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| | New Zealand National Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | George Forbes, Prime Minister from 1930 until 1935 and United Party Leader, opened the conference; he became the new party's first leader and served as Leader of the Opposition and of the New Zealand National Party until October, when the party elected Adam Hamilton as Leader. | | | And as a result of the new electoral mechanics, the New Zealand First Party, led by former National MP and former Cabinet minister Winston Peters, held the balance of power after the 1996 elections. | | | The New Zealand National Party (often colloquially referred to as "the Nats") currently forms the second-largest (in terms of seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the parliamentary Opposition. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: New Zealand |
| | In 2003 the Supreme Court Act was passed, abolishing appeals to the Privy Council, with effect from 2004 and setting up a Supreme Court of New Zealand in Wellington. | | | Due to its colonial heritage, New Zealand local government was modelled fairly closely on British local government structures, with elected city, borough, and county councils. | | | New Zealand is responsible for the self-governing states of the Cook Islands and Niue and administers Tokelau and the Ross Dependency. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/N/NE/NEW/New_Zealand
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: New Zealand |
| | According to the "New Zealand Official Year-Book" for 1909 (a Government publication) the total number of Catholic schools in the dominion is 152 and the number of Catholic pupils attending is 12,650. | | | In 1909 a Newman Society, on the lines of the Oxford University Newman Society, but with wider and more directly practical objects, was inaugurated by the Catholic graduates and undergraduates of New Zealand University. | | | The history of Catholic journalism in New Zealand is in effect the history of the "New Zealand Tablet," founded by the late Bishop Moran in 1873, the Catholics of this country having followed the principle that it is better to be represented by one strong paper than to have a multiplicity of publications. |
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| | POLITICAL PARTIES - NATIONAL PARTY - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand |
| | The New Zealand National Party had its genesis in the decision, in September 1931, of the United Party, then the government (Right Hon. | | | Prior to the election (in 1940), the National Party had elected a new leader, S. (later Sir Sidney) Holland), with whom the party's eventual success is popularly associated. | | | The National Party's official stand was that political differences should be avoided for the duration of the war, and that both National and Labour should combine to form a coalition government. |
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http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/P/PoliticalParties/NationalParty/en
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| | Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles |
| | A large number of key positions in New Zealand, including the Governor General, the Prime Minister, the Speaker, the Chief Justice and Chairs of a number of private companies, are held by women. | | | The centre-right National Party (48 seats), which was in Government from 1990-1999, leads the Opposition. | | | New Zealand is a fertile and mountainous group of islands in the south-west Pacific Ocean. |
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| | New Zealand National Party -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | As prime minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984, Robert David Muldoon was a fiscal conservative who tried to solve his country's economic difficulties by limiting wage and price increases, making union membership voluntary, cutting taxes, and calling for industrialized nations to reduce import barriers to New Zealand's products. | | | New Zealand environmental political group advocating harmony with nature. | | | The Boston Tea Party was the first openly rebellious act of the American Revolution. |
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| | POLITICS: New Zealand Polls Stir up Maori Issues |
| | While the seven seats in the New Zealand parliament, allocated to Maori people, have traditionally gone to the Labour Party, the fledgling party may now win three or four of the reserved seats. | | | In the 2002 elections, the National Party won just 27 of the 120 seats in parliament, while the right-wing, free-market Association of Consumers and Taxpayers (ACT) party won nine seats. | | | This time, however, ACT may disappear from parliament altogether as conservative voters swing back to the National Party. |
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| | Scoop: Peters: New Zealand First Annual Convention |
| | We had a vision of a party that would look out for the interests of those the two old parties were neglecting: hard working New Zealand families and others who wanted to escape the suffocating cloak of political correctness. | | | National - New Study Lends Weight to Dean's Call for Action | | | I want to thank the New Zealand First caucus for the grit they are showing in the face of extreme provocation. |
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| | NORML New Zealand - |
| | With the shape of the new parliament known, cannabis law reformers gathered in late November at a lodge on the foothills of Mt Hutt to discuss and adopt a new strategic plan to take us through to the next election. | | | Email your (new) MP Check out NORML's MP Database which has been updated for the new MPs, tracks MP's voting records and has all their contact details so you can lobby your MP to support ending cannabis prohibition. | | | USA: Rhode Island became the 11th state to legalise the medical use of cannabis |
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| | Bloomberg.com: Australia & New Zealand |
| | Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand's opposition National Party holds a narrow lead over the ruling Labour Party just days before the Sept. 17 general election, according to a poll conducted for Television New Zealand Ltd.'s One News. | | | The Green Party and New Zealand First each had 6 percent support. | | | Under New Zealand's proportional voting system, a party must get 5 percent support or win at least one electorate to get into parliament. |
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| | Hexapedia - New Zealand National Front |
| | The New Zealand National Front was founded by Brian Thompson of Ashburton in 1968, although its operation was erratic. | | | The current leader of the New Zealand National Front is Kyle Chapman who has a record of violence, including the arson of a marae. | | | Foljambe resigned as leader in 1997, establishing a new organisation called the National Democrats. |
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| | Radio Australia - News - New Zealand National Party votes to keep leader |
| | As New Zealand's election results hang in the balance, the National Party has confirmed Don Brash as its leader despite the likelihood they will remain in opposition. | | | Mr Brash was governor of New Zealand's central bank for 14 years before entering politics in 2002. | | | Minor parties hold key to New Zealand election stalemate > [18/09/2005] |
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| | BBC NEWS World Asia-Pacific Profile: Don Brash |
| | As head of New Zealand's National Party, Don Brash has won support for his straight-talking policies and pledges to cut tax. | | | The 64-year-old former head of New Zealand's central bank does not live up to his surname, and is known for his soft voice and mild manners. | | | He returned to economics and took the job of governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in 1988, a position he held for a record 14 years. |
