WALT: Understand The Structure And Purpose Of Parliament

Leahy has positioned the audience in a position that we can see how Prime ministers actually are and has attempted to persuade up into believing that many of the promises that politicians make

Dickerson, Mark, Thomas Flanagan, and O"Neill Brenda. An Introduction To Government And Politics: A Conceptual Approach. 8. Toronto: Nelson Education, 2010. 126-142. Print.

Parliament is very effective when dealing with the public and their interests and needs like when they redress public grievances to make sure they are listened too. However, parliament isn’t so effective on the representative side of things. This is because the electoral system that we use isn’t very fair and excludes smaller parties of a chance of being voted into parliament. This therefore means a large number of public votes have been

Parliament tends to be made up of those loyals to the national party leadership who meet and vote on party issues.

Throughout the course we have studied books and movies to get a glimpse what it means to live a sacramental lifestyle. For example in Isak Dinesen Babette's Feast, we are allowed to see three different ways of living life there are the two sister and their puritan sect, a French maid/cook, and a general in the army. The two sisters live a very simple puritan lifestyle where sacraments are preformed and they have service and worship God. Then we have Babette a famous chief in France turn refugee and housekeeper who is not a puritan herself but learns to conform to a simple lifestyle. Finally a lieutenant who in the beginning is so focused on his career he loses sight of the important things and only later in life does he begin to realize the

1. Discuss how the Te Whanga Paemai case study illustrates the significance and contribution of Maori culture to New Zealand business. Your answer should include references to relevant tikanga and its co-existence with law.

Since MMP has been implemented into New Zealand, it has allowed for a wider diversity of parties to be in parliament. On account of that, while it is still possible for a party to win the majority seats in parliament, it is very difficult to do so; Church (2015) states that this has not happened in the last four elections. As a result, MMP has impacted on the relationship between the executive and parliament by making the executive to make arrangements between themselves and minor parties, in order to stay in power. This is also for the executive to be able to pass votes of confidence and supply, as well as get potential Bills that they want implemented, to be passed through parliament. Since 2008, John Key, Prime Minister and leader of the National party has had “enhanced confidence and supply arrangements” with minor parties, consisting of United Future, ACT and Maori party, in order to stay in the executive. An enhanced confidence and supply arrangement, is when the minor parties are appointed ministerial posts outside of cabinet, and only be bound by cabinet responsibility when it involves their portfolio or have been involved in an development of policy that ended with an agreed position. As Boston and Bullock (2009) note, these enhanced arrangement is very unusual, as New Zealand is the only country to have these in politics. Sweden has experimented with similar arrangements, termed “contract parliamentarians,” however it did not include members of non-government

LVL 3 History, Achievement Standard 3.4 – analyse different perspectives of a contested event of significance to New Zealanders.

This essay aims so discuss the ways in which the article image offers an interpretation of the event and how New Zealanders as a cultural identity are affected by the Monarchy.

New Zealand is currently practicing democracy system, a system where the powers are vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representations such as public elections (Merriam-Webster online dictionary, n.d). Hence, parliamentary elections must be done every three years to elect new members of Parliament (MPs). On 1986, the formation of Constitution Act 1986 make UK completely powerless to legislate for New Zealand as the residual

The creation of a supreme law constitution enforced by the judiciary would enhance the judiciary’s present role and powers and its ability to act as a check on the other branches of government. This can be seen through the idea of a supreme law constitution, compared with New Zealand’s current constitution, the present nature and extent of the New Zealand judiciary’s role and power to check the other branches; and the role and powers that the judiciary would have under a supreme law constitution, and how this would change its ability to check the other branches of government.

The Sovereign, represented in New Zealand by the Governor-General, is an essential part of Parliament and has a formal role. This includes assenting to bills passed in the House of Representatives so that they become Acts of Parliament.

Since the early 18th century, Māori have challenged the theory of kāwanatanga (governance) which was introduced by the contradictory versions viewed in the Treaty of Waitangi. Māori, throughout history have fought to maintain their identity and save their settlements in many ways in Aotearoa. In this essay I will describe how kāwanatanga was first introduced in the Māori society and discuss the consequences of it such as Parihaka pacifist movement, along with challenges including land ownership. These disputes have been important as it signifies New Zealand’s history and some of the events have played major roles in what New Zealand is today.

Our constitutional documents are sourced in many pieces of legislation. The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 holds the origins of our

Granted the title of New Zealander of the 20th Century by the New Zealand Herald, a vital architect of New Zealand’s Government whose institutions are still in place today, but your average kiwi teen wouldn’t recognise his name.