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The 48th New Zealand Parliament is the current term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 2005 elections. The Parliament of New Zealand consists of the Queen of New Zealand and the New Zealand House of Representatives and, until 1951, the New Zealand Legislative Council. ... The 1st New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand. ... The 2nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand. ... The 19th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. ... The 24th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. ... The 25th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. ... The 39th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand which began with the election of 1978 and finished with the election of 1981. ... The 40th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand. ... The 41st New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand. ... The 42nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand. ... The 43rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand. ... The 44th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand. ... The 45th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand. ... The 46th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand. ... The 47th New Zealand Parliament was the most recent term of the Parliament of New Zealand. ... The New Zealand Parliament is the legislative body of the New Zealand government. ... Wikinews has news related to: Results of the 2005 New Zealand General Election The 2005 New Zealand general election took place on 17 September 2005 and determined the composition of the 48th New Zealand Parliament. ...


The Labour Party and the Progressive Party, backed by New Zealand First and United Future, established a majority at the beginning the 48th Parliament. The Labour-led administration is in its third term. The National Party and ACT form the formal opposition to the government. Other non-government parties are the Greens (who promised to abstain on confidence and supply votes) and the Māori Party. The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. ... The Progressive Party is a political party in New Zealand. ... New Zealand First functions as a political party in New Zealand. ... Current United Future logo United Future New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament with three MPs -- one electorate MP (leader Peter Dunne) and two list MPs (see MMP for the difference). ... The New Zealand National Party (National or the Nats) currently forms the second-largest (in terms of seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the parliamentary Opposition. ... ACT New Zealand is a free market liberal party in the New Zealand Parliament. ... Current Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand logo Wikinews has news related to: Greens Party refines Buy Kiwi Made scheme The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ... The Māori Party, a political party in New Zealand based around Māori citizens, formed around Tariana Turia, a former Labour Party member who had been a New Zealand Cabinet minister in the current Labour-dominated coalition government. ...


The 48th Parliament consists of 121 representatives. This represents an overhang of one seat, with the Māori Party having won one more electorates than its share of the vote would otherwise have given it. In total, sixty-nine of the MPs were chosen by geographical electorates, including seven Māori electorates. The remainder were elected by means of party-list proportional representation under the MMP electoral system. Overhang seats can arise in elections under mixed member proportional (MMP), when a party is entitled to fewer seats as a result of party votes than it has won constituencies. ... Māori Seats giving positions for Māori in the New Zealand Parliament were not created until 1867 even though Westminster-style Parliamentary Government was established in New Zealand in 1852. ... Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems used in multiple-winner elections (e. ... The Additional Member System (AMS) is a voting system where some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from party lists. ...

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Oath of office

All the Māori Party MPs tried to alter their Oath of office by adding references to the Treaty. They all had to retake their oaths. The Māori Party, a political party in New Zealand based around Māori citizens, formed around Tariana Turia, a former Labour Party member who had been a New Zealand Cabinet minister in the current Labour-dominated coalition government. ... The Treaty of Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Te Tiriti o Waitangi) was signed on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. ...


