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New Zealand Liberal Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Liberals eventually found themselves pressed between the conservative Reform Party and the growing Labour Party, and the remnants of the Liberal Party eventually merged with Reform to establish the modern National Party. Seddon was extremely popular with ordinary New Zealanders, and under his particular brand of populism, the Liberal Party established itself as the dominant party of New Zealand politics. Increasingly, the Liberals found themselves losing support on two fronts — farmers, having obtained their goal of land reform, were gradually drifting to the conservative opposition, and workers, having become dissatisfied at the slowed pace of reform, were beginning to talk of an independent labour party. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party   (1604 words)

New Zealand Liberal Party (1992) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The New Zealand Liberal Party founded in 1992 (not to be confused with the original Liberal Party) was a splinter group of the National Party. Not long after the party was established, Myles and McIntyre opted to join the Liberals to the newly-formed Alliance party. The Liberal Party itself, however, was eventually dissolved, with its few members simply becoming members of the Alliance as a whole. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party_(1992)   (428 words)

New Zealand Liberal Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The New Zealand Liberal Party is generally regarded as having been the first real (An organization to gain political power) political party in (An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery) New Zealand. Increasingly, the Liberals found themselves losing support on two fronts — farmers, having obtained their goal of land reform, were gradually drifting to the conservative opposition, and workers, having become dissatisfied at the slowed pace of reform, were beginning to talk of an independent labour party. The Liberals adopted a number of new policies in an attempt to win back votes, including an increase in land tax (supported by the labour movement) and the introduction of (Representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote) proportional representation. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/Ne/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party.htm   (1753 words)

ACT New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Some members have described the party as "libertarian", although this is disputed by the smaller Libertarianz party. The following year, with the new MMP electoral system making it easier for smaller parties to gain seats, ACT New Zealand was established as a separate political party based on the association's views. In the end, however, Hide was successful, and was announced as the party's new leader on 13 June 2004. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ACT_New_Zealand   (1178 words)

New_Zealand_National_Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The New Zealand National Party currently forms the second-largest (in terms of seats) political party in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the Opposition. The party formed as the result of a merger between the United Party (known as the Liberal Party until 1927) and the Reform Party. And as a result of the new electoral mechanics, the New Zealand First Party, led by former National MP and former Cabinet minister Winston Peters, held the balance of power after the 1996 elections. www.apawn.com /search.php?title=New_Zealand_National_Party   (1727 words)

Commanding Heights : New Zealand Overview | on PBS New Zealand is a founding member of the United Nations. New Zealand expands its international contacts in Southeast Asia and enters a limited free-trade agreement with Australia. Labor Party leader Helen Clark is elected prime minister of a center-left coalition government in 1999. www.pbs.org /wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/nz/nz_overview.html   (1250 words)

New Zealand country information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) For more information on New Zealand you may write the chancery at 37 Observatory Circle NW, Washington, DC 20008; check the U.S. State Department or World Factbook country sites; or type in the country's name on the Internet using a broad-based world wide web search engine. New Zealand is a group of islands located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia. New Zealand Europeans comprise 75% of the population with additional ethnic groups including Maori (10%), other European (5%), Pacific Islander (4%), and others (7%). www.elca.org /countrypackets/new-zealand/desc.html   (390 words)

New Zealand. The World Factbook. 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. New Zealand is heavily dependent on trade - particularly in agricultural products - to drive growth, and it has been affected by the global economic slowdown and the slump in commodity prices. www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/151/nz.html   (978 words)

The New Zealand Edge : Heroes : Optimists : Kate Sheppard : www.nzedge.com By the end of the 1870’s the women’s suffrage movement was well-established in New Zealand, drawing attention from overseas suffragists, notably the liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill, a strong supporter of the British suffrage movement. New Zealand’s victory would predate that of her larger allies by decades: British women were not granted suffrage until 1918 and American women were not granted it across the whole country until 1920. Therefore all Maori men over the age of 21 actually got the vote in New Zealand some ten years before the franchise was extended to all 'white' men over that age, with the qualification that Maori were able to vote only for their own members of parliament. www.newzealandedge.com /heroes/sheppard.html   (3182 words)

