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Q+A: Speaker Trevor Mallard's game show-style, Phil Twyford's phone call and the importance of education

By Corin Dann, Q+A Presenter
May 27, 2018

Corin Dann with questions and answers from the political week.

The questions and answers this week from TVNZ1's Q+A:

Host Corin Dann covers Speaker Trevor Mallard's game show-style rules in parliament, the opposition's gripes with Speakers, Transport Minister Phil Twyford's airplane phone call and the notion that education is too important to be left up to just politicians. 

Watch the full Q+A here. 

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