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    The 31st New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1954 general election on 13 November of that year. The...
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    The New Zealand Parliament (Māori: Pāremata Aotearoa) is the unicameral legislature of New Zealand, consisting of the Sovereign (King-in-Parliament) and...
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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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    The 53rd New Zealand Parliament was a meeting of the legislature in New Zealand. It opened on 25 November 2020 following the 17 October 2020 general election...
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  • adoption of the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, which granted New Zealand self-governance from Britain, New Zealand has had its own parliament. Regular elections...
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    2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023. "Prime Ministers of New Zealand since 1856". New Zealand Parliament. 25 January 2023 [originally published 17 December...
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    granted self-government with the passage of the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852. The first parliament was elected in 1853, and responsible government...
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    Benney Dunshea; 16 November 1884 – 25 May 1966) was a New Zealand trade unionist, Member of Parliament and the Defence Minister during World War II. His biographer...
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    The 52nd New Zealand Parliament was a meeting of the legislature in New Zealand, which opened on 7 November 2017 following the 2017 general election and...
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    The 32nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1957 general election on 30 November of that year. The...
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    The 30th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1951 general election on 1 September of that year. The...
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    The 1954 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 31st term. It saw the governing National...
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  • Lieutenant-General The Lord Norrie GCMG GCVO CB DSO MC. The 31st New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the National government under Sidney...
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    The human history of New Zealand can be dated back to between 1320 and 1350 CE, when the main settlement period started, after it was discovered and settled...
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    system New Zealand had previously used for most of its history. Under MMP, New Zealanders have two secret ballot votes to elect members of Parliament (MPs)...
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    1975 New Zealand general election. Robert Muldoon becomes 31st Prime Minister after National Party victory. 1975 in New Zealand television 1976 New Zealand's...
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  • New Zealand, from 6 February 1952 Governor-General – Lieutenant-General The Lord Norrie GCMG GCVO CB DSO MC, from 1952 to 1957 The 31st New Zealand Parliament...
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    Debates. New Zealand Parliament. "Role & election of the Speaker". New Zealand Parliament. "Parliamentary Service Commission". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved...
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  • GCVO CB DSO MC followed by The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD. The 31st New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the National government under Sidney...
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    1956 Riccarton by-election (category Use New Zealand English from April 2024)
    Riccarton electorate in Christchurch during the term of the 31st New Zealand Parliament following the death of the Labour Party incumbent. The by-election...
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    1957 Bay of Plenty by-election (category Use New Zealand English from April 2024)
    Plenty electorate in the Bay of Plenty during the term of the 31st New Zealand Parliament on 6 April 1957. The by-election was caused by the resignation...
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  • Great Depression worsened. 1993 was the last time a hung parliament occurred in New Zealand. Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizard asked Sir David Beattie...
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    Robert Muldoon (category Use New Zealand English from June 2013)
    September 1921 – 5 August 1992) was a New Zealand conservative politician who served as the 31st prime minister of New Zealand, from 1975 to 1984, while leader...
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    Shane Jones (category Use New Zealand English from October 2014)
    leadership election. He left parliament the following year for a brief diplomatic career, before returning as a New Zealand First MP at the 2017 general...
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    cover all injuries on a no-fault basis. Following this report, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Accident Compensation Act 1972, later amended in 1973...
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    The 1957 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 32nd term. It saw the governing National...
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  • Joseph Greenwood (category Use New Zealand English from August 2014)
    and New Zealand politician. Greenwood was born in St Pancras, London. His parents were Thomas Greenwood and Esther née Munden. He joined the 31st Regiment...
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  • is the official name of the transcripts of debates in the New Zealand Parliament. New Zealand was one of the first countries to establish an independent...
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    of New York until leaving in 2001. Key entered the New Zealand Parliament representing the Auckland electorate of Helensville as one of the few new National...
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  • The New Zealand First party, which has historically taken a nationalist standpoint, has been described as a populist party. Robert Muldoon, the 31st Prime...
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