Constitutional conventions of New Zealand

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The Constitutional conventions of New Zealand are the unwritten rules and practices that guide how the country’s political institutions, including the Parliament and executive, actually operate within its uncodified constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional convention
source of constitutional law
appliesTo Governor-General of New Zealand NERFINISHED
New Zealand Cabinet NERFINISHED
New Zealand Parliament NERFINISHED
New Zealand executive branch NERFINISHED
New Zealand judiciary NERFINISHED
New Zealand public service NERFINISHED
Prime Minister of New Zealand NERFINISHED
characteristic non‑legal rules
political practices
unwritten
country New Zealand
developedFrom practice since responsible government in New Zealand in the 19th century
enforcedBy parliamentary accountability mechanisms in New Zealand
political sanctions
public opinion in New Zealand
hasSource Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor‑General of New Zealand NERFINISHED
New Zealand Cabinet Manual NERFINISHED
Speakers’ rulings of the New Zealand House of Representatives NERFINISHED
constitutional practice in New Zealand
influencedBy United Kingdom constitutional conventions
Westminster system conventions NERFINISHED
notEnforcedBy courts as legal rules in most cases
partOf Constitution of New Zealand NERFINISHED
regulates appointment of ministers in New Zealand
appointment of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
caretaker government arrangements in New Zealand
collective decision‑making in New Zealand Cabinet
collective responsibility of Cabinet in New Zealand
confidence and supply arrangements in New Zealand
confidentiality of Cabinet discussions in New Zealand
consultation with support parties under MMP in New Zealand
dissolution of Parliament in New Zealand
exercise of executive power in New Zealand
formation of governments in New Zealand
individual ministerial responsibility in New Zealand
political neutrality of the New Zealand public service
presentation of the Budget to New Zealand Parliament
pre‑election conduct of ministers in New Zealand
relationship between executive and Parliament in New Zealand
relationship between ministers and public servants in New Zealand
relationship between the Crown and Cabinet in New Zealand
responsibility of ministers to Parliament in New Zealand
tabling of international treaties in New Zealand Parliament
use of reserve powers by the Governor‑General of New Zealand
relatedTo New Zealand constitutional law
uncodified constitution of New Zealand

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
New Zealand Parliament
basisOfAuthority
Prime Minister of New Zealand
constitutionalBasis
Coat of arms of New Zealand ("New Zealand Cabinet Manual")
regulatedBy

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