New Zealand (/njuːˈziːlənd/new-ZEE-lənd, Māori:Aotearoa[aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long isolation, New Zealand developed a distinctive biodiversity of animal, fungal and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.
Somewhere between 1250 and 1300 CE, Polynesians settled in the islands that were to become New Zealand, and developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the British Crown and Māori Chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, making New Zealand a British colony. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 4.5 million is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Māori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased immigration. The official languages are English, Māori and New Zealand Sign Language, with English predominant.
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005. The tournament was won by New Zealand, who defeated France 8–7 in the final. The defending champions, South Africa, were eliminated by Australia 11–9 in the quarter-finals. The result marked the third time that the tournament was won by the country that hosted the event (following New Zealand in 1987 and South Africa in 1995).
It was the largest sporting event ever held in New Zealand, eclipsing the 1987 Rugby World Cup, 1990 Commonwealth Games, 1992 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 America's Cup. Overseas visitors to New Zealand for the event totalled 133,000, more than the 95,000 that the organisers expected. However, there was a drop in non-event visitors, meaning the net increase in visitors over the previous year was less than 80,000.
An electorate is a voting district for elections to the New Zealand Parliament. In informal discussion, electorates are often called seats. The most formal description, electoral district, is rarely seen outside of electoral legislation. Before 1996, all Members of Parliament were directly chosen for office by the voters of an electorate. In 2014 under the MMP electoral system, 71 of the usually 120 seats in Parliament were filled by electorate members, with the remainder being filled from party lists in order to achieve proportional representation (there were 69 electorates in 2005, and 70 electorates in the 2008 and 2011 elections). The 71 electorates are made up from 64 general and seven Māori electorates.
Distribution
Originally, electorates were drawn up based on political and social links, with little consideration for differences in population. Each electorate was allocated a different number of MPs (up to three) in order to balance population differences, but this was only partly successful. Eventually, a new system was introduced — each electorate would elect one MP, and boundaries would be drawn based on population. However, a special country quota meant that rural seats were allowed to contain fewer people than urban seats, preserving the inequality and over-representing farmers. The quota persisted until 1945.
The NZ Hawks wear a distinctive silver and black ADIDAS uniform which consists of a guernsey (singlet), shorts and socks. The guernsey contains New Zealand's silver fern and the Hawks logo. Before every match, similar to the all blacks, the NZ Hawks will perform a haka.
Māori Electorates and the Māori Electoral Roll: Webinar | NZ Parliament
Host Maika Te Amo (Kaiwhakawhiti Reo at NZ Parliament) is joined by Kura Moeahu (Tumu Whakarae at NZ Parliament), Dr Paerau Warbrick (Senior Lecturer at University of Otago) and Mona-Pauline Mangakāhia (Senior Project Manager - Community Engagement, Electoral Commission NZ) to discuss the formation of Māori Electorates and how the Māori Electoral Roll works.
This webinar was first live streamed on Wednesday, 19 August.
Helpful links in the webinar:
🔹 Find out more about electorates: https://www.parliament.nz/en/visit-and-learn/parliament-in-election-year/what-are-electorates/
🔹 Find your electorate on a map: https://www.vote.nz/enrolling/get-ready-to-enrol/find-your-electorate-on-a-map/
🔹 Learn more about your electorate in the 2020 Electorate Profiles: https://www.parliament.nz/en/m...
published: 20 Aug 2020
Waiariki electorate explained | Local Focus
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published: 18 Jul 2020
Wairarapa electorate explained | Local Focus
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published: 23 Jul 2020
The Māori seats: what are they and who cares about them? | Kaupapa on the Couch
Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa on the Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: the Māori seats. What are they and who cares about them?
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Directed by José Barbosa
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published: 31 Aug 2017
Māori Electoral Option: current Maori and general electorates
New Zealand Sign Language video about the Māori Electoral Option and the current Maori and general electorates
published: 30 Mar 2023
Vote Compass: Inside the country's most left- and right-leaning electorates
TVNZ's Vote Compass has revealed the country's most liberal and most conservative parts of New Zealand. 1 NEWS reporter Andrew Macfarlane went to see what makes them tick. Subscribe to 1 NEWS: http://bit.ly/1NEWSSubscribe
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published: 07 Oct 2020
3.8 New Zealand's Electoral System with Therese Arseneau
In episode eight of season three of the podcast, I'm speaking with Therese Arseneau about the introduction of a mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system.
