Māori and parliament :  diverse strategies and compromises / 
edited by Maria Bargh. 
 - vii, 288 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/> "This collection emerged from the Māori and Parliament Conference organised by the Department of Politics and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington, the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies and the Association of Former Parliamentarians held at Parliament Buildings, Wellington, in 2009"--Back cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  Māori and parliament : the wider context --  Kotahitanga /  Lessons from the Māori Parliament /  The Māori seats --  An inventory of parliamentary seats /  The origins of the Māori seats /  Māori and political parties --  Labour and Māori /  The National Party and Māori /  Breaking barriers : Māori and New Zealand First /  Exit, voice and loyality in action : Māori representation in the New Zealand Parliament /  The changing times of MMP --  What has MMP changed /  Changes from, and the future of MMP /  The Māori electorates and agency theory : refocusing debate abour the Māori seats /  MMP : perspectives from a Māori member in a Māori seat in the Māori Party /  Parliament is moving on /  Māori in general seats /  Diversity enriches the view /  Generalising Māori : Māori in general seats in the future /  Views on the future --  Māori and parliament : the future /  The need for a fundamental change /  The future : determined to survive /  Appendix.  Basil Keane --  Maria Bargh --  Tariana Turia --  John Wilson --  Shane Jones --  Charlotte Williams --  Damian Edwards --  Stephen Levine and Nigel S. Roberts --  Nanaia Mahuta --  Metiria Turei --  Ann Sullivan and Jaine Hayward --  Te Ururoa Flavell --  Douglas Kidd --  Georginia Beyer --  Simon Bridges --  Colin James --  Tipene O'regan --  Ngatata Love --  Whatarangi Winiata -- 
<br/><br/> New Zealand is at a watershed in its constitutional and political arrangements. There are three events looming in the short term which suggest that the status of Maori in Parliament is in for significant challenge. The first is the impending review of constitutional issues and the Maori seats as part of the National Party-Maori Party 'Relationship and Confidence and Supply Agreement'. Secondly, the proposed referendum on the future of the mixed member proportional system (MMP) could also have significant implications for Maori. Finally, the longer term question of whether New Zealand should become a republic continues to haunt New Zealand's political imagination, and would also necessitate lengthy debates about the place of New Zealan''s constitutional arrangements in relation to Maori rights and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Maori and Parliament provides a comprehensive and enlightening context for understanding both the historical and contemporary relationship between Maori and Parliament and highlights many of the issues which would arise in any discussion of New Zealand constitutional reform. Maori and Parliament is a collection of nineteen presentations and papers from twenty-one academics, political commentators and current and former parliamentarians and is the result of the Maori and Parliament conference held at Parliament in May 2009. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1869694058 9781869694050 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>New Zealand. Parliament. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Māori (New Zealand people)--Politics and government<br/>Representative government and representation--New Zealand<br/>Minority legislators--New Zealand<br/>Proportional representation--New Zealand<br/>Pāremata<br/>Tōrangapū<br/>Kaitōrangapū
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New Zealand--Politics and government--1984-
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>328.93008999442