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Inside Parliament: Reefer Madness

May 9, 2019

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

In this week's edition of Inside Parliament the 1 NEWS political team look at next year's cannabis referendum after its details were finally revealed by the Government.

1 NEWS political editor Jessica Mutch McKay and Maiki Sherman also look at a heated week in the House which saw Simon Bridges kicked out and Nick Smith suspended during question time.

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