Events in 1870-71 led Otago Daily Times editor George Barton to claim in his newspaper that the government had been intercepting telegraphs for political gain.
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Parliament's people
Today there are usually between 120 and 123 MPs in New Zealand's Parliament, which is a far cry from the 37 who met for the first time in Auckland in 1854. Read the full article
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The reporting of Parliament has always been an important part of the parliamentary
Main image: Media interviewing The Beatles, 1964
A media scrum awaited The Beatles shortly after their arrival in Wellington on 21 June 1964.
