Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/politics

The WikiProject on New Zealand politics is a project to better organise information in articles related to the politics and governments of New Zealand at national, provincial (historic) and local levels of government. It is a sub-project of WikiProject New Zealand.

Scope
The scope of the project is government and politics, both current and historical, from national to local level. It includes the legislative, elections, referenda, opinion polls, the public service, the judiciary and law. Regional, city and district councils are included. People such as MPs, activists and councillors are included. In other words, all articles that are in Category:Politics of New Zealand or any of its subcategories fall within the project scope.

Politics taskforce membership
To join the New Zealand politics taskforce, please place the following on your user page:

To invite somebody else, please place the following template and instructions on their talk page: To join the New Zealand politics taskforce, please place the following on your user page:       ~ The relevant category shows the membership.

2023 New Zealand general election

 * Work on articles for likely new MPs; refer to the relevant sub-page.
 * Results templates for parliamentary parties, non-parliamentary parties, and electorate results.
 * Work on Candidates in the New Zealand general election 2023 by electorate and Party lists in the 2023 New Zealand general election.
 * Go to campaign events, take photos, and upload them to Commons.
 * Help with getting candidate photos through the parties themselves
 * Add to 54th New Zealand Parliament and Sixth National Government of New Zealand articles.
 * Fix broken links to electorate profiles (in "External links" sections; may be in Refs too) in electorate articles.

Infoboxes, parlboxes and succession boxes
All MPs should eventually have Infoboxes, parlboxes and succession boxes. CatScan can be used to generate lists, and here are the links to regenerate the results, and counts at various points in time:


 * {|class="wikitable"

!Group !! 4 Sep 2010 !! 20 Jan 2011 !! 16 Aug 2011 !! 29 Sep 2011 !! 22 Dec 2011 !! 8 Feb 2012 !! 12 Mar 2012 !! 13 Apr 2012 !! 26 Jun 2012 !! 18 Aug 2012
 * All MPs recursive
 * 1336
 * 1368
 * 1370
 * 1368
 * 1394
 * 1394
 * 1395
 * 1396
 * 1396
 * 1391
 * Missing Infobox person/officeholder
 * 978
 * 988
 * 980
 * 974
 * 969
 * 958
 * 954
 * 952
 * 947
 * 940
 * Missing NZ parlbox
 * 886
 * 851
 * 829
 * 791
 * 745
 * 611
 * 527
 * 353
 * 266
 * 151
 * Missing succession boxes
 * 1106
 * 977
 * 846
 * 832
 * 838
 * 772
 * 760
 * 740
 * 708
 * 607
 * }
 * 740
 * 708
 * 607
 * }

Parlboxes are all done.


 * {|class="wikitable"

!Group !! 1 Dec 2012 !! 6 May 2013 !! 17 Jun 2015 !! 8 Dec 2016
 * Missing Infobox person/officeholder
 * 926
 * 922
 * 870
 * 766
 * Missing succession boxes
 * 567
 * 419
 * 341
 * 315
 * }
 * 315
 * }

As you can see, there's a fair chunk of work yet to be done, but there's certainly movement.

Assessment
Assessment results in articles are included in the above table. Article class and politics importance are the aspects to be assessed:
 * Add to the talk pages of articles that come under WikiProject New Zealand's scope.
 * Articles that come under this politics task force's scope should have  included in the WPNZ template. Importance to this task force can be defined by including and filling in the   parameter.
 * For example, for a start class article of low importance for WPNZ, but mid importance for the politics project, the full template entry would look like this: . See WP:WikiProject New Zealand/Assessment for more information.
 * All existing articles should have had the  added to them; we achieved this through a bot run in July 2010.
 * New articles created since need to have the parameters added manually.
 * If you find a category where the articles fall within the scope of this project, but the politics parameters are missing, please leave a note on the project talk page.

The above table updates itself about daily. It's done by a bot, so if you have just assessed an article, the table itself will not change immediately.