Therese was an expert advisor to the New Zealand Electoral Commission between 2010 and 2016. She is currently an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Therese sets out
the background to the referendum which led to the introduction of MMP in New Zealand [1:20] how voters view the impact of MMP [13:30] the reality of MMP and coalition governments [21:20] the impact of MMP on women's representation [28:10] the wider impact of MMP [34:00] and Maori representation generally and the impact of MMP [39:30] The story of New Zealand's radical change to their electoral system an...
published: 28 Jul 2019
Whanganui electorate explained | Local Focus
An overview of the Whanganui electorate.
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published: 30 Jul 2020
Te Kōwhiringa Pōti Māori - Māori Electoral Option
Tāmati explains the Māori Electoral Option and why your choice is important.
published: 18 Jun 2023
NZ election debate: Hauraki-Waikato electorate | The Hui
Hauraki-Waikato is one of the seven Māori electorate seats, and two names contesting it are Labour's Nanaia Mahuta and the Māori Party's Donna Pokere-Phillips. Who has your support?
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Host Maika Te Amo (Kaiwhakawhiti Reo at NZ Parliament) is joined by Kura Moeahu (Tumu Whakarae at NZ Parliament), Dr Paerau Warbrick (Senior Lecturer at Univer...
Host Maika Te Amo (Kaiwhakawhiti Reo at NZ Parliament) is joined by Kura Moeahu (Tumu Whakarae at NZ Parliament), Dr Paerau Warbrick (Senior Lecturer at University of Otago) and Mona-Pauline Mangakāhia (Senior Project Manager - Community Engagement, Electoral Commission NZ) to discuss the formation of Māori Electorates and how the Māori Electoral Roll works.
This webinar was first live streamed on Wednesday, 19 August.
Helpful links in the webinar:
🔹 Find out more about electorates: https://www.parliament.nz/en/visit-and-learn/parliament-in-election-year/what-are-electorates/
🔹 Find your electorate on a map: https://www.vote.nz/enrolling/get-ready-to-enrol/find-your-electorate-on-a-map/
🔹 Learn more about your electorate in the 2020 Electorate Profiles: https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/electorate-profiles/
Host Maika Te Amo (Kaiwhakawhiti Reo at NZ Parliament) is joined by Kura Moeahu (Tumu Whakarae at NZ Parliament), Dr Paerau Warbrick (Senior Lecturer at University of Otago) and Mona-Pauline Mangakāhia (Senior Project Manager - Community Engagement, Electoral Commission NZ) to discuss the formation of Māori Electorates and how the Māori Electoral Roll works.
This webinar was first live streamed on Wednesday, 19 August.
Helpful links in the webinar:
🔹 Find out more about electorates: https://www.parliament.nz/en/visit-and-learn/parliament-in-election-year/what-are-electorates/
🔹 Find your electorate on a map: https://www.vote.nz/enrolling/get-ready-to-enrol/find-your-electorate-on-a-map/
🔹 Learn more about your electorate in the 2020 Electorate Profiles: https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/electorate-profiles/
Will it be Labour or Māori Party for Waiariki?
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Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa on the Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: the Māori seats. What are they and who cares about them?
Wri...
Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa on the Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: the Māori seats. What are they and who cares about them?
Written and presented by Leonie Hayden (Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara, Ngāti Rango)
Directed by José Barbosa
Made with the support of NZ On Air
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Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa on the Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: the Māori seats. What are they and who cares about them?
Written and presented by Leonie Hayden (Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara, Ngāti Rango)
Directed by José Barbosa
Made with the support of NZ On Air
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TVNZ's Vote Compass has revealed the country's most liberal and most conservative parts of New Zealand. 1 NEWS reporter Andrew Macfarlane went to see what makes...
