Reference

Politics

Categories

* Elections 08
* Lobby Groups
* Political News
* Political Parties
* Political Studies

Sites

* Government of New Zealand
* govt.nz
New Zealand Government Entry Point. The "Official Gateway to New Zealand Government". Provides a comprehensive search facility to all New Zealand Government and related web sites.
* Elections and Referenda @ Te Puna Web Directory
Links to New Zealand organisations and information.
* Electorate Profiles @ localeye
A comprehensive listing of links to profiles of parliamentary electorates in the Canterbury region.
From localeye - Your online guide to Christchurch and Canterbury.
* Members of Parliament @ localeye
A comprehensive listing of links to Members of Parliament for the Canterbury region.
From localeye - Your online guide to Christchurch and Canterbury.
* Election Results Service
From the Chief Electoral Office.
* Elections NZ Te Kaitiaki Take Kowhiri
* Electoral Commission Te Kaitiaki Take Kowhir
An independent body set which registers political parties and party logos. Receives registered parties annual returns of donations and returns of election expenses. Allocates election broadcasting time and funds to eligible political parties.
* Voting, elections & referendums
* Electorate Profiles
Contain maps of the electorate, analysis of the vote for the last two elections, and key statistical indicators for the electorate against the population of NZ as a whole. Published by the Parliamentary Library.
* Government, Law and Politics @ Te Puna Web Directory
Links to New Zealand organisations and information.
* A History of the Vote in New Zealand
Tracing the evolution of voting and democracy in New Zealand.
* Maori and the Vote
Tracing the evolution of Maori voting and democracy in New Zealand
* MMP - how we vote in our parliament
* New Zealand Election Study
Through analysis of political behaviour over five successive New Zealand elections, we are monitoring the democratic process in New Zealand during a period of social and economic change.
* New Zealand Parliament
New Zealand's House of Representatives
* New Zealand Political Change Project
To study the impact upon the political system of the introduction of proportional representation in 1996.
* New Zealand Politics Timeline
A timeline of political firsts produced by Christchurch City Libraries.
* Parliamentary Library Research Papers
Research papers cover a variety of topical subjects of relevance to Parliament.
* policy.net.nz
tools to compare the political policy of all the main Parties, over a comprehensive range of policies.
* Search New Zealand Streets
The Authoritative Streets and Places Database - maintained by LINZ as a definitive and authoritative record of all streets in New Zealand.
* Single Transferable Vote
Government site explaining how Single Transferable Vote works.
* TheyWorkForYou.co.nz
Records what MPs are doing in Parliament - contributions to debates, questions asked, pecuniary interests, committee work, ministerial portfolios etc. Not official - run by volunteers.