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Seating in the House of Representatives

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Seating in the House of Representatives

This photograph shows the debating chamber of the House of Representatives. The MPs are seated by party affiliation in a semi-circular layout on the ground floor, while members of the public and press look on from the gallery upstairs.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1996/0555/36A

by John Nicholson

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page

John E. Martin, Parliament – How Parliament works, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2491/seating-in-the-house-of-representatives (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by John E. Martin, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 February 2015.