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Banks Peninsula (New Zealand Electorate)
Banks Peninsula is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate which initially existed from 1996 to 2008, and was later recreated in 2020 ahead of the 2020 election. It was held by National's David Carter for the initial term, and then by Labour's Ruth Dyson from 1999 to 2008. As of 2023, the seat is currently held by National's Vanessa Weenink. Population centres The Banks Peninsula electorate, as defined in 2020, includes some of southern Christchurch, with suburbs such as Oaklands, Somerfield, Cashmere, Woolston, Halswell, Heathcote, and Sumner. It also includes some towns immediately south of Christchurch such as Lyttelton, and all of Banks Peninsula itself including the town of Akaroa. History The 1996 election was notable for the significant change of electorate boundaries, based on the provisions of the Electoral Act 1993. Because of the introduction of the mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system, the number of electorates had to be reduced, leading to signi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akaroa
Akaroa is a small town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand, situated within a harbour of the same name. The name Akaroa is Ngāi Tahu, Kāi Tahu Māori language, Māori for "Long Harbour", which would be spelled in standard Māori. The area was also named ''Port Louis-Philippe'' by French colonial empire#Second French colonial empire (post-1830), French settlers after the reigning King of the French, French king Louis Philippe I. The town is by road from Christchurch and is the terminus of State Highway 75 (New Zealand), State Highway 75. It is set on a sheltered harbour and is overlooked and surrounded by the remnants of an eruptive centre of the miocene Banks Peninsula Volcano. History In 1830, the Māori settlement at Takapūneke, east of the current town of Akaroa, was the scene of a notorious incident. There were an estimated 400 Kāi Tahu in the pā and most were killed, with only the strongest taken as slaves. The captain of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Hills (New Zealand Electorate)
Port Hills was a parliamentary New Zealand electorates, electorate of New Zealand that existed for the 2008 New Zealand general election, 2008 through 2017 New Zealand general election, 2017 general elections. Ruth Dyson of the New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party had previously held the Banks Peninsula (New Zealand electorate), Banks Peninsula electorate since the that was largely replaced by Port Hills, and held Port Hills for its entire existence before retiring ahead of the . The Port Hills electorate was mostly urban, and lost the more rural Banks Peninsula areas of the old electorate to the Selwyn (New Zealand electorate), Selwyn electorate that was also formed for the 2008 election. Ahead of the , the boundaries were again adjusted and Port Hills abolished. Most of its area is now covered by the Banks Peninsula (New Zealand electorate), Banks Peninsula electorate. Population centres Port Hills was created after a review of electoral boundaries conducted in the wake of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections New Zealand
The Electoral Commission () is an independent Crown entity set up by the New Zealand Parliament. It is responsible for the administration of parliamentary elections and referendums, promoting compliance with electoral laws, servicing the work of the Representation Commission, and the provision of advice, reports and public education on electoral matters. The commission also assists electoral agencies of other countries on a reciprocal basis with their electoral events. Objective of the Electoral Commission The Electoral Act 1993 defines the objective of the Electoral Commission as "to administer the electoral system impartially, efficiently, effectively, and in a way that – # Facilitates participation in parliamentary democracy; and # Promotes understanding of the electoral system; and # Maintains confidence in the administration of the electoral system". Functions of the Electoral Commission The functions of the Electoral Commission are defined by law and in summary co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis O'Rourke
Denis John O'Rourke (born 26 July 1946) is a former New Zealand politician. He served fifteen years as a councillor on Christchurch City Council, and served six years as a Member of Parliament representing New Zealand First. Early years Born in Christchurch, O'Rourke was educated at Christchurch West High School. He studied at the University of Canterbury, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws, and went on to practise law, specialising in legal drafting, statutory interpretation and commercial law, until 1992. Political career Early political activities O’Rourke's political interest arose from his opposition to the policies of Robert Muldoon, who was Prime Minister from 1975 to 1984. O'Rourke perceived Muldoon's policies as divisive, with "incredibly oppressive regulations, absolutely awful economic policies which just drove New Zealand economy into the ground." O’Rourke became a member of the Labour Party in around 1983, and sought to be the party's candidate for the Sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 New Zealand General Election
The 2023 New Zealand general election was held on 14 October 2023 to determine the composition of the 54th New Zealand Parliament, 54th Parliament of New Zealand. Voters elected 122 members to the unicameral New Zealand House of Representatives under the Mixed-member proportional representation, mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, with 71 members elected from single-member electorates and the remaining members elected from closed party lists. Of the 72 electorates, only 71 seats were filled, with the Port Waikato (New Zealand electorate), remaining electorate MP determined in the 2023 Port Waikato by-election, due to the death of one of the general election candidates. Two overhang seats were added due to Te Pāti Māori winning six electorate seats when the party vote only entitled them to four seats, with an additional overhang seat added after the by-election making for 123 members of parliament. The incumbent centre-left New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party, led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rino Tirikatene
