New Zealand
Aotearoa (Māori) | | | Anthem: "God Defend New Zealand"
"God Save the Queen"1
| | | | Capital | Wellington
41°17′S 174°27′E / -41.283, 174.45 | | Largest city | Auckland2 | | Official languages | English (98%)3
Māori (4.2%)3
NZ Sign Language (0.6%)3 | | Demonym | New Zealander, Kiwi (colloquial) | | Government | Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy | | - | Head of State | HM Queen Elizabeth II | | - | Governor-General | Anand Satyanand | | - | Prime Minister | Helen Clark | | Independence | from the United Kingdom | | - | Dominion | 26 September 19074 | | - | Statute of Westminster | 11 December 1931 (adopted 25 November 1947 ) | | - | Constitution Act 1986 | 13 December 1986 | | Area | | - | Total | 268,680 km² (75th)
103,738 sq mi | | - | Water (%) | 2.1 | | Population | | - | December 2007 estimate | 4,252,0005 (122nd (2007)) | | - | 2006 census | 4,143,2796 | | - | Density | 15/km² (204th)
39/sq mi | | GDP (PPP) | 2008 IMF estimate | | - | Total | $117.696 billion7 (58th) | | - | Per capita | $27,785 (28th) | | GDP (nominal) | 2008 IMF estimate | | - | Total | $128.071 billion8 (53rd) | | - | Per capita | $30,234 (27th) | | Gini (1997) | 36.2 (medium) | | HDI (2007) | ▲ 0.943 (high) (19th) | | Currency | New Zealand dollar (NZD) | | Time zone | NZST9 (UTC+12) | | - | Summer (DST) | NZDT (UTC+13) | | (Sep to Apr) | | Internet TLD | .nz10 | | Calling code | +64 | 1 "God Save the Queen" is officially a national anthem but is generally used only on regal and vice-regal occasions. [1][2]
2 Auckland is the largest urban area; Auckland City is the largest incorporated city.
3 Percentages do not add to 100% because some people speak more than one language. They exclude unusable responses and those who spoke no language (e.g. too young to talk).[3]
4 There is a multitude of dates that could be considered to mark independence (see Independence of New Zealand).
5 Estimated resident population of New Zealand on 31 December 2007 National Population Estimates: December 2007 quarter
6 New Zealand census 2006 final figures, including overseas visitors. [1]PDF (370 KiB)
7 IMF GDP PPP Report for selected countries.
8 IMF GDP report for selected countries.
9 The Chatham Islands have a separate time zone, 45 minutes ahead of the rest of New Zealand.
10 The territories of Niue, the Cook Islands and Tokelau have their own cctlds, .nu, .ck and .tk respectively.
| New Zealand is a country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two large islands (the North Island and the South Island) and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, which is usually translated into English as The Land of the Long White Cloud. The Realm of New Zealand also includes the Cook Islands and Niue, which are self-governing but in free association; Tokelau; and the Ross Dependency (New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica). There is more than one place called New Zealand. ...
MÄori or Te Reo MÄori,[1] commonly shortened to Te Reo (literally the language) functions as one of the official languages of New Zealand. ...
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God Defend New Zealand is one of the national anthems of New Zealand, together with God Save the Queen. Although they both have equal status, only God Defend New Zealand is used, and most New Zealanders would be unaware that the country has two national anthems. ...
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ISO 4217 Code NZD User(s) New Zealand, Cook Islands, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau Inflation 2. ...
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On November 2, 1868, New Zealand officially adopted a standard time to be observed nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. ...
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On November 2, 1868, New Zealand officially adopted a standard time to be observed nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. ...
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The independence of New Zealand occurred gradually over the 20th century by a series of Royal proclamations, Imperial Conferences and Acts of the British and New Zealand Parliaments. ...
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North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ...
The South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. ...
New Zealand consists of a large number of islands. ...
A Rakiura beach Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third largest island of New Zealand. ...
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The Realm of New Zealand is the territory in which the Queen in right of New Zealand is head of state. ...