Categorisation
The following category stubs can be added to stub articles:
 * Government NewZealand-gov-stub
 * Politics NewZealand-poli-stub
 * Politicians NewZealand-politician-stub
 * Labour Party politicians NewZealand-Labour-politician-stub
 * National Party politicians NewZealand-National-politician-stub
 * Liberal Party politicians NewZealand-Liberal-politician-stub

Other stub types are also available.

Other tasks

 * Party lists in New Zealand general elections
 * Party lists in the 1996 New Zealand general election
 * Party lists in the 1999 New Zealand general election; requires formatting to the same templates as the other articles
 * Party lists in the 2002 New Zealand general election; requires formatting to the same templates as the other articles
 * Party lists in the 2005 New Zealand general election


 * Expand stub articles or reassess if appropriate (and if it's no longer a stub, remove the stub template).
 * Complete the list of New Zealand by-elections (articles listed below have a complete list of by-elections by term that can be transferred; where this has been done, those articles are struck out):
 * By-elections for 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th New Zealand Parliament's completed. By-elections for the 14th | 15th | 16th | and 17th New Zealand Parliaments are partially complete with all by-elections and dates listed – they need party affiliation, Incumbent, Cause & Winner fields to be completed.
 * Using new templates for NZ electorates & by-elections — see politics talk page
 * Candidates in New Zealand general elections (since 1996); new articles (see Category:Lists of New Zealand political candidates and cf Candidates in the 1999 New Zealand general election by electorate):
 * Candidates in the 1996 New Zealand general election by electorate
 * Candidates in the 2002 New Zealand general election by electorate


 * Work on electorate articles, filling in election results from 1999 to 2008 using and referencing from http://electionresults.govt.nz
 * Fix external links to http://electionresults.govt.nz in electorate and other NZ articles – URLs such as 2008.electionresults.govt.nz are deprecated to http://electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_2008 (110 cases) – see also 2005 (46) and 2002 (6), 1999 (2) and 1996 (2)
 * Write articles about the missing referendums: NB: There are no redlinks on the New Zealand elections template but are there some redirects that require an article?
 * Write articles about the missing by-elections
 * Deal with |5&negcats=Constitution+of+New+Zealand%0D%0AGovernment+agencies+of+New+Zealand%0D%0ALists+of+government+ministers+of+New+Zealand%0D%0ALists+of+New+Zealanders%0D%0APolitical+office-holders+in+New+Zealand&templates_any=Multiple+issues%0D%0ABLP+sources%0D%0ACleanup%0D%0ACopy+edit%0D%0AIbid%0D%0ANo+footnotes%0D%0ARefimprove&PHPSESSID=p58vrjdhc34jadjk56n012dbc6 maintenance templates
 * Write a history of the Official cash rate. There is currently information about the definition, but not how the value of cash rate changed throughout history and why.

MPs for New Zealand electorates by location
At present the category Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives by electorate has subcategories for the South Island with further subcategories for Christchurch and Dunedin electorates, and subcategories for the North Island with a subcategory for Auckland electorates only. Are any further subcategories required for other North Island urban areas, e.g. Hamilton. Probably not, as there have only been two Hamilton electorates (Hamilton, then Hamilton East and Hamilton West)? Hugo999 (talk) 09:52, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Should the Auckland category be for the Auckland Region, not Auckland as at present? Probably not?
 * Should the Wellington category be for Wellington City only, or for Wellington Region (including the Hutt Valley, Kapiti and the Wairarapa?)
 * Probably Wellington (City) only; in which case there should be a third North Island subcategory of MPs for Hutt Valley electorates.

Review articles

 * List of electoral firsts in New Zealand, partly based on List of electoral firsts in the United Kingdom but with wider coverage of MPs and ministers generally. Hugo999 (talk) 03:40, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Mayors of New Zealand cities
We should have lists of mayors for the cities in New Zealand, and eventually for the districts and regions. The following table shows that all the city articles have been done, though some may require additions or revision. The populations given are the Statistics New Zealand estimated resident population A Template:Mayors in New Zealand is included under resources below.

