Cover of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Electoral System: towards a better democracy, 1986.The Commission was established by the Labour government in 1985 and recommended that New Zealand adopt the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electoral system.
The full report is avaiable on the Elections NZ website.
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The road to MMP
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RELATED TO ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM REPORT
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