Elections
With the general elections on 23 September 2017, there have been eager conversations around policies and the high and low points of each political party during their campaigning. A table of the main policies by the various parties (taken from The Listener) was blown up to give students and staff a quick visual summary. Policies for specific issues can be compared across the parties easily.
A few related titles were featured alongside. Two noteworthy ones include:
Who's in charge?
A highly visual information book jam packed with information on governments, citizenship, rights, power... A pleasure to browse through and pick up interesting snippets of facts.
Kicking the Tyres - Choosing a voting system for New Zealand
by Steve Thomas
The nitty-gritty of the New Zealand election and voting system is explained here. If you want to understand the MMP system (Mixed Member Proportional), here is a good place to start.