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Political status Dependency of New Zealand Governor Anand Satyanand Area – Total 450 000 km² (174 000 mi²) Population Scott Base: 10-80 seasonally McMurdo Station: 200-1000 seasonally Currency New Zealand dollar The Ross Dependency comprises an area of Antarctica (and other land masses in the Southern Ocean) claimed by...
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New Zealand is notable for its geographic isolation, being separated from Australia to the northwest by the Tasman Sea, approximately 2000 kilometres (1250 miles) across. Its closest neighbours to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga. In its long isolation New Zealand developed a distinctive fauna dominated by birds, many of which became extinct after the arrival of humans and the mammals they introduced. fuck you Map of the Tasman Sea Satellite photo of the Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, some 2000 kilometres (1250 miles) across. ...
The biodiversity of New Zealand, a large Pacific archipelago, is one of the most unusual on Earth, due to its long isolation from other continental landmasses. ...
New Zealand birds were, until the arrival of the first humans, an extraordinarily diverse range of specialised birds. ...
New Zealands short human history has resulted in a number of serious plant and animal pests. ...
The population is mostly of European descent, with the indigenous Māori being the largest minority. Asians and non-Maori Polynesians are also significant minorities, especially in the cities. Elizabeth II, as the Queen of New Zealand, is the Head of State and, in her absence, is represented by a non-partisan Governor-General. The Queen 'reigns but does not rule.' She has no real political influence, and her position is essentially symbolic. Political power is held by the democratically elected Parliament of New Zealand under the leadership of the Prime Minister, who is the Head of Government. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into PÄkehÄ. (Discuss) It has been suggested that PÄkehÄ be merged into this article or section. ...
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New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm, with Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning monarch, since February 6, 1952. ...
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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. ...
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It is unknown whether Māori had a name for New Zealand as a whole before the arrival of Europeans, although they referred to the North Island as Te Ika a Māui (the fish of Māui) and the South Island as Te Wai Pounamu (the waters of greenstone) or Te Waka o Aoraki (the canoe of Aoraki).[4] Until the early 20th century, the North Island was also referred to as Aotearoa (colloquially translated "land of the long white cloud");[5] in modern Māori usage, this name refers to the whole country. Aotearoa is also commonly used in this sense in New Zealand English. New Zealand place names derive mostly from MÄori and British sources. ...
North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ...
In MÄori mythology, MÄui is a culture hero, famous for his exploits and his trickery. ...
Te Wai Pounamu means The Greenstone Water (greenstone being jade) and is the Māori name for New Zealands South Island. ...
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New Zealand English (NZE) is the English spoken in New Zealand. ...
The first European name for New Zealand was Staten Landt, the name given to it by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who in 1642 became the first European to see the islands. Tasman assumed it was part of a southern continent connected with land discovered in 1615 off the southern tip of South America by Jacob Le Maire. The name New Zealand originated with Dutch cartographers, who called the islands Nova Zeelandia, after the Dutch province of Zeeland.[6] No-one is certain exactly who first coined the term, but it first appeared in 1645 and may have been the choice of cartographer Johan Blaeu.[7] British explorer James Cook subsequently anglicised the name to New Zealand. There is no connection to the Danish Zealand. Portrait of Tasman Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 - October 10, 1659), was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant. ...
South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...
Jacob Le Maire (about 1585 to 1616) was a Dutch mariner, born in Antwerp, who circumnavigated the earth in 1615-16. ...
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Capital Middelburg Largest city Terneuzen Queens Commissioner Karla Peijs Religion (1999) Protestant 35% Catholic 23% Area • Land • Water 1,788 km² (10th) 1,146 km² Population (2006) • Total • Density 380,186 (11th) 213/km² (10th) Anthem Zeeuws volkslied ISO NL-ZE Official website www. ...
