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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