TVNZ's Vote Compass has revealed the country's most liberal and most conservative parts of New Zealand. 1 NEWS reporter Andrew Macfarlane went to see what makes them tick. Subscribe to 1 NEWS: http://bit.ly/1NEWSSubscribe
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TVNZ's Vote Compass has revealed the country's most liberal and most conservative parts of New Zealand. 1 NEWS reporter Andrew Macfarlane went to see what makes them tick. Subscribe to 1 NEWS: http://bit.ly/1NEWSSubscribe
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In episode eight of season three of the podcast, I'm speaking with Therese Arseneau about the introduction of a mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral syste...
In episode eight of season three of the podcast, I'm speaking with Therese Arseneau about the introduction of a mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system.
Therese was an expert advisor to the New Zealand Electoral Commission between 2010 and 2016. She is currently an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Therese sets out
the background to the referendum which led to the introduction of MMP in New Zealand [1:20] how voters view the impact of MMP [13:30] the reality of MMP and coalition governments [21:20] the impact of MMP on women's representation [28:10] the wider impact of MMP [34:00] and Maori representation generally and the impact of MMP [39:30] The story of New Zealand's radical change to their electoral system and it's broad impacts is a fascinating one.
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The next podcast episode will be about electoral systems in South East Asia.
In episode eight of season three of the podcast, I'm speaking with Therese Arseneau about the introduction of a mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system.
Therese was an expert advisor to the New Zealand Electoral Commission between 2010 and 2016. She is currently an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Therese sets out
the background to the referendum which led to the introduction of MMP in New Zealand [1:20] how voters view the impact of MMP [13:30] the reality of MMP and coalition governments [21:20] the impact of MMP on women's representation [28:10] the wider impact of MMP [34:00] and Maori representation generally and the impact of MMP [39:30] The story of New Zealand's radical change to their electoral system and it's broad impacts is a fascinating one.
Patreon to fund the transcription of podcast episodes
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The next podcast episode will be about electoral systems in South East Asia.
An overview of the Whanganui electorate.
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An overview of the Whanganui electorate.
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An overview of the Whanganui electorate.
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Hauraki-Waikato is one of the seven Māori electorate seats, and two names contesting it are Labour's Nanaia Mahuta and the Māori Party's Donna Pokere-Phillips. ...
Hauraki-Waikato is one of the seven Māori electorate seats, and two names contesting it are Labour's Nanaia Mahuta and the Māori Party's Donna Pokere-Phillips. Who has your support?
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Hauraki-Waikato is one of the seven Māori electorate seats, and two names contesting it are Labour's Nanaia Mahuta and the Māori Party's Donna Pokere-Phillips. Who has your support?
See more: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/thehui.html
For all footage licencing enquiries please visit: http://www.mediaworks.co.nz/home/contact-us/commercial-footage-request.html
Host Maika Te Amo (Kaiwhakawhiti Reo at NZ Parliament) is joined by Kura Moeahu (Tumu Whakarae at NZ Parliament), Dr Paerau Warbrick (Senior Lecturer at University of Otago) and Mona-Pauline Mangakāhia (Senior Project Manager - Community Engagement, Electoral Commission NZ) to discuss the formation of Māori Electorates and how the Māori Electoral Roll works.
This webinar was first live streamed on Wednesday, 19 August.
Helpful links in the webinar:
🔹 Find out more about electorates: https://www.parliament.nz/en/visit-and-learn/parliament-in-election-year/what-are-electorates/
🔹 Find your electorate on a map: https://www.vote.nz/enrolling/get-ready-to-enrol/find-your-electorate-on-a-map/
🔹 Learn more about your electorate in the 2020 Electorate Profiles: https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/electorate-profiles/
Will it be Labour or Māori Party for Waiariki?
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Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa on the Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: the Māori seats. What are they and who cares about them?
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Directed by José Barbosa
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#KaupapaontheCouch #Māori #Politics
TVNZ's Vote Compass has revealed the country's most liberal and most conservative parts of New Zealand. 1 NEWS reporter Andrew Macfarlane went to see what makes them tick. Subscribe to 1 NEWS: http://bit.ly/1NEWSSubscribe
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In episode eight of season three of the podcast, I'm speaking with Therese Arseneau about the introduction of a mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system.