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[edit] History -
New Zealand is one of the most recently settled major land masses. The first settlers of New Zealand were Eastern Polynesians who came to New Zealand, probably in a series of migrations, sometime between around AD 800 and 1300.[4] Over the next few centuries these settlers developed into a distinct culture now known as Māori. The population was divided into Iwi (tribes) and hapū (subtribes) which would co-operate, compete and sometimes fight with each other. At some point a group of Māori migrated to the Chatham Islands where they developed their own distinct Moriori culture.[8][9] The history of New Zealand dates back at least seven hundred years to when it was discovered and settled by Polynesians, who developed a distinct MÄori culture centred on kinship links and land. ...
Polynesia (from Greek, poly = many and nesi = island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands in the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ...
This article is about the MÄori people of New Zealand. ...
Māori culture is a distinctive part of New Zealand culture. ...
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Moriori are the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands (Rekohu in the Moriori language), east of the New Zealand archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. ...
The first Europeans known to have reached New Zealand were Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman and his crew in 1642.[10] Several of the crew were killed by Māori and no Europeans returned to New Zealand until British explorer James Cook's voyage of 1768–71.[10] Cook reached New Zealand in 1769 and mapped almost all of the coastline. Following Cook, New Zealand was visited by numerous European and North American whaling, sealing and trading ships. They traded European food and goods, especially metal tools and weapons, for Māori timber, food, artefacts and water. On occasion, Europeans traded goods for sex.[11] Māori agriculture and warfare were transformed by the potato and the musket, although the resulting Musket Wars died out once the tribal imbalance of arms had been rectified. From the early nineteenth century, Christian missionaries began to settle New Zealand, eventually converting most of the Māori population, who had become disillusioned with their indigenous faith by the introduction of Western culture. The European peoples are the various nations and ethnic groups of Europe. ...
Portrait of Tasman Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 - October 10, 1659), was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant. ...
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Muskets and bayonets aboard the frigate Grand Turk. ...
The Musket Wars were a series of battles fought between various tribal groups of Maori in the early 1800s, primarily on the North Island in New Zealand. ...
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Becoming aware of the lawless nature of European settlement and increasing interest in the territory by the French, the British government sent William Hobson to New Zealand to claim sovereignty and negotiate a treaty with Māori.[i] The Treaty of Waitangi was first signed in the Bay of Islands on 6 February 1840. The drafting was done hastily and confusion and disagreement continues to surround the translation. The Treaty is regarded as New Zealand's foundation as a nation and is revered by Māori as a guarantee of their rights. Hobson initially selected Okiato as the capital in 1840, before moving the seat of government to Auckland in 1841. Image File history File links Waitangi_Treaty-1-.jpg‎ Summary taken from http://en. ...
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One of the few extant copies of the Treaty of Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi (MÄori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty signed on February 6, 1840 by representatives of the British Crown, and MÄori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand. ...
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William Hobson (September 26, 1792 - September 10, 1842), was the first Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi. ...
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One of the few extant copies of the Treaty of Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi (MÄori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty signed on February 6, 1840 by representatives of the British Crown, and MÄori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand. ...
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Okiato or Old Russell is a small holiday spot in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, seven km south of present-day Russell. ...
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Under British rule, the islands of New Zealand had been part of the colony of New South Wales. In 1840 New Zealand became its own dominion, which signalled increasing numbers of European settlers particularly from the British Isles. At first, Māori were eager to trade with the 'Pakeha', as they called them, and many iwi (tribes) became wealthy. As settler numbers increased, conflicts over land led to the New Zealand Land Wars of the 1860s and 1870s, resulting in the loss of much Māori land. The detail and correct interpretation of European settlement and the acquisition of land from Māori remains controversial. NSW redirects here. ...
To date, five periods of Immigration to New Zealand may be identified. ...
Pakeha is a New Zealand English word for European New Zealanders, that is, New Zealanders of predominantly European descent. ...
Iwi (pronounced ee-wee) are the largest everyday social units in MÄori society. ...
