New Zealand government is fairly simple to understand once it's explained. There are three different branches of government - Parliament, Executive branch, and the Judiciary. The parliament is where the MPs (Memebers of Parliament) sit. New Zealand has an MMP (mixed member porpotion) form of parliament. This is explained in the video below.
The Parliament create new laws and update old ones, they also represent New Zealanders, examine and approve what the government spend their money on, etc. There is also the Executive branch. They are the actual Government and do most things such as propose new laws, decides policies, decided what we should spend money on, etc. Democracy is used in NZ which means we have an election every three years, we have fair votes, and our head of state is Queen Elizabeth ll and is represented by Governor - General Dame Patsy Reddy.
Then we have The Judiciary. They are our Judges and interpret the law in cases that come before the court and review desicions in the Government. They do judge things. Yeah so I don't know what to say about I mean their Judges and have the ability to send people to jail. Anyway here is a a chart to explain it all.
In New Zealand we have 7 political partys - National, Green, Labour, New Zealand 1st, Maori and ACT. At the moment our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is part of the Labour Party.
Hey Molly, What a great post. I think that by reading this others would gain an understanding about politics in New Zealand. It is interesting to read that you think we have 'fair votes' what do you mean by that? I would love to discuss this more with you! Please reply to this comment! - Miss Morgan
Hey Molly,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post. I think that by reading this others would gain an understanding about politics in New Zealand. It is interesting to read that you think we have 'fair votes' what do you mean by that? I would love to discuss this more with you! Please reply to this comment!
- Miss Morgan