Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced Parliament will sit in-person this week, despite her own misgivings about safety. National and ACT rejected a proposal for a virtual Parliament on Friday, arguing democracy needed to be in-person to work. READ MORE:* Covid-19 NZ: National and ACT reject plan for virtual Parliament and Question Time* Covid 19: Why was Jacinda Ardern able to suspend Parliament and what happens next? ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she would have preferred a virtual Parliament. Mallard said he was disappointed that he had not been able to persuade the Opposition to try the virtual Parliament, which would have allowed for longer questions to ministers.

Source: Stuff August 29, 2021 05:48 UTC