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Representative government for the colony was provided for by the passing of the 1852 New Zealand Constitution Act by the United Kingdom. The 1st New Zealand Parliament met for the first time in 1854. In 1856 the colony became effectively self-governing with the grant of responsible government over all domestic matters other than native policy. Power in this respect would be transferred to the colonial administration in the 1860s. In 1863 Premier Alfred Domett moved a resolution that the capital transfer to a locality in Cook Strait, apparently due to concern the South Island could form a separate colony. Commissioners from Australia (chosen for their neutral status) advised Wellington as suitable because of its harbour and central location, and parliament officially sat there for the first time in 1865. In 1893, the country became the first nation in the world to grant women the right to vote. In 1907, New Zealand became an independent Dominion and a fully independent nation in 1947 when the Statute of Westminster (1931) was ratified, although in practice Britain had ceased to play any real role in the government of New Zealand much earlier than this. As New Zealand became more politically independent it became more dependent economically; in the 1890s, refrigerated shipping allowed New Zealand to base its entire economy on the export of meat and dairy products to Britain. Image File history File links VonTempsky's_death_cropped. ...
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Alfred Domett, CMG (20 May 1811 – 2 November 1887) was an English colonial statesman and poet. ...
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New Zealand was an enthusiastic member of the British Empire, fighting in the Boer War, World War I and World War II and supporting Britain in the Suez Crisis. The country was very much a part of the world economy and suffered as others did in the Great Depression of the 1930s. The depression led to the election of the first Labour government, which established a comprehensive welfare state and a protectionist economy. For a comprehensive list of the territories that formed the British Empire, see Evolution of the British Empire. ...
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When the United Kingdom declared war on Germany at the start of the First World War, the New Zealand government followed without hesitation, despite its geographic isolation and small population. ...
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The First Labour Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1935 to 1949. ...
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New Zealand experienced increasing prosperity following World War II. However, some social problems were developing; Māori had begun to move to the cities in search of work and excitement rather than the traditional rural way of life. A Māori protest movement would eventually form, criticising Eurocentrism and seeking more recognition of Māori culture and the Treaty of Waitangi, which they felt had not been fully honoured. In 1975 a Waitangi Tribunal was set up to investigate alleged breaches of the Treaty and in 1985 it was enabled to investigate historic grievances. In common with all other developed countries, social developments accelerated in the 1970s and social and political mores changed. By the 1970s, the traditional trade with Britain was threatened because of Britain's membership of the European Economic Community. Great economic and social changes took place in the 1980s under the 4th Labour government largely led by Finance Minister Roger Douglas, and commonly referred to as "Rogernomics." This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Although New Zealand today is widely regarded internationally as having fair relations with its indigenous Maori peoples compared to it’s immediate neighbours, and multiculturalism is considerd as a significant positive to it’s cultural identity and growing diverse communities; like most Indigenous peoples throughout the world Maoris have struggled...
Eurocentrism is the practice, conscious or otherwise, of placing emphasis on European (and, generally, Western) concerns, culture and values at the expense of those of other cultures. ...
Wharenui, Ohinemutu village, Rotorua. ...
The Waitangi Tribunal is a New Zealand court empowered to compensate Maori people for land obtained by fraud or by force since 1840. ...
The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ...
David Lange led the Fourth Labour government for most of its time in power. ...
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Sir Roger Douglas is a former New Zealand politician and senior Cabinet minister, best known for his leading role in the radical economic restructuring undertaken by the New Zealand Labour Party government in the 1980s. ...
The term Rogernomics, a portmanteau of Roger and economics, was created by analogy with Reaganomics to describe the economic policies followed by New Zealand Finance Minister Roger Douglas from his appointment in 1984. ...
[edit] Politics -
Politics of New Zealand takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy. ...
[edit] Government New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy.[12] Although it has no codified constitution, the Constitution Act 1986 is the principal formal statement of New Zealand's constitutional structure. Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state and is titled Queen of New Zealand under the Royal Titles Act 1974. She is represented by the Governor-General, who she appoints on the exclusive advice of the Prime Minister. The current Governor-General is Anand Satyanand. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 433 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1488 × 2060 pixel, file size: 745 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The...
