New Zealand Parliament

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The New Zealand Parliament is the unicameral national legislature of New Zealand, responsible for making laws, scrutinizing the government, and representing the interests of New Zealanders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national legislature
parliament
unicameral legislature
abolishedChamber New Zealand Legislative Council
abolishedChamberAbolitionYear 1951
adoptedMMPYear 1996
allows public submissions to select committees
basisOfAuthority Constitutional conventions of New Zealand
Electoral Act 1993
Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand)
surface form: New Zealand Constitution Act 1986
broadcastsProceedings Parliament TV (New Zealand)
canBeDissolvedBy Governor-General of New Zealand
ceremonialHead King of New Zealand
ceremonialHeadRepresentative Governor-General of New Zealand
country New Zealand
electoralSystem mixed-member proportional representation
hasCommitteeSystem select committees
hasComponent New Zealand Parliament self-linksurface differs
surface form: House of Representatives (New Zealand)
hasFunction budget approval
confidence and supply
lawmaking
representation of citizens
scrutiny of the executive
hasJurisdiction Chatham Islands
New Zealand mainland
other New Zealand territories
hasLeaderTitle Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)
Prime Minister of New Zealand
Speaker of the House of Representatives
surface form: Speaker of the House
hasOfficialLanguage English
Māori
New Zealand Sign Language
hasWebsite https://www.parliament.nz/
isSovereignParliament true
isUnicameral true
legislativeBodyFor New Zealand
locatedIn New Zealand
Wellington
meetsIn Parliament House, Wellington
numberOfHouses 1
oversees New Zealand government
surface form: Government of New Zealand
passes Acts of Parliament
predecessor New Zealand Parliament self-linksurface differs
surface form: General Assembly of New Zealand
publishesRecord Hansard
surface form: Hansard (New Zealand)
replaced Parliament of New Zealand under bicameral system
termLength 3 years
typeOfStateSystem parliamentary democracy
votingSystemForGeneralElections mixed-member proportional representation

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Electoral Act 1993 jurisdiction New Zealand Parliament
Jack Marshall legislativeBody New Zealand Parliament
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New Zealand (until creation of VC for New Zealand and then in its own form) hasLegislature New Zealand Parliament
subject surface form: New Zealand
Western Samoa Act 1961 legislativeBody New Zealand Parliament
NZLP operatesIn New Zealand Parliament
subject surface form: New Zealand Labour Party
Minister of Finance of New Zealand belongsTo New Zealand Parliament
this entity surface form: New Zealand Parliament (through Cabinet)
New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 grantedPowerTo New Zealand Parliament
this entity surface form: General Assembly of New Zealand
New Zealand Electoral Act 1893 legislativeBody New Zealand Parliament
New Zealand Electoral Act 1893 enactedBy New Zealand Parliament
Kate Sheppard presentedTo New Zealand Parliament
Ministry of Defence (New Zealand) subordinateTo New Zealand Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of New Zealand
Ministry of Defence (New Zealand) accountableTo New Zealand Parliament
Defence Act 1990 (New Zealand) legislature New Zealand Parliament
National operatesIn New Zealand Parliament
subject surface form: New Zealand National Party
George Black (New Zealand politician) workLocation New Zealand Parliament
Realm of New Zealand sovereigntyExercisedThrough New Zealand Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of New Zealand
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this entity surface form: Parliament of New Zealand
New Zealand intelligence community accountableTo New Zealand Parliament
Intelligence and Security Act 2017 legislature New Zealand Parliament
Disputes Tribunal of New Zealand establishedBy New Zealand Parliament
Tenancy Tribunal of New Zealand establishedBy New Zealand Parliament
Remuneration Authority of New Zealand reportsTo New Zealand Parliament
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 enactedBy New Zealand Parliament
Minister of Justice of New Zealand reportsTo New Zealand Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of New Zealand
Cabinet of New Zealand worksWith New Zealand Parliament
New Zealand politics legislature New Zealand Parliament
Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act 1988 legislature New Zealand Parliament
Ombudsman of New Zealand reportsTo New Zealand Parliament
Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand reportsTo New Zealand Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of New Zealand
Electoral Commission (New Zealand) reportsTo New Zealand Parliament
New Zealand Human Rights Commission reportsTo New Zealand Parliament
The Executive accountableTo New Zealand Parliament
subject surface form: The Executive (New Zealand)
The Executive separationOfPowersWith New Zealand Parliament
subject surface form: The Executive (New Zealand)
this entity surface form: Legislature of New Zealand
Senior Courts of New Zealand establishedBy New Zealand Parliament
Statistics Act 1975 enactedBy New Zealand Parliament
Waitangi Day Act 1960 legislativeBody New Zealand Parliament
New Zealand Crown agencies accountableTo New Zealand Parliament
RMA enactedBy New Zealand Parliament
Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967 legislature New Zealand Parliament
Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967 enactedBy New Zealand Parliament
Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 legislature New Zealand Parliament
Spatial Planning Act 2023 legislativeBody New Zealand Parliament