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New Zealand had proposed Australia as the "obvious choice" for a South Pacific region representative. New Zealand served on the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member for the Western European and Others Group in 1954–55, 1966 [16] and 1993–94. It secured a seat again in 2015–16 after the election in 2014. [17] [18]
The New Zealand Parliament was created by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, an act of the British Parliament, [11] which established a bicameral legislature officially named the General Assembly, [12] later commonly referred to as Parliament.
This page lists every parliament of New Zealand along with: [1] [2] its corresponding general election and the date(s) of that election; the term for which that parliament met; and; the partisan makeup of each parliament after the introduction of political parties (this does not include later changes to parliamentary composition).
The first organised political party in New Zealand was founded in 1891, and its main rival was founded in 1909—New Zealand had a de facto two-party system from that point until the adoption of MMP in 1996. [24] Since then New Zealand has been a multi-party system, with at least five parties elected in every general election since.
New Zealand's foreign minister will attend the United Nations General Assembly before heading onto Washington for meetings on Pacific regional issues, leaving Prime Minister Chris Hipkins at home ...
New Zealand: Carolyn Schwalger: 4 January 2022: List of permanent representatives of New Zealand to the United Nations: 125. Nicaragua: Jaime Hermida Castillo: 18 October 2018: 126. Niger: Samadou Ousman: chargé d'affaires ad interim: 127. Nigeria: Tijjani Muhammad Bande: 3 May 2017: 128. North Macedonia: Ljubomir Frchkoski: 17 May 2022: 129 ...
Fact Check: Members of Parliament in New Zealand representing the Maori people, labeled as Te Pāti Māori, interrupted a reading of the ‘Treaty Principles Bill’ on Thursday, November 14th ...
The Sixth National Government is a coalition government comprising the National Party, ACT Party and New Zealand First that has governed New Zealand since November 2023. The government is headed by Christopher Luxon, the National Party leader and prime minister, along with coalition party leaders David Seymour and Winston Peters.