parliament. 

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