It’s Bloody Complicated: New Zealand’s route to PR

In 1993, New Zealanders voted to replace First Past the Post with a proportional voting system. 30 years on, we discussed how this all-important electoral overhaul came about with two special guests:

  • Max Rashbrooke, a New Zealand based writer on democracy and economic inequality
  • And Danna Glendining, a New Zealand Green Party activist and MMP advocate

We discussed the challenges and difficulties of changing the voting system, how a transition to PR has transformed politics in New Zealand and what democracy campaigners in the UK can learn about the road to electoral reform.

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