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• 2005 General Election : preliminary results
  Set up by the Chief Electoral Office to show election results.
  
  
• 2011 referendum toolkit
  The first section: 'Tell me about the voting systems', has a video on each voting system: Mixed Member Proportional (MMP), First Past the Post (FFP), Preverential Voting (PV), Single Transferable Vote (STV), Supplementary Member (SM). The second section: 'Help me choose the right system for me' provides questions which can be answered from the videos.
  
  
• Binding referendums make governments more responsive!
  Blog promoting BCIR (Binding Citizens Initiated Referendums). Archived instances of the site explain the objectives of referendums and how the referendum process works.
  
  
• Citizens & Ratepayers : C&R
  Information about the Citizens & Ratepayers party, which is contesting local body elections across Auckland. Includes policies, press releases, and information about candidates.
  
  
• City Vision : a strong community voice
  Information about City Vision, Auckland's centre-left local body political group and their campaign in the 2010 local body elections. Includes policies, candidates, news, and events. Archived versions of the site cover the Auckland City Council 2007 election campaign.
  
  
• Early Wellington. Burgess roll for the Borough of Wellington, 1843.
  Pages 108-110 of the book: Early Wellington compiled by Louis Ward. Includes names and addresses of 152 residents in the Borough of Wellington, 1843. Hyperlinks provide additional information on some residents.
  
  
• Elections 2010 news
  Otago Daily Times online coverage of the 2010 local body elections.
  
  
• Elections New Zealand
  Website of the New Zealand electoral agencies, the Electoral Enrolment Centre, Chief Electoral Office, Electoral Commission and the Representation Commission which are part of the Justice Sector. Designed to encourage New Zealand electors to understand and participate in the electoral process. It includes information about how New Zealand is governed, how to enrol, how to vote, the Maori roll, and electoral news. Resources include publications, statistics, registered political parties.
  
  
• Electorate profiles
  New Zealand parliamentary electorate information in PDF format, with search facility.
  
  
• History of the vote
  Website for the exhibition, based on the book Adventures in democracy: a history of the vote in New Zealand, published Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press in association with the Electoral Commission, 2003. The exhibition traces the evolution of New Zealand's democracy over 150 years.
  
  
• John Banks : mayor for a greater Auckland
  Election campaign website for John Banks, candidate for the position of Mayor of Auckland super city. The site includes experiences as incumbent Auckland city mayor, speeches, policies, Twitter entries and "Banksie bulletin".
  
  
• Local elections 2010 : your vote, your community
  Local Government Online Limited site providing information about the 2010 local body elections. Includes information about how to vote, provides a guide to councils, boards etc and candidates in each area and explains the scope of the new Auckland Council. Includes video clips.
  
  
• MMP review
  Results of a review that came out of the 2011 referendum on the voting system, when the majority of voters chose to keep MMP as their voting system in New Zealand. Contains information about MMP and the opportunity for people to write in their comments.
  
  
• New Zealand election results
  Provides official election results for general elections, by-elections and polls, back to the 19th century. Later results break down the counts in various ways.
  
  
• New Zealand Election Study
  Provides a description of the New Zealand Election Study for different years, a bibliography of publications and a profile of contacts.