It hasn’t been a big year for elections in Australia, but worldwide it’s been quite interesting. Crikey counts down the 10 elections that mattered in 2011.
New Zealand election
New Zealanders get what they voted for
New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key has announced his new ministry, after final results from the NZ electoral commission confirmed his re-election for a second term.
New Zealand sticks with National
As expected, John Key’s National Party was relatively untroubled in Saturday’s New Zealand election. But a strong performance from NZ First surprised some pundits.
Political snippets: Nationals look set for a Kiwi win
If the Crikey NZ Election Indicator is any guide it will take something more miraculous that a foot of snow to see the National government lose this weekend.
NZ government: sitting pretty and looking safe
The message from the latest opinion polls from New Zealand are crystal clear: the National Party Prime Minister John Key looks set for re-election in November, with a whopping lead over the Labor opposition, reports Richard Farmer.
Not surprisingly, New Zealand gets an election date
It’s a difficult week to get publicity for anything other than Egypt or cyclone Yasi, but New Zealand prime minister John Key chose yesterday to announce the date for his country’s next election.
MacKerras: time to scrap a tired voting system for NZ election
Malcolm MacKerras is trying to persuade the people of New Zealand to scrap their MMP voting system and replace it with a better one.
Kiwis voting system to go to referendum
Malcolm MacKerras has been trying to persuade New Zealand’s politicians to replace their Mixed Member Proportional electoral system with a better one.
