Nz government


The ghost of Elders haunts NZ elections

The head of New Zealand’s Labour Party has been in Melbourne poring over a 13,000 page court file in an effort to destroy Opposition Leader John Key, writes Kevin Childs.

Mackerras: Why NZ’s MMP voting system sucks

MMP has made New Zealand’s House of Representatives more representative in terms of ethnicity, race and gender. Apart from that there is little to be said in its favour, writes Malcolm Mackerras.