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| | New Zealand National Party |
| | We must ensure all New Zealanders are treated equally before the law. | | | That means not just dealing firmly with crime, drugs, gangs and vandalism, but also making sure that our relationships with new friends in Asia and old friends in Australia, the UK and the US are put on a firm footing. | | | We have to ensure every child leaves school able to read and write, no matter what their parents’ income or where in the country they are. |
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| | National Party of New Zealand |
| | An address to the Sensible Sentencing Trust by Don Brash, Leader of the National Party, Sunday 4th July 2004 More... | | | Don Brash is urging New Zealanders to sign the petition which aims to force a Labour backdown on the decision to axe funding for the PlunketLine service. | | | A speech by Don Brash, Leader of the National Party, to the Orewa Rotary Club 25 January 2005 More... |
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| | Creech Auckland Divisional Conference
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| | I personally and the National Government are committed to a world-class taxpayer funded education system of the highest quality for New Zealand. | | | Education is too important not to achieve progress, too important for the future of New Zealand to be bogged down in tit for tat claims and counter claims. | | | This is not just talk - since I have been Minister, I have announced the establishment of six new schools. |
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| | New Zealand News.Net |
| | New Zealand News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world. | | | A New Zealander serving as a doctor in the Royal Air Force will fight to clear his name after being jailed for refusing orders to go to Iraq, his lawyer says. | | | Add New Zealand News headlines to your site. |
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| | Union Network International - New Zealand: National Party would give regulation of banks to Australia |
| | New Zealand: National Party would give regulation of banks to Australia | | | National's call to outsource New Zealand's regulatory banking authority follows intense lobbying pressure from the Australian owners of New Zealand's four biggest banks to outsource the Reserve Rank's powers. | | | "With all New Zealand's major banks owned overseas, it is crucial that a New Zealand body, such as the Reserve Bank, oversees those banks' behaviour in our country" said Finsec's General Secretary, Andrew Casidy. |
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| | Press Release: Government snubs award to Timberlands, by Eric Roy, New Zealand National Party. |
| | Clearly under the influence of preservationist extremists such as Forest and Bird and NFA, the New Zealand Department of Conservation Director-General and also their West Coast Regional Conservator, boycotted a ceremony where Timberlands West Coast Limited was awarded a "Most Meritorious Project" award, and the Minister of Conservation, MP Sandra Lee, agreed with them. | | | Government snubs award to Timberlands West Coast Limited. | | | The award was made in unanimous decisions by the West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board and the West Coast Regional Council. |
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| | Radio New Zealand - National Party says election overspend was a misunderstanding |
| | Radio New Zealand - National Party says election overspend was a misunderstanding | | | The Electoral Commission says Television New Zealand has also been referred to Police for broadcasting a National Party advertisement between other parties' opening addresses - which is against the law. | | | National Party says election overspend was a misunderstanding |
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| | Political Parties in New Zealand |
| | Please Note: Elections New Zealand explains that "In order to be able to contest the Party Vote, political parties have to be registered with the Electoral Commission. | | | Because registration status changes from time to time, Mondo Politico recommends that you check the New Zealand Elections site for up-to-date information concerning which parties are registered. | | | While independent candidates and members of an unregistered party can contest electorate seats using their party name, they are not able to contest the Party Vote." |
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| | Political Resources on the Net - New Zealand I (Parties and Organizations) |
| | New Zealand Progressive Political Party A NZ socialist party | | | NORML New Zealand The National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws works to end cannabis prohibition in New Zealand, and bring about progressive drug polices | | | Rainbow Branch of the New Zealand Labour Party |
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| | Left and Lefter: New Zealand National Socialist Party |
| | I note with interest the new website of the New Zealand National Socialist Party, the latest pseudo-political venture by alleged Somali basher Nic Miller and his friend, Aucklander Anthony Smith. | | | Left and Lefter: New Zealand National Socialist Party | | | Location:Te Whanganui A Tara / Wellington, New Zealand |
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| | ALSF offered internships with National Party of New Zealand |
| | New Zealand National Party HQ P O Box 1155 | | | The National Party of New Zealand has set aside three political internship programmes specifically for the ALSF. | | | This is an exciting opportunity to learn new skills and diversify liberal students' contact base. |
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| | Smith - Annual Conference New Zealand National Party |
| | Smith - Annual Conference New Zealand National Party | | | This second line shows the payout to New Zealand farmers. | | | Farmers throughout New Zealand agree with me. Even Labour's agriculture spokesperson is on record as describing keeping the grading system in the legislation as "a bit obsolete". |
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| | New Zealand National Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | George Forbes, Prime Minister from 1930 until 1935 and United Party Leader, opened the conference: he served as Leader of the Opposition and of the New Zealand National Party until October 1936, when the party elected Adam Hamilton as Leader. | | | And as a result of the new electoral mechanics, the New Zealand First Party, led by former National MP and former Cabinet minister Winston Peters, held the balance of power after the 1996 elections. | | | The New Zealand National Party currently forms the second-largest (in terms of seats) political party in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the Opposition. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party
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| | New Zealand National Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | George Forbes, Prime Minister from 1930 until 1935 and United Party Leader, opened the conference: he served as Leader of the Opposition and of the New Zealand National Party until October 1936, when the party elected Adam Hamilton as Leader. | | | And as a result of the new electoral mechanics, the New Zealand First Party, led by former National MP and former Cabinet minister Winston Peters, held the balance of power after the 1996 elections. | | | The New Zealand National Party currently forms the second-largest (in terms of seats) political party in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the Opposition. |
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