Rino Tirikatene (born 1972) is a New Zealand Labour Party politician and a former member of the House of Representatives. He comes from a family with a strong political history. Tirikatene represented the Te Tai Tonga Māori electorate from the until the , when he was returned to Parliament as a list MP. He retired from politics in January 2024. Early life Born in Rangiora, Tirikatene affiliates to the Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Hine iwi. He is the grandson of Sir Eruera Tirikatene and the nephew of Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan. His grandfather and aunt between them held the Southern Maori electorate for 64 years from 1932 and 1996. As such, the name Tirikatene is for many voters synonymous with the Māori electorate that covers the southern part of New Zealand. Prior to running for parliament, Tirikatene worked as a commercial lawyer with Simpson Grierson and in a variety of Māori economic development roles. Member of Parliament In Opposition, 2011–2017 Tirikatene stood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Trask
Laura Barbara McClure (born 3 August 1985), previously known as Laura Trask, is a New Zealand politician. She was elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives in the 2023 New Zealand general election, representing ACT New Zealand. Early life and family McClure was born in Christchurch on 3 August 1985, and raised there as the eldest of three children. Her father Bill McClure, who moved from England to New Zealand in the 1970s, was a former general manager at Kraft Heinz who later founded a fire evacuation business. Her mother Sharyn (née Neame), one of eight children, was a hairdresser who grew up in public housing. McClure's parents disagreed with one another politically, with her mother being a staunch Labour Party supporter and her father a National supporter; she grew up in an environment of significant political discourse. She attended Burnside High School and began an arts degree at the University of Canterbury but did not complete the course, instead training as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lan Pham
Ngoc-Lan Thi Pham (born ) is a New Zealand politician and ecologist. She was a regional councillor for Environment Canterbury for six years and was elected to Parliament as a Green in the 2023 New Zealand general election. Early life and career Pham was born in 1985 or 1986 to a Catholic mother of English and Irish ancestry and a Buddhist Vietnamese father. Pham's mother was a supporter of the Alliance and Labour. She grew up in Brooklyn, Wellington and attended Sacred Heart Cathedral School and St Mary's College, Wellington. She moved to Palmerston North to study and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in ecology from Massey University in 2009. Pham moved to the South Island to work for the Department of Conservation in freshwater ecology, which prompted an interest in freshwater fish. She completed a Master of Science in ecology at the University of Otago in 2014. Pham's professional specialisation is in the rivers of Canterbury. Political career Local government Pham was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenie Sage
Eugenie Meryl Sage (born 1958) is a New Zealand environmentalist and former politician. She was a Green Party Member of Parliament in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023. Sage served as Minister of Conservation, Minister for Land Information and Associate Minister for the Environment from 2017 to 2020, in the first term of the Sixth Labour Government. Early life Sage was born in Auckland, the first of four children to parents Meryl (née Williams) and Tony Sage, who was a chartered accountant. She attended St Cuthbert's College, Auckland. Between secondary school and university, Sage worked as a cleaner and kitchen hand at an Auckland retirement village and rest home. At the University of Auckland, Sage studied arts and law, wrote for ''Craccum'' and participated in environmental activism. After graduation, she went on to study journalism at the University of Canterbury, earning a post-graduate diploma in 1984. Sage's long-time partner is Richard S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nándor Tánczos
Nándor Steven Tánczos (, ; born 29 May 1966) is a New Zealander, New Zealand social ecologist, researcher, educator, activist and political commentator. He is currently a councillor in the Whakatāne District Council. He is also co-director of He Puna Manawa social and political change agency. Tánczos was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1999 New Zealand general election, 1999 to 2008, and represented the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Green Party as a Party-list proportional representation, list MP. Early life The younger of two sons, Tánczos was born in King George Hospital, London, and lived in Ilford, Hackney, and Clayhall prior to the family's emigration to New Zealand after Christmas 1973. Tánczos's Hungarian people, Hungarian-born father fled after the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; his South African-born mother is Cape Coloured and has Khoi, Dutch, and German ancestry. The family returned to England, where Tánczos studied journ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
48th New Zealand Parliament
The 48th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined at a general election held on 17 September 2005. The new parliament met for the first time on 7 November 2005. It was dissolved on 3 October 2008. The Labour Party and the Progressive Party, backed by New Zealand First and United Future, established a majority at the beginning the 48th Parliament. The Labour-led administration was in its third term. The National Party and ACT form the formal opposition to the government. Other non-government parties are the Greens (who promised to abstain on confidence and supply votes) and the Māori Party. The 48th Parliament consists of 121 representatives. This represents an overhang of one seat, with the Māori Party having won one more electorate than its share of the vote would otherwise have given it. In total, sixty-nine of the MPs were chosen by geographical electorates, including seven Māori electorates. The remainder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Donald
Rodney David Donald (10 October 1957 – 6 November 2005) was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. He lived in Christchurch with his partner Nicola Shirlaw, and their three daughters. Early political career Donald held Values Party membership from 1974 to 1979 and then Labour Party membership from 1982 to 1988. On becoming national spokesperson of the impartial Electoral Reform Coalition from 1989 to 1993 he had to resign his party membership. After the success of the MMP referendum at the 1993 election he joined the Green Party in February 1994. After he became co-leader of the Greens in 1995, voters first elected him to Parliament in the 1996 election as an Alliance list MP. The Green Party left the Alliance to stand alone in the 1999 election. He entered the 1999 parliament as number two on the Greens' party list. He retained his list seat in the 2002 and 2005 elections. Member of Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
