Title – NZ’s Election Process
Intro – To cast your vote you have to be 18 and over. The NZ voting is every 4 years. NZ was the first country to let women vote in 1893. NZ is a democratic country.
P1 -MMP stands for Mixed Members proportional. MMP is important to voting because it makes sure that it is fair for the voters.You have two votes you use one and you use the other one that is called an electric vote if parties get electric votes the more seats that they will get in parliament if they get 5% electoral votes they will get 5% of seats in parliament out of 120 seats.people can vote if they are woman, man or other, you have to be over the age of 18 to vote. In other countries women are not allowed to vote or have a right to vote.
P2 – When NZ votes it is every 4 years. The political parties are National, opportunity, ACT, Green party Labour, NZ first, and Te pāti Māori the leaders of the leaders are National Party is Christopher Luxon, Labour is Chris Hipkins, Green party is Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick, ACT is David Seymour, NZ first is Winston Peters and Te Pā Māori Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi.
P3 – In New Zealand we were the first country to let women vote in 1893 on 19th of September, the first woman to vote in the world is Carrie McPherson.
When parties do not have enough votes and they want to win they will make a coalition, a coalition is when two or more parties make an alliance but not a permanent alliance so they can get more seats in parliament so they can win together. Voting in NZ is very different to every other country.
Conclusion – Voting in NZ is very important because voting makes sure that everyone has a chance to say what the issues and problems are.
Lianka Van Heerden