Talk:Parliament of New Zealand

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[edit] Forms of Address

How are List MPs called on in the House?Keeperoftheseal 06:40, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

By their name. The standing orders were changed with the introduction of MMP to allow references to MPs by their names. Names must be either in full, or by surname. First name only is unacceptable.--Midnighttonight 06:36, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leader of the New Zealand House of Representatives

Is it worth writing an article about the Leader of the House? Brian | (Talk) 11:44, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes it is in my opinion. The Leader is a significant position within the House. --Midnighttonight 01:25, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Zealand House of Representatives

This article is really about the House of Representatives, not Parliament. I think we should change move this page to New Zealand House of Representatives, and have New Zealand Parliament as a seperate article which discusses the links between the House and the Queen/GovGen (which constitutes Parliament), issues of Parliamentary sovereignty, and so forth. I will leave this for a few days of course to see what other people say. --Midnight tonight 01:19, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

YES, and Yes, I have been thinking this for a while, was waiting for some one else to suggest :) Brian | (Talk) 01:21, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps expand the legislature section of the New Zealand constitution article to include this? --Lholden 10:03, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
I would go with the original proposal alongside having a section on the constitution article.
Done, but both need working on. --Midnighttonight 03:57, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed move

I propose moving this article to Parliament of New Zealand. The reasons for this are three-fold:

  • It's the correct name of the institution.
  • It's the same formula for the articles for almost every other country's Parliament (Parliament of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, Italy, etc).
  • Most non-Kiwis aren't aware that 'New Zealand' can be an adjective. Consequently, the current name would seem awkward to the average user.

Parliament of New Zealand has only ever been a redirect to this article. Bastin 09:22, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

support. David McGee's (the Clerk of the House) book Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand (2005) gives the official name as "Parliament of New Zealand". --Midnighttonight 09:33, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
I've moved the article now. Bastin 23:58, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Labour supported MMP?

The article suggests Labour supported MMP. Is this true? I believe at least Helen Clark was (from memory of an article I read a few days ago) opposed to MMP. I'm guessing Labour itself was either officially neutral or opposed Nil Einne 17:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

About 70% of Labour MPs supported it, but all the top dogs opposed. --Midnighttonight remind to go do uni work! 19:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Until the 1992 referendum that is... --Lholden 08:46, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
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