NZ is a Democracy

New Zealand has a democratic system of government when people vote for the party they want to lead, so when our parents vote they vote for a party and if that party wins they must come up as a group for who there Prime Minister should be. The people we vote for are called MP's also known as Member of Parliament. We don't vote every year but every 3rd year, which means the next New Zealand Government election is in 2020 which is next year. When we vote we are also voting for the MP's which will then become apart of the House of Representatives. The way elections work is when you vote for a party and they get half the votes they get most of the sits in the House Of Representatives,

The Three Branches of the New Zealand Government

For the past few weeks or so in Social Studies we had to learn about the government and the three different branches of the Government. The Three Branches include Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. These branches work on different parts of the government body. The first branch is the Legislature branch, this branch creates the laws that we as New Zealanders must apply to which are presented to us by the people of the government which is also called the house of representatives. Next on the list are the Executives who are people that administer the laws and make sure the people in apply to it which include people such as Police, Head of Government and other important roles. Last is the Judicial also Judiciary is the Branch that is in charge of courts and putting away people who break rules either in Jail or House Arrest. There are 6 courts where they make there decisions one is the Supreme Court is the highest court; the ten-member Court of Appeal hears appeals from the High Court on points of law; the High Court deals with serious criminal offenses and civil matters, and hears appeals from the lower courts; and the District Court, which meets in fifty-eight locations. There is also a separate Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court.