• Tom Frewen: Budget Debate is shunted aside as the Government pushes through its second Auckland super-city bill before the Queen's Birthday weekend adjournment. Five and a half hours remain in the Budget Debate when Parliament resumes on Tuesday, June the 15th. Labour's Mangere MP, Su'a William Sio celebrates Samoan language week in the House with questions about the $4.8 million budget grant to the Pacific Economic Development Agency. Pacific Affairs Minister, Georgina Te Heu Heu, avoids having to name names. The Speaker, Lockwood Smith, makes an unprecedented intervention to force Finance Minister, Bill English, to answer a question.

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