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Virtual Committees:
COVID-19 and the NZ Parliament
Hans Landon-Lane
Digital Lead – Parliamentary Engagement
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The Challenge:
• Keeping parliament “in the picture” during COVID-19 restrictions
• Filling the role of oral questions, ministerial statements
• Restrictions on attendance by MPs, public
• Practical difficulty of virtual sittings of the House
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NZ Parliament’s response:
• Enable virtual meetings of select committees via Zoom
• Establish the Epidemic Response Committee
• Digital & TV broadcast of committee proceedings
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Background:
• Committees already widely use Zoom for
hearings of evidence & public livestreams
• Strong business analysis in place, including
security assessments
• Procedural limitations on digital participation
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Our actions:
• Procedural change to enable remote participation
• Agency-wide Zoom rollout (enterprise structure)
• Rapid testing & developing new protocols
• Support for MPs & other users
• Broadcasting & media liaison
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Pt I:Models of social media
disruption
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There’s nothing new under the sun.
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Characteristics of virtual committees
• Meeting frequency varies by committee – ranging
from no meetings to ‘business as usual’
• Security & ‘Zoom hygiene’ - Webinars vs meetings
• Emphasis on public availability
• Range of camera quality, experience,
connectivity… and that’s OK!
• Secretariat staff are front and centre
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Epidemic Response Committee
• Established unanimously after apolitical genesis
• Opposition majority & Chair
• Cross-party buy-in = constructive approach
• Extremely broad remit – anything to do with COVID-19 response
• Format: experts & sector voices presenting in person, leading
and framing conversation
• Public visibility & media coverage a very high priority
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Audio
HostParticipants
Custom RTMP
FacebookLive API
Cross posts to political party
Facebook Pages
Parliament Facebook
Parliament Website
Media outlets
Manual iFrameVimeo embed
for on-demand playback
Epidemic Response Committee - Broadcast & livestream workflow as at 22 April 2020
Parliament Website
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Results:
• Extremely high levels of public engagement & media coverage
• Good public feedback re transparency, format, “digital divide”
• Investigations underway into ongoing committee broadcasts
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LESSONS LEARNT
WHAT DO WE WANT TO RETAIN?
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Many thanks.Ngāmihi nui.