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Women in New Zealand are women who live in or are from New Zealand. Notably New Zealand was the first self-governing country in the world where women were entitled to vote. In recent times New Zealand has had many women in top leadership and government roles, including three female Prime Ministers, most recently Jacinda Ardern.
The legal term "the Crown" vaguely refers to both the sovereign and the state, the latter encompassing the branches of government. [1] [2] In New Zealand, an adviser to the sovereign or governor-general is also referred to simply as "minister", but the formal title is used in the New Zealand Cabinet Manual. [3]
21st-century New Zealand women politicians (198 P) * Cook Island women in politics (1 C, 16 P) ... Female heads of government in New Zealand (3 P) G.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Government ministers of New Zealand. It includes Government ministers of New Zealand that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Four New Zealand prime ministers pictured in 1992 (from left) – David Lange, Jim Bolger, Robert Muldoon and Mike Moore. The prime minister of New Zealand is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet, whose powers and responsibilities are defined by convention. [1]
The Beehive, Wellington, is the seat of government (i.e. headquarters of the executive branch). In New Zealand, the term Government can have a number of different meanings. At its widest, it can refer collectively to the three traditional branches of government—namely, the executive branch, legislative branch (the King-in-Parliament and House of Representatives) and judicial branch (the ...
The following is a list of the governors and governors-general of New Zealand. [1] As the personal representative of the New Zealand monarch, the governor-general performs many of the functions vested in the Crown, such as summoning and dissolving Parliament, granting or withholding the Royal Assent, making state visits, and receiving ambassadors.
Keith Holyoake was probably New Zealand's second-longest serving MP and longest serving Prime Minister, 39 years from 1932 to 1938 and 1943 to 1977. Walter Nash was probably New Zealand's third-longest serving MP, 38 years from 1929 to 1968. Annette King was New Zealand's longest serving female MP, 30 years between 1984–90 and 1993–2017. [3]