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  New Zealand general election 1993 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The 1993 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament.
This referendum asked voters whether New Zealand's electoral system should be changed from the first-past-the-post system to the MMP system, which would implement proportional representation (and thus make it easier for smaller parties to win seats).
The 1993 election saw the National Party win 50 of the 99 seats in parliament, a drop of 14 from before the election (and a drop of 17 from 1990).
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 New Zealand general election 1951 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The 1951 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's.
The most significant issue in the 1951 elections was the growing industrial unrest of the time, particularly the ongoing dockworkers dispute.
The 1951 election saw a the governing National Party re-elected with a twenty-seat margin, a substantial improvement on the twelve-seat margin it previously held.
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/New_Zealand_general_election_1951   (401 words)

  
 New Zealand general election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2005 New Zealand general election was held on 17 September 2005.
On 17 October, Clark announced a new coalition agreement that saw the return of her minority government coalition with the Progressive Party, with confidence and supply support from New Zealand First and United Future.
New Zealand First said it would support, or at least abstain from opposing in confidence motions, the party with the most seats.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Zealand_general_election,_2005   (1482 words)

  
 Election Resources on the Internet: Elections to the New Zealand House of Representatives
In the 2002 general election, six parties, namely the Labour Party, the National Party, the New Zealand First Party, ACT New Zealand, the Green Party and United Future, won at least five percent of all valid party votes cast.
In the third MMP general election, held four months early in July 2002, Labour remained by far the largest party but fell short of an absolute majority in the House of Representatives, while the Alliance lost its parliamentary representation.
However, this trend was reversed in the fourth MMP general election, held in September 2005.
electionresources.org /nz   (2245 words)

  
 Peter Hilt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was an MP from 1993 to 1996, representing first the National Party and then United New Zealand.
He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 elections, defeating Labour's Judy Keall in the Glenfield seat.
In the 1996 general election, he was not re-elected.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Hilt   (107 words)

  
 New Zealand Election Study
New Zealand's fourth election under MMP was held on September 17, 2005.
New Zealand's third election under MMP was held on July 27, 2002.
Voters' Veto: The 2002 Election in New Zealand and the Consolidation of Minority Government, edited by Jack Vowles, Peter Aimer, Susan Banducci, Jeffrey Karp, and Raymond Miller and published by Auckland University Press.
www.nzes.org   (462 words)

  
 The Governor-General of New Zealand - Constitution of New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New Zealand has a constitution, but it is not set out in one all-inclusive document – it consists of a series of formal legal documents, decisions of the courts and the practices we describe as conventions.
This Act recognises that the Queen, the Sovereign in right of New Zealand, is the Head of State of New Zealand and that the Governor-General appointed by her is her representative.
As Head of State, Queen Elizabeth’s formal New Zealand title is “Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith”.
www.gg.govt.nz /role/constofnz.htm   (372 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.
Although he wins a fourth election in 1969, Holyoake loses support by 1970 as his government is perceived as care-worn and out of touch with the public.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/nz/nz_overview.html   (1250 words)

  
 Martin Gallagher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 elections, when he won the seat of Hamilton West.
In the 1996 elections, however, he was defeated by National's Bob Simcock.
In the 1999 elections, he won back his seat, and has retained it since.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Martin_Gallagher   (105 words)

  
 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
New Zealand is a fertile and mountainous group of islands in the south west Pacific Ocean.
New Zealand's first settlers were the Maori, whose Polynesian ancestors probably landed on what they called Aotearoa ('Land of the Long White cloud') during the 10th century AD, making New Zealand the last major habitable land mass to be settled by mankind.
New Zealand is an active and influential member of APEC and of the Pacific Islands Forum.
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 * NZine * NZ General Election - Who Is Going To Get Your Vote? - New Zealand MMP elections, New Zealand National Party, ...
While it is important for the parties to define their general direction, if the years from 1984 to 1999 are considered, it is difficult to differentiate between the two main parties, Labour and National, as far as general implementation of policy was concerned.
In general it implemented a series of policies of the far right ideology which were never presented at the hustings and still carries in the minds of some electors this cross of betrayal.
In 1993, as a vote catching exercise National promised to abolish the Surtax but increased it instead and became a party that cannot be trusted.
www.nzine.co.nz /features/election1.html   (1629 words)

  
 Articles - New Zealand general election 1943   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The 1943 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 27th term.
With the onset of World War II, elections were initially postponed, but it was eventually decided to hold a general election in September 1943, around two years after it would normally have occurred.
The election saw the governing Labour Party re-elected by a comfortable margin, although the party nevertheless lost considerable ground to the expanding National Party.
www.gaple.com /articles/New_Zealand_general_election_1943?mySession=54658a0bfe47344d1f2b660f16986827   (594 words)

  
 Crikey Politics Who's Who in the MMP Zoo
New Zealanders will go to the polls on Saturday July 27, the third election under the Mixed Member Proportional electoral system adopted by referendum in a temporary bout of collective insanity in 1993.
The GE debate is a huge one in New Zealand, largely because the moratorium over the release of genetically modified material is due to expire next year and the Greens have made extending it indefinitely their central policy plank.
The first lesson New Zealanders learnt from MMP was not one of cooperation, moderation and common sense.
pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/13027/20020724/www.crikey.com.au/politics/kiwielection.html   (2676 words)

