Parliamentary Services have to inform and keep the public up-to-date with what is happening in the House, as part of its statutory commitment to New Zealanders. The Clerk of the House wanted to move Parliament into the online environment, utilising tools such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

Tandem Studios’ solution was to combine the traditional tool of Parliament TV, with a social media element – designing and creating a world first solution – inthehouse.co.nz

It’s our goal to have all that happens in the House, when Parliament is sitting, up on our site approximately 15 minutes after being broadcast live on television, in easy-to-search categories and in order.

It’s our intention for these clips to be used and shared by members of the general public as an on-demand service for when they have the time, rather than watching it live on television, and those wanting to get a better understanding of what happens in Parliament by creating an awareness of policy stages and how Bills are passed.

The clips are also being used as a teaching resource in law and political science schools at universities, to get clarification or understanding of certain Bills, Question Time, or generally just keeping up with what is happening in Parliament. Geoff McLay from Victoria University says he spends a good portion of his day “recommending the site to students as a way of getting to grips with current issues”.

Here is Dave Dunlay from Tandem Studios explaining http://inthehouse.co.nz in more detail:

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