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August 11, 2008
Kiwi rules
Continuing our antipodean theme of the past few months, here's an event you might be interested in:
MMP and the Constitution: 15 years past; 15 years forward
Date: 26 August 2008
From: 07.30 to 23.30
Location: Centre for New Zealand Studies, Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1
Free entry; booking required.
This is a symposium which will consider New Zealand’s adoption of Mixed Member Proportional voting and its political and constitutional system. The event will be a live video conference involving delegates at Victoria University of Wellington.
Morning session 7.30am - 11.00am, evening session 8.00pm - 11.30pm.
Event hosted by: Centre for New Zealand Studies
RSVP - j.gwynne@bbk.ac.uk
Posted by malcolmclark on August 11, 2008
Comments
We could forget about needing a second chamber if we had this (as long as we had a decent supreme court). Why would you want 2 chambers elected by PR?
Posted by: DR ANDREW JOHN KITCHING at August 11, 2008 08:08 PM
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