New Zealand New Zealand, about 1,250 mi (2,012 km) southeast of Australia, consists of two main islands and a number of smaller outlying islands so scattered that they range from the tropical to the antarctic. New Zealand's two main components are the North Island and the South Island, separated by Cook Strait. New Zealand was the world's first country to give women the right to vote (1893). www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107834.html   (815 words)

New Zealand --  Encyclopædia Britannica The House of Representatives controversially established a new Supreme Court to replace the London-based judicial committee of the Privy Council as New Zealand's court of final appeal and... Rising between the South Pacific Ocean and the Tasman Sea, New Zealand is a land of spectacular contrasts—fjords and beaches, glaciers and volcanoes, snowcapped mountains and subtropical bush, clear streams and geysers. New terms were coined to describe the unusual plants and animals, and some words were picked up from the speech of the native aborigines in Australia and Maoris in New Zealand. www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9108762&ref=news0305   (901 words)

Scoop: ACT - New Zealand's Liberal Party The National party has no belief in the dynamic powers of free enterprise to solve problems and so has frequently made use of the coercive regulatory powers of the state in an attempt to prevent change. It is ironic that the United party elected on family values should, as its first action in parliament, support a bill that attacks the values that underpin out society. The Progressive Party will be inside a coalition with Labour, and the Green Party has committed to support the government during confidence and supply votes but misses out on having a role inside the executive. www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PA0211/S00235.htm   (2315 words)

Walter Christie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) New Zealand out of the political doldrums where it has been for so long and still is. From early in the twentieth century, the socialist Labour Party takes it the rest of the way, on three pillars, they being (1) an electoral mandate, (2) a welfare state and (3) money from taxes to run it. New Zealand Herald of 23 September has an item about a Wanganui Council move to insert an 'h' in the spelling of the city, presumably for both city and river then to be pronounced 'Fanganui'. walterchristie.co.nz   (449 words)

Scoop: Welcome Home To New Zealand's Liberal Party Could it be, when the new Commisioner for Children publishes her first report, it might read like this letter to The Times titled "Astonished at the assertion re Beatrix Potter film that Peter Rabbit is' morally and ethically clean': The writer explains: "We are told unequivocally that Peter was "very naughty". Liberalism, he says, has no solid basis of general support, and there are few if any countries in which there is a well-supported political party or movement which openly and consistently makes classical liberalism its central body of doctrine, its raison d'etre. Since David's book was published some other true liberal parties have sprung into life, but only in the former Eastern bloc, in countries such as Estonia which having suffered under the Soviet regime, now prizes freedom and truly understands its meaning and value as the only alternative to big authoritarian government. www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PA0310/S00438.htm   (4348 words)

Articles - New Zealand National Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) At the 2005 election, the Party (narrowly) won more votes than the Labour Party in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, and the neighbouring northern cities of Hamilton and Tauranga. However, most of National's gains were at the expense of smaller parties like United Future New Zealand, New Zealand First and ACT. However, such a coalition would have required the support of both New Zealand First and the Maori Party for confidence and supply. www.gaple.com /articles/New_Zealand_National_Party   (1991 words)

New Zealand Information and Online Map - Map Town Ltd. Background: The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both World Wars. New Zealand withdrew from a number of defense alliances during the 1970s and 1980s. New Zealand's heavy dependence on trade leaves its growth prospects vulnerable to economic performance in Asia, Europe, and the US. www.maptown.com /geos/newzealand.html   (1068 words)

History - Liberal Party calendar, 1910 - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand The 1890 election swept into power a group of MPs who became the Liberal Party. It proved a watershed in New Zealand’s history, as the Liberals made many reforms and changes, especially in land policy and labour relations. Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image. www.teara.govt.nz /NewZealandInBrief/History/5/ENZ-Resources/Standard/1/en   (134 words)

Party Vote ACT 2005 // Welcome MMP means coalition government: ACT's party vote could be the difference between a National-led coalition or three more years of Helen Clark and Labour. ACT holds other parties to account and can be trusted to deliver on what it says. ACT’s carefully researched and costed economic and social policies are beneficial to all New Zealanders. www.act.org.nz   (493 words)

