Seat #14: Te Tai Tonga
Te Tai Tonga is a Māori electorate covering all of the South Island and most of the Wellington region.
The electorate was won by the Māori...
Seat #13: Te Atatū
Te Atatū is a marginal Labour seat in the western suburbs of Auckland, covering the Te Atatu Peninsula and the suburbs of Glendene Henderson, Lincoln, Ranui, Swanson...
Seat #12: West Coast-Tasman
West Coast-Tasman is a large marginal Labour seat covering most of the western coast of the South Island, including Greymouth, Westport, Murchison, Takaka and Motueka.
West...
Seat #11: Mana
Mana is a marginal Labour electorate covering suburbs north of Wellington, which is held by Labour MP Kris Faafoi by a 6.6% margin.
Faafoi won...
Victorian local government election review – the rest of the story
Earlier this week, I wrote a blog post about the Independent Local Government Electoral Review Panel in Victoria, chaired by former federal Liberal MP...
Seat #10: Wigram
Wigram is a marginal Labour seat in the western suburbs of Christchurch.
The electorate was held since 1996 by Jim Anderton, a former Labour MP...
Seat #9: Maungakiekie
Maungakiekie is a marginal National seat in the inner south-east of Auckland.
The electorate has been held by National MP Sam Lotu-Iiga since 2008, and...
Scottish independence takes the lead
A week from tomorrow, voters in Scotland will be voting in a historic referendum to decide if the country should become independent from the...
Seat #8: Waimakariri
Waimakariri is a marginal National seat covering the northern fringe of Christchurch and nearby areas.
The seat was held by Labour's Clayton Cosgrove from 1999...
City of Melbourne to end double votes for business?
While the NSW Governments and the Shooters and Fishers push ahead with legislation to institute the "Melbourne model" of two votes for each business...