VOTING AND THE NZ GOVERNMENT

L.I: To be able to explain the difference between FPP and

MMP voting systems

STARTER: When we voted last lesson, how did we decide which group was the

winner?

The system of voting we used is called “First Past the Post”, or FPP for short.

Finish this sentence: “Using an FPP voting system, the winner is…..”

When you are voting for Mrs Berry-Eden’s class on Monday, you will use a different system of voting called “Mixed Member Proportional” representation, or MMP.

SYSTEMS OF VOTING

How is this different to the voting slip you used last lesson?

Mixed Member Proportional

Who would get the chocolate?

120 seats all together63 electorate seats7 Maori seats50 party list seats – what does this mean?

If a party gets over 5% of the total party vote, they get the number of seats in parliament equivalent to the % of vote they received E.g If a party gets 50% of all the party votes, they end up with 50% of the seats in parliament

Our parliament has…

The whole of NZ is divided into 63 general electorates and 7 Maori electorates

We are in the Pakuranga electorate, although if you live a long way from

school your family might be in a different electorate.

What is an electorate?

http://www.elections.org.nz/mapping/index.html

What is good about the MMP system of voting?

Can you think of anything bad about it?

Which system do you think is better? MMP or FPP (the one that we used)

MMP – Mixed Member Proportional

Ask your parents or research: How many seats are there in the NZ

parliament? What decides the number of seats each

party gets in the parliament?

HOMEWORK - DUE MONDAY

Which party hasthe most seats?

Which party hasthe least?

How many seats does a party need to be able toform a government?

Parliament 2012

N.Z GOVERNMENT

QUIZ!

1. Which country used to rule NZ?

2. Who is the current Prime Minister of NZ?

3. Who is the current leader of the Opposition?

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4. What is our system of government called? (It begins with “D”)

5. In which city is our parliament located?

6. How many seats are there in our parliament?

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7. Name four political parties in NZ.

8. NZ is divided into different areas for voting purposes called e_______________

9. Our voting system is called M_______ M________ P________________

10. What does MP stand for?

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11. Who is the MP for Pakuranga electorate?

12. Elections are held every _______ years.

13. To vote you must be aged _______ years and over.

14. True or false? In a New Zealand election you get one vote.

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