jamescmacey

{
    "NOTE": "retrieved_display is the time you want to use. It was worked out using Excel and is in 'mm/dd/yy hh:mm' format (sorry, I know this is not ideal).",
    "headlines": [
        {
            "id": "18",
            "headline": "$2b worth of investor visas 'locked up in office in Wellington'",
            "summary": "Only a handful of immigration officials are working on processing investor visas that have a total value of more than $2 billion.",
            "story_url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/433895/2b-worth-of-investor-visas-locked-up-in-office-in-wellington",
            "image_url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/assets/news_crops/97130/eight_col_99617479_l.jpg?1582795613",
            "site": "rnz",

jamescmacey

# This code is adapted from https://gist.github.com/rlucioni/8bdb1092579041ce739c
# Also see https://renzolucioni.com/senate-voting-relationships/
# It fetches personal votes from WhereTheyStand.nz and creates a similar
# .gexf file.
# Due to the rarity of personal votes in New Zealand's Parliament, I'm not sure
# how useful this actually is.

import json
from itertools import combinations

jamescmacey

{
  "vote_date": "2019-11-13",
  "document_id": "HansS_20191113_074100000",
  "wheretheystand_url": "https://wheretheystand.nz/bills/view-bill/BILL_74307/HansS_20191113_074100000/",
  "parliament_website_url": "https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/HansS_20191113_074100000/vote",
  "reading": 3,
  "ayes": 69,
  "noes": 51,
  "abstentions": 0,
  "absent": 0,

jamescmacey

{
  "name": "End of Life Choice Bill",
  "description": "This bill gives people with a terminal illness the option of requesting assisted dying.",
  "document_id": "BILL_74307",
  "parliament_website_url": "https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills-and-laws/bills-proposed-laws/document/BILL_74307/",
  "wheretheystand_url": "https://wheretheystand.nz/bills/view-bill/BILL_74307/",
  "ref": "269-3",
  "parliament_number": 52,
  "current_status": "Enacted",
  "parliament_website_status": "Not current",