The Head of State

is the Sovereign,
Queen Elizabeth II
of New Zealand.
The GovernorGeneral is the
Queens
representative in
Queen Elizabeth

New Zealand.

New Zealand has no

single written
constitution or any
form of law that is
higher than laws
passed in Parliament.

NEW ZEALAND
Parliament

GOVERNMENT
Constitutional Monarchy
This government is formed from a democratically elected House of
Representatives. The Government advises the Sovereign (NZs
version of the Head of State). This person acts as the source of all
executive legal authority in New Zealand, acts on the advice of the
Government in all but the most exceptional circumstances.

House of
Representatives is
elected using the mixed
member proportional
representation (MMP)
voting system. Each
elector has two votes
one for a local member
of Parliament and one
for a preferred political
party. Political parties
are represented in
Parliament in proportion
to the share of votes
each party won in the
party vote in the general
election.

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