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NZ's 120 seat parliament is elected in a system somewhat similar to Sweden's (PR with a 5% cut-off)
There hasn't been a one-party majority for a while. There have been colourful and entertaining negotiations, generally involving centrist parties changing camps. The last election was close, and the current government is a strikingly odd coalition : the main right-wing party with a small far-right coalition partner, and a confidence-and-supply agreement with the Maori Party. They had been part of the left bloc, and sold out in exchange for some specific policy areas. (the Greens had half-heartedly considered some sort of arrangement, but it was never going to fly)
Just saying... It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
Three independents decided to vote confidence and supply for Labor, so they formed government, but the votes to pass anything have to be patched together from Greens, the various union-supported Labor factions, two socially liberal, fiscally conservative independents, one each from notionally Labor and Coalition constituencies, and a fairly socially and fiscally conservative pragmatist who thinks the country will get better broadband internet service from the Labor party.
Its quite a sieve to get policy through. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
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