This Member's Bill sets out the Green Party’s priorities for strengthening our democracy. Why are we doing this? We're proud of our MMP system and want to strengthen it so New Zealanders from all walks of life have the best possible access to their democratic system. Successive governments have ignored issues with our electoral system and Electoral Commission recommendations to fix these issues.   What are the Greens proposing? The Green Party wants to see substantive reform in five areas: 1. Strengthening...

We have two important new transparency measures to help counter the influence of money in politics.

Government and democracy must be clean, transparent, accessible, and fair. Politicians should be transparent and uphold high ethical standards MPs should sign up to a code of conduct, incorporated in Parliament’s Standing Orders. There should be a statutory register of lobbyists and strong guidelines for communication between MPs and lobbyists. Ministers should publish lists of all organisations consulted during the development of all new legislation. Cabinet decisions and minutes should be published within a month, or as soon as possible...

Chlöe Swarbrick MP's Election Access Fund Bill was written to support disabled people in accessing and participating in elections and standing for political office. It establishes a contestable fund that will be administered by the Electoral Commission. The Fund may be used by any disabled candidate to cover disability-related costs of standing in a general election. These costs could include:  NZSL interpreter support for candidate forums, notetaker or transcribing costs, costs of translating material into braille, or travel costs to attend candidate...