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News about the struggle for better democracy in New Zealand. New Zealand is a functioning democracy. According to Freedom House, the unique "mixed-member electoral system combines voting in geographic districts with proportional representation balloting". Also check out our section on World Democracy.

What’s Wrong With Us And Right In New Zealand?

By Jack Jones - April 19, 2019 2 Comments

The problem we have today is we’re living in the Wild West. Some of our citizens have a fetish with semi-automatic weapons and other military weapons, the same that have been used in school shootings.

New Zealand: Clean and Green or Corrupt and Mean?

By Andrew Straw - April 2, 2019 2 Comments

Fighting a court is like trying to grab a snake covered in oil. They have more power than you do, often are poisonous, and are unaccountable when they libel you and strip you of your rights. It seems they bite you with dishonesty.

New Zealand’s Leading China Scholar Was Targeted by Beijing

By DC Editors - December 9, 2018 Leave a Comment

An academic who has been exposing the back-door methods of the Chinese seeking to influence New Zealand politics says she is being targeted by Beijing.

Disability, Democracy and Mixed-Member Proportional Representation

By Andrew Straw - October 27, 2018 Leave a Comment

New Zealand’s Mixed-Member Proportional election system would be good for disabled people in the United States because disability concerns could be heard in Congress more easily.

New Zealand Celebrates Women’s Suffrage Anniversary

By DC Editors - September 24, 2018 Leave a Comment

New Zealand has marked the 125th anniversary of a historic move to give women the vote. It was the first country in the world to enact suffrage for women.