Initial composition of the 48th Parliament

Name Party Electorate Term Gender
Anderton, Jim Progressive Wigram Eighth Male
Ardern, Shane National Taranaki-King Country Fourth Male
Auchinvole, Chris National -- First Male
Barker, Rick Labour -- Fifth Male
Barnett, Tim Labour Christchurch Central Fourth Male
Bennett, David National Hamilton East First Male
Bennett, Paula National -- First Female
Benson-Pope, David Labour Dunedin South Third Male
Beyer, Georgina Labour -- Third Transexual
Blue, Jackie National -- First Female
Blumsky, Mark National -- First Male
Borrows, Chester National Whanganui First Male
Bradford, Sue Greens -- Third Female
Brash, Don National -- Second Male
Brown, Peter New Zealand First -- Fourth Male
Brownlee, Gerry National Ilam Fourth Male
Burton, Mark Labour Taupo Fifth Male
Carter, Chris Labour Te Atatu Fifth Male
Carter, David National -- Fifth Male
Carter, John National Northland Seventh Male
Chadwick, Stephanie Labour Rotorua Third Female
Choudhary Ashraf Labour -- Second Male
Clark, Helen Labour Mt Albert Ninth Female
Clarkson, Bob National Tauranga First Male
Coleman, Jonathan National Northcote First Male
Collins, Judith National Clevedon Second Female
Connell, Brian National Rakaia Second Male
Copeland, Gordon United Future -- Second Male
Cosgrove, Clayton Labour Waimakariri Third Male
Cullen, Michael Labour -- Ninth Male
Cunliffe, David Labour New Lynn Third Male
Dalziel, Lianne Labour Christchurch East Sixth Female
Dean, Jacqui National Otago First Female
Donald, Rod Greens -- Fourth Male
Donnelly, Brian New Zealand First -- Fourth Male
Dunne, Peter United Future Ohariu-Belmont Eighth Male
Duynhoven, Harry Labour New Plymouth Sixth Male
Dyson, Ruth Labour Banks Peninsula Fifth Female
English, Bill National Clutha-Southland Sixth Male
Fairbrother, Russell Labour -- Second Male
Fenton, Darien Labour -- First Female
Field, Taito Phillip Labour Mangere Fifth Male
Finlayson, Chris National -- First Male
Fitzsimons, Jeanette Greens -- Fourth Female
Flavell, Te Ururoa Māori Party Waiariki First Male
Foss, Craig National Tukituki First Male
Gallagher, Martin Labour Hamilton West Fourth Male
Goff, Phil Labour Mt Roskill Ninth Male
Goodhew, Jo National Aoraki First Female
Gosche, Mark Labour Maungakiekie Fourth Male
Goudie, Sandra National Coromandel Second Female
Groser, Tim National -- First Male
Guy, Nathan National -- First Male
Harawira, Hone Māori Party Te Tai Tokerau First Male
Hartley, Ann Labour -- Third Female
Hawkins, George Labour Manurewa Sixth Male
Hayes, John National Wairarapa First Male
Heatley, Phil National Whangarei Third Male
Henare, Tau National -- Third Male
Hereora, Dave Labour -- Second Male
Hide, Rodney ACT Epsom Fourth Male
Hobbs, Marian Labour Wellington Central Fourth Female
Hodgson, Pete Labour Dunedin North Sixth Male
Horomia, Parekura Labour Ikaroa-Rawhiti Third Male
Hughes, Darren Labour Otaki Second Male
Hutchison, Paul National Port Waikato Third Male
Jones, Shane Labour -- First Male
Kedgley, Sue Greens -- Third Female
Key, John National Helensville Second Male
King, Annette Labour Rongotai Eighth Female
King, Colin National Kaikoura First Male
Laban, Winnie Labour Mana Third Female
Locke, Keith Greens -- Third Male
Mackey, Moana Labour -- Second Female
Maharey, Steve Labour Palmerston North Sixth Male
Mahuta, Nanaia Labour Tainui Fourth Female
Mallard, Trevor Labour Hutt South Seventh Male
Mapp, Wayne National North Shore Fourth Male
Mark, Ron New Zealand First -- Fourth Male
McCully, Murray National East Coast Bays Seventh Male
Moroney, Sue Labour -- First Female
O'Connor, Damien Labour West Coast-Tasman Fifth Male
Okeroa, Mahara Labour Te Tai Tonga Third Male
Paraone, Pita New Zealand First -- Second Male
Parker, David Labour -- Second Male
Peachey, Allan National Tamaki First Male
Peters, Winston New Zealand First -- Ninth Male
Pettis, Jill Labour -- Fifth Female
Pillay, Lynne Labour Waitakere Second Female
Power, Simon National Rangitikei Fourth Male
Rich, Katherine National -- Third Female
Ririnui, Mita Labour -- Third Male
Robertson, Ross Labour Manukau East Seventh Male
Roy, Eric National Invercargill Fourth Male
Roy, Heather ACT -- Second Female
Ryall, Tony National Bay of Plenty Sixth Male
Samuels, Dover Labour -- Fourth Male
Sharples, Pita Māori Party Tamaki Makaurau First Male
Simich, Clem National -- Sixth Male
Smith, Lockwood National Rodney Eighth Male
Smith, Nick National Nelson Sixth Male
Stewart, Barbara New Zealand First -- Second Female
Street, Maryan Labour -- First Female
Sutton, Jim Labour -- Seventh Male
Swain, Paul Labour Rimutaka Sixth Male
Te Heuheu, Georgina National -- Fourth Female
Tisch, Lindsay National Piako Third Male
Tizard, Judith Labour Auckland Central Sixth Female
Tolley, Anne National East Coast Second Female
Tremain, Chris National Napier First Male
Turei, Metiria Greens -- Second Female
Turia, Tariana Māori Party Te Tai Hauauru Fourth Female
Turner, Judy United Future -- Second Female
Wagner, Nicky National -- First Female
Wilkinson, Kate National -- First Female
Williamson, Maurice National Pakuranga Seventh Male
Wilson, Margaret Labour -- Third Female
Woolerton, Doug New Zealand First -- Fourth Male
Wong, Pansy National -- Third Female
Worth, Richard National -- Third Male
Yates, Dianne Labour -- Fifth Female

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New Zealand elections - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2101 words)
New Zealand general elections occur when the Prime Minister requests a dissolution of parliament and therefore a general election.
New Zealand can claim to be the first country in the world to have granted women's suffrage, although the accuracy of this depends on the definitions used.
On the right are the number of seats won by the four most significant parties in New Zealand's history (the Liberal Party and the Reform Party, which later merged to form the National Party, and the Labour Party), as well as the number won by other candidates (either independents or members of smaller political parties).
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