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National MPs face brutal maths as Luxon fights for survival

Campaign observer: So you're a backbench National Party MP considering whether to roll Christopher Luxon. How should you make your decision?

Newsroom.co.nz

Luxon calls urgent caucus meeting amid leadership speculation

Decrying the ‘division and disunity’ associated with threats to his role, the Prime Minister and National Party leader orders MPs to gather in Wellington

Newsroom.co.nz

Campaign Cut-through: MMP needs fixing, not ditching

From Otago University - Comment: Luxon's call for an MMP referendum sidesteps critical electoral repairs in favour of a major political power grab, writes Dr Michael Swanson.

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Coalition leadership is hard. Luxon’s ‘nuclear option’ of electoral reform is not the answer

Much to everyone’s surprise – including, it seems, his National Party colleagues – Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has committed to offering voters the chance to revisit their electoral system. Again.

The Conversation

Could Luxon’s ‘captain’s call’ on MMP sink his ship?

Comment: The PM’s surprise referendum commitment has angered coalition partners, confused his own MPs, and raised fresh leadership questions, writes Sam Sachdeva at Newsroom.

Newsroom.co.nz

New Zealand PM open to referendum on electoral system

WELLINGTON - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Thursday he was open to a referendum on whether to change the country’s electoral system, opening another split in his centre-right coalition months ahead of a general election.

Bangkok Post

Luxon says he will call referendum on MMP if returned to power

"The question I keep saying is, I don't need some yahoo or numpty from some other party around that (Cabinet) table."

Newsroom.co.nz

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All-Caps Debt War Ends in Sworn Retraction as Med-Spa Owner Walks Back MMP Fraud Claims

After blasting MMP Capital before thousands of aesthetic practitioners, Annette Janssen signed a notarized statement saying her fraud accusations were false and intended to pressure the lender over business debt.

International Business Times

For Opportunity, getting into Parliament will be the easy part

Comment: Qiulae Wong’s leadership may give Opportunity the best chance yet of entering Parliament, but its legacy will depend on whether it can preserve the policy that set Top apart, writes Gareth Morgan.

Newsroom.co.nz

Burnham’s Brits teach NZ the ultimate political manoeuvre

Today from The Detail: It will be a numbers game this election, which could be decided by strategy, not just votes, reports Amanda Gillies.

Newsroom.co.nz

The most dangerous migrant routes in the world where deaths have surged

IN FOCUS: European countries including the UK are pushing through tougher measures to tackle immigration, but campaigners warn this just moves the problem elsewhere, Alex Croft reports

The Independent UK

With so many parties ‘ruling out’ working with other parties, is MMP losing its way?

There has been a lot of “ruling out” going on in New Zealand politics lately. In the most recent outbreak, both the incoming and outgoing deputy prime ministers, ACT’s David Seymour and NZ First’s Winston Peters, ruled out ever working with the Labour Party.

The Conversation

Voices: Readers have their say on reforming Britain’s electoral system – from PR to compulsory voting

You emphasised the need for comprehensive electoral reform, but couldn’t agree on what form that should take

The Independent UK

A nation reinvented: 40 years on from its 1984 victory, the Fourth Labour Government still defines NZ

It’s easy to look back at the bad haircuts, beige clothes and brown Beehive carpets and chuckle. But whatever one’s views on its aesthetics, the Fourth Labour Government – elected 40 years ago on July 14 – was no laughing matter.

The Conversation

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Disproportional representation: what the UK election landslide would look like under NZ’s MMP system

At first glance, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has just put in a performance for the ages in the British general election.

The Guardian - UK

‘It needs to stay in the loop’: German reuse schemes turn shopping upside down

After success of bottle deposit schemes, some retailers are trying to widen culture of reuse – and start tackling Europe’s waste problem

AAP

NZ PM-to-be Luxon unveils coalition compromises

New Zealand's National party has shed a number of its election promises as it negotiated a coalition agreement with the ACT and NZ First parties.

The Conversation

Three parties, two deals, one government: the stress points within New Zealand's 'coalition of many colours'

It might have taken six weeks to decide the shape of New Zealand’s next government (or three if you count from the final results), but in the end that is the nature of proportional representation. Compromise, trade-offs and haggling are the price of an MMP electoral system designed to avoid…

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Lost voices: ethnic diversity in the New Zealand parliament will decline after the 2023 election

Since the dawn of the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting system in 1996, New Zealand’s parliament has become increasingly diverse. The 2020 election saw a record number of female MPs enter parliament and a world record proportion of MPs from the rainbow community.

AAP

Incoming PM defends pace of New Zealand coalition talks

Incoming New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon says he is "not selecting a flatmate", defending the slow pace of his government coalition negotiations.

Newsroom.co.nz

Why are we waiting?

A long wait for special votes, lengthy coalition negotiations – is our MMP electoral system slow and cumbersome, or fair and democratic?

The Hindu

A leaf out of New Zealand’s voting system

India follows the first-past-the-post voting system, while New Zealand uses the mixed member proportional (MMP) system.

Newsroom.co.nz

The most Māori in Parliament ever. Significant? Or so what?

The final election results last Friday moved the dial bringing in two more Te Paati Māori MPs and with that electing the highest number of number of Māori MPs in a parliamentary term

Newsroom.co.nz

Minor parties the big winners in final tally

The 2023 election is the story of a collapse for Labour but also underperformance for National, with three minor parties earning their best ever party vote results.

The Conversation

From a red tide in 2020 to blood on the floor in 2023 – NZ slams the door on Labour

Close, but so far no “baubles of office” for Winston Peters and NZ First. “We have done the impossible,” he told supporters on election night. But as the old saying goes, politics is the art of the possible.

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