have representatives in parliament

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3. NZ has a Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system which has: 3a. electorate candidates who are standing in a specific area 3b. Overall party votes that determine the number of candidates from each party in parliament 3c. Several minor parties trying to get over a 5% party vote threshold so they

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For those in the US that might see NZ political posts: 1. Our “main” party colours are different - blue is the right leaning main party (National) and red is left (Labour) 2. Our “election day” is 7 November but voting has just opened so some of us are getting it done early

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Just voted! Although I’m in one of the bluest of blue electorates (Whangaparaoa) so the electorate candidate vote options are limited at least I know my party vote will count. #nzpol

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It's not blame. They *should* get a fair price. The blame is that some corporations chose to use worse products instead of paying the fair price - in NZ we have a locally made brand that chose to pay more and are widely regarded as the best non-luxury chocolate, I almost never buy Cadbury etc.

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