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NZ First to hold referendum on Maori seats - He said the four Maori seats were introduced in 1867 and in 1986 a royal commission on the electoral system recommended the Maori seats be ...

Referendum on Maori seats likely not required - At present the Maori seats ensure our Parliament has a good number of Maori MPs, about in proportion to their share of the population . These seats ...

Referendum On Maori Seats - At last Sunday's New Zealand First convention, I set out the double referendum that New Zealand First wanted in mid-term 2017 – 2020. 

The Maori seats and their uncertain future -  NZ First leader Winston Peters wants a binding referendum on whether New Zealand should keep the seven Maori seats in Parliament.

Brash: Maori seats referendum the defining issue - It looks as if whether to have a referendum on the Maori electorates will become a defining issue in the post-election negotiations, Hobson's Pledge ...

Referendum will come, should be decision for Maori -  New Zealand First campaigned on a promise to hold a referendum on whether the Maori seats should be abolished, as well as one on reducing the ...

What a National-NZ First Govt might actually do - Having a referendum on removing the Maori seats and on reducing the number of MPs. National's official policy is to remove the Maori seats, although ...

Political leaders draw a line in the sand over whether to keep the Maori seats -  Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox has lashed out at Winston Peters' ... NZ First leader Winston Peters wants a binding referendum on whether to ...

Labour leader Ardern opens up on common ground with NZ First; Cites shifting Ports of Auckland ... - On the Maori seats, there were questions left open on whether a referendum of Maori electorate roll voters could be allowed by Labour. Ardern said ...

Referendum too divisive for super city - The council has voted in support of a Maori ward, conditional on the ... with likely coalition member New Zealand First which opposes Maori seats.

The pro- Maori ward brigade, on the other hand, is pointing to the 17 councils that voted to retain the seats, and that the number of “ Keep ” votes cast ... View article...