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  43rd New Zealand Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 43rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.
The 43rd Parliament saw the beginning of the fourth National Party government, with the Labour Party failing to win a third term in office.
The 43rd Parliament was heavily dominated by National, which controlled nearly seventy percent of the seats.
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 Articles - New Zealand elections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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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 New Zealand Parliament -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The New Zealand Parliament is the (Click link for more info and facts about legislative body) legislative body of the (An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery) New Zealand government.
Election to the New Zealand Parliament is by the (Click link for more info and facts about MMP) MMP electoral system, which provides for (Representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote) proportional representation.
The New Zealand Parliament does not have an (Click link for more info and facts about upper house) upper house — unlike many other legislatures, it is (Click link for more info and facts about unicameral) unicameral rather than (Click link for more info and facts about bicameral) bicameral.
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 New Zealand general election 1990   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The 1990 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament 's 43rd term.
This internal dissent was off-set somewhat by new social legislation and a strong stance against nuclear weapons.
Labour was re-elected in the 1987 elections by a slightly reduced margin, and the internal disputes continued.
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 45th New Zealand Parliament   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The 45th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.
The 45th Parliament was notable in that it was the first to be elected under the new MMP electoral system, a form of proportional representation.
Because of the considerably altered balance of power in Parliament, neither of the two major parties could govern alone, and New Zealand First, the largest of the four other parties in Parliament, was put in the position of "kingmaker".
www.mywiseowl.com /articles/45th_New_Zealand_Parliament   (552 words)

  
 Articles - New Zealand Parliament   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Election to the New Zealand Parliament is by the MMP electoral system, which provides for proportional representation.
The New Zealand Parliament's model for passing Acts of Parliament is similar (but not identical) to that of other Westminster System governments.
The New Zealand Parliament does not have an upper house — unlike many other legislatures, it is unicameral rather than bicameral.
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 APSA Australian Political Studies Association 43rd Annual Conference 2001: Conference Proceedings
Parliament is not an institution capable of resisting Buchanan, in part because the parliamentary parties have splintered into thirteen warring groups and in part because of the extent of the powers apparently ceded to the President (161).
Into the new millennium his name continues to be associated with an absolutely ruthless realism and empiricism that defined the early modern essence of the political and the activity of politics.
Machiavelli observes that states acquired by new princes through their own virtue and arms may be acquired with great difficulty but are easily maintained whilst states acquired thought he arms of others and fortune are easy to obtain but hard to maintain (chapters 6and7).
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 1st New Zealand Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The 1st New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.
New Zealand had not yet obtained "responsible government" (that is, the power to manage its own affairs), and so the 1st Parliament did not hold any significant power.
The 1st Parliament was held before the creation of either political parties or the office of Premier.
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 Proposed Withdrawal of 2nd New Zealand Division (April—May 1943) and Plans for Future Employment | NZETC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Finally, New Zealand was a party to the set-up in the Pacific and therefore, with Australia, obliged to agree to directives given MacArthur and Halsey.
The farsighted decision of the Parliament of New Zealand, given almost unanimously under your outstanding and courageous leadership, to leave the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Mediterranean area, has filled me and my colleagues with gratitude and admiration and will, I know, be received with lively pleasure by their comrades-in-arms in Africa.
That the immediate defence of New Zealand is in the Pacific Ocean, and that the concentration of enemy strength is in the islands to the north of Australia, which is between the enemy and New Zealand.
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 44th New Zealand Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The 44th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.
The 44th Parliament was the last to be elected under the old FPP electoral system, with voters approving a change to MMP at the same time as they voted in the 1993 elections.
As such, the 44th Parliament saw a considerable amount of positioning for the change — at the beginning of the term, there were four parties in Parliament, but at the end, there were seven parties and one independent.
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 AgBrief Online - this week's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
New Zealand Dairy Foods says a simple change is needed in the Dairy Industry Restructuring Bill to avoid New Zealand consumers being left with an uncompetitive domestic market.
They said New Zealand was a leader in trade liberalisation in the Asia-Pacific region and, "by further strengthening our economic relationship with New Zealand, we can encourage trade liberalisation in the area".
Up to the 43rd week of the 2000-2001 season to 28 July, the number of lambs slaughtered for export was 24,238,241, up 3.6% compared with the same period last season; hogget production was down 2.7% at 14,913; mutton was up 26.8% at 4,365,470.
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 Marijuana.Com Marijuana Seeds & Drug Test Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The less populated of New Zealand's two principal islands, the South Island, has a fixed quota of sixteen seats.
New Zealand First in 1999 gained 4.26% of the party vote and five MPs thanks to its leader's razor-thin 63-vote margin in his home electorate of Tauranga, and
The New Zealand Parliament's model for passing Acts of Parliament is similar (but not identical) to that of other
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 Military Settlers and Volunteers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The issue festered in the 1870's and 1880's with petitions to Parliament and in July 1889 Parliament appointed a committee to report on the petitions.
Archives New Zealand has a book at its Wellington office counter entitled "Family Archives at the National Archives" which it published in 1990 and in the military records section of that book (about p.111) there is reference to these applications with handwritten notes as to the Archives New Zealand file references.
A number were local volunteers from towns from around New Zealand and this is reflected in names such as the Clutha Rifles, the Te Awamutu Cavalry Volunteers, the Auckland Naval Volunteers and the Christchurch Rifle Volunteers.
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 Untitled Document
Here he was transferred to the 58th Regiment, and coming on with the regiment to New Zealand in 1847, he obtained promotion to the rank of ensign in January, 1851, receiving the Queen's good conduct bounty of £100.
Major Turner served with the 50th Regiment in New Zealand from November 15, 1863, to 1866, and was present at the assault and capture of Rangieowhaia, the repulse of the enemy's attack at the camp at Nukumaru, and the affair at Kakaramoa (medal).
On the 22nd of April, 1845, Mr McDonald arrived in New Zealand with the 58th Regiment, and was present at all the engagements with the natives at the Bay of Islands.
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 Your Free Jonathan Hunt Art History Online Reference and Guide
In 1966, Hunt was elected to Parliament in Auckland's New Lynn electorate.
In December 2004, it was announced that he would retire from politics and replace Russell Marshall as New Zealand High Commissioner in London, a move that had long been anticipated.
Hunt is a member of the Order of New Zealand, the highest honour granted by the New Zealand government.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Jonathan_Hunt   (364 words)

