Electoral reform in New Zealand has been a political issue in the past as major changes have been made to both parliamentary and local government electoral...
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The New Zealand parliamentary electoral system has been based on the principle of mixed-member proportional (MMP) since the 1996 election. MMP was introduced...
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electoral reform referendum on whether to replace the first-past-the-post voting system with mixed-member proportional representation was held in New...
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Select Committee on Electoral Reform. In 2010, the New Zealand Policy Unit of the Centre for Independent Studies proposed a Senate in the context of the...
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New Zealand portal Electoral reform in New Zealand Political funding in New Zealand Politics of New Zealand Voting rights of prisoners in New Zealand...
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Electoral reform is a change in electoral systems which alters how public desires are expressed in election results. Reforms can include changes to: Voting...
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two governments fuelled demand for electoral reform in New Zealand. In 1996, New Zealand inaugurated the new electoral system (mixed-member proportional...
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The Electoral Reform Coalition (ERC) is a group advocating electoral reform in New Zealand. It was founded in 1986. The group has been reformed as the...
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law"; no law is accorded higher status. In most cases the New Zealand Parliament can perform "constitutional reform" simply by passing acts of Parliament...
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more conservative Reform Party in 1909. The Labour Party was founded in 1916, and by 1919 these three parties dominated New Zealand politics. The Liberal...
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The Reform Party (Māori: Pāti Riwhōma), formally the New Zealand Political Reform League, was New Zealand's second major political party, having been...
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conservative political party in New Zealand. It is currently led by David Seymour, and is in coalition with the National and New Zealand First parties, as part...
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amalgamation of conservative and liberal parties, Reform and United respectively, and subsequently became New Zealand's second-oldest extant political party. National's...
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Retrieved 24 December 2017. Vowles, Jack (1995). "The Politics of Electoral Reform in New Zealand". International Political Science Review. 16 (1): 95–115. doi:10...
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occasionally by the Government of New Zealand. Referendums may be government-initiated or held in accordance with the Electoral Act 1993 or the Citizens Initiated...
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The Electoral Commission (Māori: Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri) is an independent Crown entity set up by the New Zealand Parliament. It is responsible for...
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Rudman, Brian. "Compulsory voting not the answer to low turnout". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 19 May 2018. Key dates in New Zealand electoral reform...
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Reform New Zealand was a centre-right liberal conservative or classical liberal political party in New Zealand. The party was established in 2011 by dissatisfied...
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2014. Retrieved 4 December 2011. "Key dates in New Zealand electoral reform". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved...
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The Royal Commission on the Electoral System was formed in New Zealand in 1985 and reported in 1986. The decision to form the Royal Commission was taken...
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The 54th New Zealand Parliament is the current meeting of the legislature in New Zealand. It opened on 5 December 2023 following the 14 October 2023 general...
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NZHistory, New Zealand history online". Nzhistory.net.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2018. "Key dates in New Zealand electoral reform". Elections New Zealand. Archived...
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system vote. New Zealand's electoral system was reformed during the year 1996. A Royal Commission on the Electoral System was established in 1985 by the...
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The 2023 New Zealand general election was held on 14 October 2023 to determine the composition of the 54th Parliament of New Zealand. Voters elected 122...
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to 27 November 1999. Following electoral reforms in the 1996 election, Jim Bolger formed a coalition with New Zealand First. Following Bolger's resignation...
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The prime minister of New Zealand (Māori: Te pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand. The incumbent[update] prime minister, Christopher...
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Prostitution in New Zealand, brothel-keeping, living off the proceeds of someone else's prostitution, and street solicitation are legal in New Zealand and have...
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The political history of New Zealand covers political events and trends related to the history of New Zealand, from the precolonial to the contemporary...
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advanced partly as an alternative to New Zealand's electoral reform process. Unicameralists in New Zealand, like former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer...
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