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16 Mar

Getting Away With Nothing

Published by MacDoctor on March 16th, 2009
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I see that Tracey Watkins at the Dominion Post is still rabbiting on about the small increase in electorate funding for Maori and other large-area electorates. She asks “Why should Nats get away with what Labour couldn’t?” I can’t really answer her question, because I have no real idea with what she thinks National is [...]

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Category: Economics, Ethics, Labour, Maori Party, Media, National

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09 Nov

An alternative to MMP

Published by MacDoctor on November 9th, 2008
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John Key has promised a referendum on MPP at the same time as the 2011 election. He is currently in favour of the system known as Supplementary Member. There is an interesting discussion on the issue running over at Jafapete’s. 
For those who are interested, Supplementary Member has the same system of electorate and list seats, [...]

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Category: Politics

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