  
 A Hostage Trauma Assignment in Fiji
Their aim was to form a new Government in which political power would revert from an existing democratically elected multiethnic political party to one dominated by indigenous Fijians.
Then elements of the same rebel military unit that had led the initial attack on Parliament sprang into action in an abortive attempt to depose the Chief of Defence Forces, secure the release of their leaders from the island prison where they were held on remand, and gain political control of the country.
Those with partners that had been in Parliament at the time of the two previous short-lived coups in 1987 were somewhat resigned to their situation and more inclined to respond to the rebels with tolerance if not forgiveness.
www.massey.ac.nz /~trauma/issues/2002-2/taylor.htm   (8310 words)

  
 11nov.gb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Out of the 12 000 New Zealanders who lost their lives in combat on the Western Front during World War I, many remain unidentified, their uniforms and their badges showing only their nationality.
The New Zealander division captured Factory Corner (on the road between Guedeucourt and Eaucourt-L'abbaye).
The Tomb is a focus of remembrance of the sacrifice made by all New Zealand servicemen and women in overseas wars.
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 tBLOG - The Capital Letter
Though the date for the New Zealand general election has not yet been officially announced, one thing is certain: it can't be far away.
Now that the dust has settled though and the news stories about various controversies have died down, it appears to be well received both by Berliners and by the many thousands of tourists who have paid a visit.
I had been hoping to be able to report good news from this week's G8 summit today as part of this good news column, but the reaction to the results of the summit have been mixed at best.
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 Scoop: TOWER New Zealand Youth Choir Wins Int Competition
TOWER New Zealand Youth Choir have had huge success and achievement at this prestigious international choral competition (part of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing).
The TOWER New Zealand Youth Choir was established to promote choral singing of the highest standard among young New Zealanders, and members of the choir come from all corners of the country.
TOWER Voices New Zealand and TOWER New Zealand Youth Choir are funded by Creative New Zealand, and sponsored by TOWER Limited, ClemengerBBDO and Rainbow Print, with special thanks to Lion Foundation and New Zealand Community Trust for their support of the tour.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/CU0407/S00050.htm   (742 words)

