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Inside Parliament: A wrecking ball for KiwiBuild, water rules squeezed and Kiwi jihadi

September 6, 2019

The 1 NEWS political reporters give a behind the scenes rundown of the biggest stories from Parliament this week. (Source: Other)

In this week's edition of Inside Parliament, the 1 NEWS political team look the Government taking a wrecking ball to its KiwiBuild target and squeezing rules around water. 

Also, the MInistry of Social Development is accused of misusing data, and 1 NEWS exclusively interviews Kiwi jihadi Mark Taylor.

Political editor Jessica Mutch McKay and reporters Maiki Sherman and Benedict Collins discuss the behind-the-scenes of the political stories they have covered.

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