New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm, with Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning monarch, since February 6, 1952. ...
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The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealands head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the Parliament of New Zealand. ...
Forms of government Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box: A constitutional monarchy or limited monarchy is a form of government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state, as opposed to an absolute monarchy, where the monarch is not...
A parliamentary system, or parliamentarism, is distinguished by the executive branch of government being dependent on the direct or indirect support of the parliament, often expressed through a vote of confidence. ...
The Treaty of Waitangi is an increasingly important source of constitutional law in New Zealand The constitution of New Zealand consists of a collection of statutes (Acts of Parliament), Treaties, Orders-in-Council, Letters patent, decisions of the Courts and unwritten constitutional conventions. ...
The Constitution Act of 1986 is the principal formal statement of New Zealands Constitution. ...
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of 16 sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally, though she is more directly involved with the United Kingdom, where the Royal Family resides, and the Monarchy is historically indigenous. ...
For the comedy film of the same name, see Head of State (film). ...
New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm, with Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning monarch, since February 6, 1952. ...
The Governor-General of New Zealand is the representative of the Sovereign in right of New Zealand (currently, Queen Elizabeth II). ...
Anand Satyanand with Dame Silvia Cartwright Wikinews has news related to: New Governor-General of New Zealand announced Anand Satch[1] Satyanand, PCNZM (born 22 July 1944 in Auckland) is the Governor-General of New Zealand. ...
The Governor-General exercises the Crown's prerogative powers, such as the power to appoint and dismiss ministers and to dissolve Parliament, and in rare situations, the reserve powers. The Governor-General also chairs the Executive Council, which is a formal committee consisting of all ministers of the Crown. Members of the Executive Council are required to be Members of Parliament, and most are also in Cabinet. Cabinet is the most senior policy-making body and is led by the Prime Minister, who is also, by convention, the Parliamentary leader of the governing party or coalition. The current Prime Minister is Helen Clark, the leader of the Labour Party. This article or section should be merged with Royal Prerogative Prerogative powers are those held by British government ministers and The Queen which have no legal justification or authority. ...
A reserve power is a power that may be exercised by the head of state of a country in certain exceptional circumstances. ...
The Executive Council of New Zealand is the body which provides the formal basis for the Cabinet. ...
The New Zealand Cabinet functions as the policy and decision-making body of New Zealand governments executive branch. ...
The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealands head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the Parliament of New Zealand. ...
A parliamentary leader is chosen in Canadian politics to lead a party in the House of Commons, or in the case of the provinces, in the legislature, when a party has seats in the legislative body but the leader does not or in other unusual circumstances. ...
For other persons named Helen Clark, see Helen Clark (disambiguation). ...
The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. ...
The New Zealand Parliament has only one chamber, the House of Representatives, which usually seats 120 Members of Parliament. Parliamentary general elections are held every three years under a form of proportional representation called Mixed Member Proportional. The 2005 General Election created an 'overhang' of one extra seat, occupied by the Māori Party, due to that party winning more seats in electorates than the number of seats its proportion of the party vote would have given it. The New Zealand Parliament is the legislative body of the New Zealand government. ...
Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. ...
The New Zealand House of Representatives is the legislature of New Zealand. ...
A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ...
New Zealands House of Representatives, commonly called Parliament, is chosen by nationwide election. ...
Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
The MÄori Party, a political party in New Zealand based around MÄori 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. ...
Since October 17, 2005, Labour has been in formal coalition with Jim Anderton, the Progressive Party's only MP. In addition to the parties in formal coalition, New Zealand First and United Future provide confidence and supply in return for their leaders being ministers outside cabinet. A further arrangement has been made with the Green Party, which has given a commitment not to vote against the government on confidence and supply. Since early 2007, Labour has also had the proxy vote of Taito Phillip Field, a former Labour MP. These arrangements assure the government of a majority of seven MPs on confidence votes. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1502x912, 222 KB) Summary New Zealand Parliament Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1502x912, 222 KB) Summary New Zealand Parliament Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
New Zealand functions as a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. ...