  
 New Zealand general election 1990 - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Labour Party had taken office after defeating the National Party under Robert Muldoon in the 1984 election.
The governing Labour Party, by contrast, suffered its worst-ever electoral defeat since it first won power in the 1935 election, winning only 29 (30%) of the seats.
The seats of North Shore, Papakura, Tarawera, Waitotara and Wallace, all held by departing National MPs, were won by new National candidates.
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 2001 [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The scientific process is the systematic acquisition of new knowledge about a system.
September 11 - The world is plunged into a state of shock as huge terrorist attacks takes place in New York City and Washington, D.C. The people of Ireland extend their sympathies to the people of the United States.
It is still celebrated as New Year's Eve by those on the Julian calendar.
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 West Papua: Messages of solidarity
On the 43rd anniversary of the West Papuan Declaration of Independence we are proud to support the many people of West Papua who continue to struggle for independence.
I make a plea to the new Indonesian Government to grant self determination to the people and allow them to determine freely their future without further interference from their powerful neighbours.
In New Zealand we are free from the more extreme forms of oppression as experienced in West Papua, but in support and friendship for the people of West Papua.
www.converge.org.nz /pma/wpsol.htm   (1378 words)

  
 Diamond Engagement Rings, Diamond Stud Earrings, Diamond Bracelets, Diamond Rings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This campaign was described by De Beers' PR agency N. Ayer as "a new form of advertising which has been widely imitated ever since" with "no brand name to be impressed on the public mind.
There was simply an idea -- the eternal emotional value surrounding the diamond." Indeed, the campaign succeeded in reviving the American diamond market, which had been weakened by "competitive luxuries", and in opening new markets where none had existed before.
In Japan, for example, diamonds were successfully promoted as a western symbol of status, which coincided with Japan's cultural opening after World War II.
www.zdiamond.net /articles/46th_New_Zealand_Parliament   (389 words)

  
 Former PM's - Official website of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
Jenny Shipley gained the position of Opposition Spokesperson on Social Welfare prior to the 1990 General Election, a portfolio she was to become Minister of in the 43rd Parliament, along with Women’s Affairs.
She was later appointed Minister of Health in 1994, Minister of State Services, Transport, State Owned Enterprises, ACC and Radio New Zealand after the 1996 election.
Copyright to the New Zealand Prime Minister's Office 1999-2003 - Legal Disclaimer - Design by Webdesign 2003
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 Scoop: Colour it Orange for Blind Week
On 28 October, the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind’s (RNZFB) launches its 43rd annual Blind Week appeal with a fanfare of orange.
In Rotorua, one of New Zealand’s premiere heritage buildings, the historic Bathhouse is going to be awash in orange hues as it does its bit to help raise awareness for Blind Week.
In Christchurch, more popularly known as New Zealand’s garden city, has organised to have its own classic icon, the artistic Ferrier Fountain at the Town Hall infused with orange lights.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PA0310/S00568.htm   (644 words)

  
 Digital Law Library - Online Legal Publications - Academic Info
News items are added regularly, and individuals at AACTE member institutions can access the legislative tracking and posting aspects of the site.
Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of Her Majesty, December 2000
The new and exciting electronic law journals environment will include original law journals, comprehensive journal listings and a lively electronic law forum.
www.academicinfo.net /lawlibrary.html   (7084 words)

  
 1923 in History
February 8 Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
July 7 43rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats F Hunter (60 63 61)
December 25 Imperial Theater opens at 249 W 45th St. New York City
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 Not JUST Books at antiqbook.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS "The London Fire Brigade at Practice on the Thames Embankment" March 14 1868
12948 : - THE MORTUARY CHAPEL AND NEW CHURCH.
Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty
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