  
 LLRX.com - An Overview of New Zealand Law
However, the recent move on the part of the New Zealand Department for courts to place all unreported decisions of the New Zealand courts on the Australian database host AUSTLII means that there are now two major sites for locating different sorts of New Zealand legal information.
Law firms in New Zealand make good use of their web sites for advertising their specialities, for recruiting, for publishing their newsletters (a very good source of up-to-date commentary on recent changes to the New Zealand legal landscape), and for providing a safe intranet to share with major corporate clients.
Law students and young lawyers in New Zealand are usually encouraged to begin by looking at commentary, especially a standard current textbook on the subject, or the relevant section in a legal encyclopaedia.
www.llrx.com /features/nz.htm   (3406 words)

  
 New Zealand History - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
Father of the atom, Ernest Rutherford, is awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry and New Zealand’s population reaches one million.
Second World War, results in New Zealanders participating in nearly every theatre of the war suffering possibly the highest casualty rates per capita of any participant.
New Zealand Parliament adopts the Statute of Westminster recognising New Zealand as a fully independent state, although owing allegiance to the British King.
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 Articles - New Zealand general election 1957   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The 1957 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 32nd term.
The 1957 elections marked the beginning of the second Labour government, although this administration was to last only a single term.
The 1957 election campaign was dominated largely by financial issues, particularly introduction of the PAYE tax system.
www.gaple.com /articles/New_Zealand_general_election_1957?mySession=45c23be239c515e292cba92dc0b79482   (482 words)

  
 My Blahg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
You'll find a new one and before you know it, you'll be having such a good time with it that you'll forget all about this old site.
I need some help setting up my new website, so this post will remain at the top of the page until myblahg.com is up and running; which will hopefully be by September 4 to coincide with my 2nd blahgiversary.
The Liberal Grit chimes in on the Governor General controversy.
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 Alternative FAQ for New Zealand
New Zealand is situated the same distace eastwards from Australia as London is to Moscow.
The largest city in New Zealand is Auckland, which has a population of approximately 900,000 people, many of whom own Holdens.
There was speculation during the 1940s that the new capital might be Berlin or Tokyo, but such rumours were unfounded in the cold impartial light of military sueriority and nuclear weapons.
homepages.ihug.co.nz /~sacs/faq.html   (2060 words)

  
 Research in the Department of Political Studies - Faculty of Arts at The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Although a number of books have been published on recent New Zealand prime ministers and other political leaders, they tend to be single-actor narratives and are frequently the work of political journalists.
In contrast, the scholarly literature on political leadership in New Zealand, as distinct from the life and times of particular leaders, is remarkably small.
The New Zealand Election Study (NZES) is New Zealand's national election study, based on sample samples of the New Zealand electorate both before and after our triennial general elections.
www.arts.auckland.ac.nz /departments/index.cfm?P=1474   (1335 words)

  
 Defending the National Archives of New Zealand: Treasurer Dr Michael Cullen's ARANZ speech
That is that the New Zealand Archivist must have the power over other heads of departments in relation to the disposal and transfer of records subject only, perhaps, to strictly defined and time-limited security provisions.
I do not believe the New Zealand Archivist should be a parliamentary office for, in the end, the public records being kept are most of all those of government itself.
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority, a Crown agency reporting directly to the Minister of Education, co-ordinates qualifications in secondary schools and in post-school education and training.
www.caldeson.com /RIMOS/cullen.html   (2884 words)

  
 Elections In New Zealand Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 Elections in Puerto Rico
This site also features lookup facilities for fast access to Islandwide- and municipal-level results of election events held in Puerto Rico since 1932, as well as district-level 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 general election results for the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly.
The election statistics available here come from official reports and data files issued by the Commonwealth Elections Commission of Puerto Rico, courtesy of Dr. Fernando Bayrón-Toro - author of Elecciones y Partidos Políticos de Puerto Rico - and the CEC.
On Saturday, July 30, 2005, the Elections in Puerto Rico Web site celebrated ten years of on-line dissemination of detailed information about the Island's election processes.
www.electionspuertorico.org /home_en.html   (299 words)

  
 Index to Place Name information
Proposals for new, altered or restored place names in New Zealand are publicly notified and objections considered.
For the purposes of the Electoral Act 1993, an index of electoral place names is also recorded in a separate database.
ASP is used within the department as the definitive dataset of New Zealand street names as it sources official street names direct from Territorial Authorities, who have the responsibility for road and street naming under the Local Government Act.
www.linz.govt.nz /rcs/linz/pub/web/root/core/placenames/index.jsp   (727 words)

  
 Towards Consensus? - The 1993 Election and Referendum in New Zealand and the Transition to Proportional Representation ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
- The 1993 Election and Referendum in New Zealand and the Transition to Proportional Representation - Bokanmeldelse.com
- The 1993 Election and Referendum in New Zealand and the Transition to Proportional Representation
Zealanders made the choices they did - an extremely narrow majority for the
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 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Economy - overview
Steady growth in tourism receipts and a boom in construction of new hotels, resorts, and residences have led to solid GDP growth in recent years.
Economic reforms, launched by the new democratic government in 1991, are aimed at developing the private sector and attracting foreign investment to diversify the economy.
Estonia, as a new member of the World Trade Organization, is steadily moving toward a modern market economy with increasing ties to the West, including the pegging of its currency to the euro.
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