New Zealand

1. NEW ZEALAND POLITICS
Kerttu-Liis Viires & Sandra-Liis Mägi
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2. CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
 Don’t have constitution
 The head of state- Queen, Elizabeth II
 The head of government- Prime Minister, John Key
 Governor-General- Jerry Mateparae
 Abides by the decisions
 The Queen's representative

3. PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
 Consists of the Queen of New Zealand and the
New Zealand House of Representatives
 Today theres two parts of parliament- House of
representatives and the Governor- General
 The single chamber of the New Zealand Parliament
is called the House of Representatives
 House of representatives can approve the raising
and spending of money by the government and
pass lawspass laws

4. PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
 Until 1986, the formal name for the Parliament was
the General Assembly of New Zealand
 The House of Representatives usually consists of
120 members of parliament

6. PARLIAMENT HOUSE
 In Wellington
 Parliament house-1907 was destroyed by fire along
with all other parliament buildings except the library
 The Chamber- grandly furnished with historically
significant artefacts, rimu timbers, thick green
carpets and green leather seats
 The grand hall is 27-metre long
 Grand hall was carefully cleaned and restored in
1992-1995

7. THE BEEHIVE
 Officially opened the building in 1977
 Ten storeys (72 m) high, four floors below ground

8. PARLIAMENT HOUSE(ON THE RIGHT) & THE
BEEHIVE(ON THE LEFT)

9. FLAG
 Union Jack
 Royal blue background
 Stars
 In 1840- Union Jack replaced the flag of New Zealand
 Became the national flag in 1902
 First New Zealand flag- adopted in 1834
 First Lieutenant Albert Hastings Markham

10. FIRST FLAG

11. REFERENCES
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_New_Ze
aland
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliame
nt
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliame
nt_Buildings
 http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/about-parliament/
history-buildings/buildings
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_New_Zealand