KiwiMP

Making Aotearoa New Zealand's Government Transparent

Augmented NZ Hansard

KiwiMP's first project allows you to view an easier to read, more informative version of the New Zealand Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). All you need to do is install a greasemonkey script onto the Firefox web browser. With the script installed, each time you visit Hansard HTML pages on The NZ Office of the Clerk website, you'll see the augmented version with images and links.

Page before script:	Page after script:
As published by The Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives	Same page augmented by KiwiMP's greasemonkey script

Slides are available from the NZ Hansard script presentation at Open Tech 2005.

Installing the Hansard script

• Install the Firefox web browser
• Install the Greasemonkey Firefox extension
• Install the NZ Hansard greasemonkey script as follows:
  • Download nzhansard.user.js
  • Open nzhansard.user.js in your Firefox browser window
  • On the Tools menu, select Install User Script
  • On the dialog that opens, select OK
• View the NZ Hansard HTML pages on the Office of the Clerk site