The Beehive, Wellington This article is about the Beehive building. ...
The Beehive (left) and Parliament House (right), Wellington New Zealand Parliament Buildings houses the New Zealand Parliament and is situated on a 45,000 square metre site in and around the northern end of Lambton Quay, Wellington. ...
For the first Duke of Wellington, see Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. ...
is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
James Patrick Anderton, almost always referred to as Jim Anderton, is leader of the Progressive Party, a political party in the New Zealand Parliament. ...
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 eight MPs-- seven list MPs, and one electorate MP, leader Peter Dunne (see MMP for the difference). ...
In a parliamentary democracy confidence and supply are required for a government to hold power. ...
Wikinews has related news: Greens Party refines Buy Kiwi Made scheme The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ...
A Motion of Confidence is a motion of support proposed by a government in a parliament or other assembly of elected representatives to give members of parliament (or other such assembly) a chance to register their confidence in a government. ...
Loss of Supply occurs where a government in a parliamentary democracy is denied a supply of treasury or exchequer funds, by whichever house or houses of parliament or head of state is constitutionally entitled to grant and deny supply. ...
Taito Phillip Hans Field, a New Zealand politician, currently represents the Labour Party in the New Zealand Parliament. ...
The Leader of the Opposition is National Party leader John Key. The ACT party and the Māori Party are also in opposition. The Greens, New Zealand First and United Future each vote against the government on some legislation. The Leader of the Opposition in New Zealand is the politician who, at least in theory, leads the Opposition bloc in the New Zealand Parliament. ...
The New Zealand National Party (National or the Nats) currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the parliamentary Opposition. ...
For the American politician, see John A. Key. ...
ACT New Zealand is a free market liberal party in the New Zealand Parliament. ...
The MÄori Party, a political party in New Zealand based around MÄori 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. ...
Wikinews has related news: Greens Party refines Buy Kiwi Made scheme The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ...
New Zealand First functions as a political party in New Zealand. ...
United Future New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament with two MPs -- one electorate MP (leader Peter Dunne) and one list MP (Judy Turner (see MMP for the difference). ...
The highest court in New Zealand is the Supreme Court of New Zealand, which was established in 2004 following the passage of the Supreme Court Act 2003. The act also abolished the option to appeal to the Privy Council in London. The current Chief Justice is Dame Sian Elias. New Zealand's judiciary also includes the Court of Appeal; the High Court, which deals with serious criminal offences and civil matters at the trial level and with appeals from lower courts and tribunals; and subordinate courts. The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the highest court of appeal in New Zealand, having formally come into existence at the beginning of 2004, and sitting for the first time on 1 July 2004. ...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the United Kingdom. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
The Right Honourable Dame Sian Seerpoohi Elias, GNZM, (born March 12, 1949) is the Chief Justice of New Zealand, and is therefore the most senior member of the countrys judiciary. ...
The Court of Appeal of New Zealand, located in Wellington, is New Zealand’s principal intermediate appellate court. ...
The High Court of New Zealand was established in 1841 and known as the Supreme Court until 1980. ...
New Zealand is the only country in the world in which all the highest offices in the land have been occupied simultaneously by women: Queen Elizabeth II, Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright, Prime Minister Helen Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives Margaret Wilson and Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias were all in office between March 2005 and August 2006. Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The...
Governor-General (or Governor General) is a term used both historically and currently to designate the appointed representative of a head of state or their government for a particular territory, historically in a colonial context, but no longer necessarily in that form. ...
Silvia Rose Cartwright, Governor-General of New Zealand Her Excellency Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright PCNZM DBE (née Poulter) (born November 7, 1943) is New Zealands second female Governor-General, and as the Queens representative, lives in Government House in the capital city of Wellington. ...
For other persons named Helen Clark, see Helen Clar
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