New Zealand Government 2001 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ... Constitution: consists of a series of legal documents, including certain acts of the UK and New Zealand Parliaments and The Constitution Act 1986 which is the principal formal charter elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of a majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general for a three-year term; deputy prime minister appointed by the governor general note: NZLP and Alliance formed the government coalition; the National Party became the opposition party workmall.com /wfb2001/new_zealand/new_zealand_government.html   (366 words)

index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Due to the open and competitive regime, carriers spent almost $9bn in 2000/1 on infrastructure throughout Australia, expenditure that requires a regulatory framework to encourage infrastructure investment, and that would be unsustainable from the public purse. As a result of reforms there, New Zealand prices and release dates now rival the rest of the world, retailers’ negotiating power with suppliers has strengthened, and software piracy rates have dropped. Recently, new funding of $2.1 million was announced for a Broadband Content Fund which will provide seeds grants for the development of innovative, including interactive, broadband content. www.iia.net.au /election/liberals.html   (4388 words)

New Zealand No formal, written constitution; consists of various documents, including certain acts of the U.K. and New Zealand Parliaments; Constitution Act 1986 was to have come into force 1 January 1987, but has not been enacted Blue with the flag of the U.K. in the upper hoist-side quadrant with four red five-pointed stars edged in white centered in the outer half of the flag; the stars represent the Southern Cross constellation In 1992-93, growth picked up to 3% annually, a sign that the new economic approach was beginning to pay off. www.fortunecity.com /bally/waterford/96/nz.htm   (924 words)

Encyclopedia: New Zealand Liberal Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Updated 249 days 17 hours 5 minutes ago. Increasingly, the Liberals found themselves losing support on two fronts — farmers, having obtained their goal of land reform, were gradually drifting to the conservative opposition, and workers, having become dissatisfied at the slowed pace of reform, were beginning to talk of an independent labour party. Click for other authoritative sources for this topic (summarised at Factbites.com). www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/New-Zealand-Liberal-Party   (1623 words)

New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The Polynesian Maoris reached New Zealand in about the 800 AD. Thus far the New Zealand economy has been relatively resilient, achieving about 3% growth in 2001, but the New Zealand business cycle tends to lag the US cycle by about six months, so the worst of the downturn may not hit until mid-2002. New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 2.3535 (January 2002), 2.3776 (2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999), 1.8632 (1998), 1.5083 (1997) travel.jdwebpages.com /country-info/New-Zealand.html   (1094 words)

New Zealand 25 Nov 1947 New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster. (c) from 29 May 1953: "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith"; The titles premier and first minister were variously applied to each of the principal ministers until 1869, when premier became customary. www.worldstatesmen.org /New_Zealand.htm   (2047 words)

CIA - The World Factbook -- New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Over the past 20 years the government has transformed New Zealand from an agrarian economy dependent on concessionary British market access to a more industrialized, free market economy that can compete globally. New Zealand is heavily dependent on trade - particularly in agricultural products - to drive growth. New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.5279 (2004), 1.7229 (2003), 2.1622 (2002), 2.3788 (2001), 2.2012 (2000) www.phatnav.com /factbook/geos/nz.html   (1120 words)

New Zealand, Map and Flag At this time my homestay family(only Fiona Emily and Jacqueline / Dave and Charlie stay home) will take me to see her parents(Donald and Dorothy) who have farm in Te Anau... In this pic Fiona was driving while I was took the picture of "The Remarkable" mountain where's not full of snow as icing you can be able to see me on the car's left mirror. New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 2.16 (2002), 2.38 (2001), 2.2 (2000), 1.89 (1999), 1.87 (1998) www.greatestcities.com /Oceania/New_Zealand.html   (1157 words)

ORIENTALIA | Encyclopedia | World History | Liberal Party - New Zealand - Info-Guide, Reviews, Deep Discount Shopping Liberal Party - New Zealand - Info-Guide, Reviews, Deep Discount Shopping How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism www.orientalia.org /info17578-Liberal+Party.html   (181 words)

New Zealand Travel Products and English (Australian), Kiwi, Maori Languages 5 products specific to New Zealand are available in one category. Flag description: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant with four red five-pointed stars edged in white centered in the outer half of the flag; the stars represent the Southern Cross constellation Economy - overview: Since 1984 the government has accomplished major economic restructuring, transforming New Zealand from an agrarian economy dependent on concessionary British market access to a more industrialized, free market economy that can compete globally. www.worldlanguage.com /Countries/NewZealand.htm   (1121 words)

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