Therese was an expert advisor to the New Zealand Electoral Commission between 2010 and 2016. She is currently an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Therese sets out
the background to the referendum which led to the introduction of MMP in New Zealand [1:20] how voters view the impact of MMP [13:30] the reality of MMP and coalition governments [21:20] the impact of MMP on women's representation [28:10] the wider impact of MMP [34:00] and Maori representation generally and the impact of MMP [39:30] The story of New Zealand's radical change to their electoral system and it's broad impacts is a fascinating one.
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The next podcast episode will be about electoral systems in South East Asia.
An overview of the Whanganui electorate.
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Hauraki-Waikato is one of the seven Māori electorate seats, and two names contesting it are Labour's Nanaia Mahuta and the Māori Party's Donna Pokere-Phillips. Who has your support?
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New Zealand (/njuːˈziːlənd/new-ZEE-lənd, Māori:Aotearoa[aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long isolation, New Zealand developed a distinctive biodiversity of animal, fungal and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.
Somewhere between 1250 and 1300 CE, Polynesians settled in the islands that were to become New Zealand, and developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the British Crown and Māori Chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, making New Zealand a British colony. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 4.5 million is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Māori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased immigration. The official languages are English, Māori and New Zealand Sign Language, with English predominant.
When they say We were never old enough to care It's like first of November And when they say We were never good enough to love They've been washed in the holy waters So I wanna die With my eyes full life All the years I survived I knew nothing about Nothing about So I wanna die With my head full life All the years I survived I knew nothing about Nothing about so much Hope we got far 'Cause here it's the same as for a bear To be stuck inside a bird cage And if we swim To see New Zealand with our friends Oh would you please bury me there And sing Together for the new start I'm sailing Through the mighty coast lines As a ghost on a holiday So I wanna die With my eyes full life All the years I survived I knew nothing about Nothing about So I wanna die With my head full life All the years I survived I knew nothing about
"It may not be affecting New Zealand right now. It will affect New Zealand one day," he warned me ... "This is a new challenge for democracies like Malaysia - and I believeAustralia and New Zealand too.
The number of electorates in New Zealand will decrease from 65 to 64 at the next general election, with one fewer in the North Island... one fewer electorate MP.
And while the political parties have conflicts of interest, there is significant support for the recommendations of the Independent Electoral review across party lines among the New Zealand public, and inside the business community.
The proposed Future Fund is right on the money given New Zealand’s needs. But the three-year electoral cycle and lack of cross-party agreement could see it become just another political football ... .
... it, their communication of it and their pursuit of it will provide them with political capital, political support, to continue to grow their still limited support base in the New Zealand electorate.".
New Zealand First MP Andy Foster said the change had been long-signalled to the electorate and was the coalition government keeping it promises ... that want to come here and take New Zealand money.".
The New Zealand government ... A spokesperson for New Zealand's Foreign Minister told RNZPacific in a statement it was not New Zealand's place to comment on other countries' electoral rules and processes.
In 1881, U.S ... His assassin was executed in 1882. In 1893, with the signing of the Electoral Bill by Gov. David Boyle, New Zealand became the first country to grant national voting rights to women ... ....
Incidentally, New Zealand holds a ... But, broadly, the jurors will be ordinary New Zealanders, just 11 of the 300,000 who receive a jury summons each year, with their names drawn from the electoral roll.
Last week, National Party president SylviaWood spoke of Malcolm’s “lifetime of service to the National Party, the Eden electorate and New Zealand” after family announced the Australian-born former minister’s death on Thursday.
National Party president SylviaWood spoke of Malcolm’s “lifetime of service to the National Party, the Eden electorate and New Zealand” after family announced the Australian-born former minister’s death on Thursday.
Scott Chisholm, a New Zealander and journalist with whom Sinclair had worked on the campaign to change the electoral system in the failed referendum of 2011, and had helped prepare the Liberal...
He held one of New Zealand's most marginal electorates for three elections, but was defeated when National lost power in 1984... rugby team, allowing their controversial tour of New Zealand to go ahead.