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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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.