Voters arrive at a Wellington polling booth on election day 12 October 1996. This election, the first held under the new mixed member proportional representation (MMP) voting system, was to lead to the formation of New Zealand's first coalition government since the early 1930s.
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The road to MMP
Election Days
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RELATED TO POLLING BOOTH, 1996
Events
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19 December 1879
Universal male suffrage introduced
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28 November 1893
Women vote in first general election
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14 July 1853
NZ's first general election begins
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14 June 1984
Muldoon calls snap election
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30 November 1949
Election of first National government
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17 January 1853
NZ Constitution Act comes into force
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5 December 1890
First 'one man one vote' election
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6 December 1935
First Labour government takes office
Biographies
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Henry Fish
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Harriet Morison
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Jim Bolger
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Geoffrey Palmer
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Kate Sheppard
Articles
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Temperance movement
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Election Days
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The road to MMP
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Women and the vote
Community contributions