Timeline of achievements
Some tasks have been completed. Below is a timeline of achievements:
 * Jan 2010 – all electorates have their own article
 * Jul 2010 – all politics articles have been identified through adding politics=yes to the WPNZ tag
 * Nov 2010 – all politics articles have been assessed for importance and class
 * Dec 2010 – all MPs have their own article
 * Mar 2012 – all cities now have a list article for their mayors
 * Dec 2012 – all MP articles have a parlbox
 * Dec 2012 – all nth Parliament articles have been published
 * Aug 2013 – all MLCs have their own article
 * Jan 2019 – all by-elections have their own article
 * Aug 2023 – all Wellington mayoral elections have their own article

Article alerts
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Governments

 * Liberal Government of New Zealand
 * Reform Government of New Zealand
 * United Government of New Zealand
 * United-Reform coalition Government of New Zealand
 * First Labour Government of New Zealand
 * First National Government of New Zealand
 * Second Labour Government of New Zealand
 * Second National Government of New Zealand
 * Third Labour Government of New Zealand
 * Third National Government of New Zealand
 * Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand
 * Fourth National Government of New Zealand
 * Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand
 * Fifth National Government of New Zealand
 * Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand

New Zealand ministries
See List of New Zealand ministries.

Photos of current politicians
For more on media of current politicians, please see WikiProject New Zealand/Content task force.

Wikipedia
Current Political Parties.

Parties no longer in existence. When working with parties, please refer to the page on colours and other meta attributes. And if you need to define a new party colour, there's a helpful page that has a whole bunch of different shades. If you need a hand with that work (it's a bit complex), leave a call for help on the talk page.

Mayors in New Zealand – note that all fields needed have been created, but most is commented out, as we would otherwise have a sea of redlinks.

Internet

 * New Zealand Acts As Enacted

Books

 * Boston, Jonathan, Stephen Levine, Elizabeth McLeay, and Nigel S. Roberts, eds. New Zealand Under MMP: A New Politics? Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1996.
 * Boston, Jonathan, Stephen Levine, Elizabeth McLeay, and Nigel S. Roberts, eds. From Campaign to Coalition: New Zealand's First General Election Under Proportional Representation. Palmerston North: The Dunmore Press, 1997.
 * Hayward, Janine, Greaves, Lara, & Timperley, Claire: Government and Politics in Aotearoa and New Zealand (2021) (7th ed.). Oxford University Press.
 * McLeay, Elizabeth, ed. The 1990 General Election: Perspectives on Political Change in New Zealand. Wellington: Occasional Publication No.3, Department of Politics, Victoria University of Wellington, 1991.
 * Siegfried, Andre. Democracy in New Zealand. Translated by E. V. Burns. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1982 [1914].
 * Hayward, Janine, Greaves, Lara, & Timperley, Claire: Government and Politics in Aotearoa and New Zealand (2021) (7th ed.). Oxford University Press.
 * McLeay, Elizabeth, ed. The 1990 General Election: Perspectives on Political Change in New Zealand. Wellington: Occasional Publication No.3, Department of Politics, Victoria University of Wellington, 1991.
 * Siegfried, Andre. Democracy in New Zealand. Translated by E. V. Burns. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1982 [1914].
 * Siegfried, Andre. Democracy in New Zealand. Translated by E. V. Burns. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1982 [1914].
 * Siegfried, Andre. Democracy in New Zealand. Translated by E. V. Burns. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1982 [1914].
 * Siegfried, Andre. Democracy in New Zealand. Translated by E. V. Burns. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1982 [1914].
 * Siegfried, Andre. Democracy in New Zealand. Translated by E. V. Burns. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1982 [1914].
 * Siegfried, Andre. Democracy in New Zealand. Translated by E. V. Burns. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1982 [1914].
 * Siegfried, Andre. Democracy in New Zealand. Translated by E. V. Burns. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1982 [1914].
 * Siegfried, Andre. Democracy in New Zealand. Translated by E. V. Burns. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1982 [1914].

Reform

 * Watson, James, and Lachy Paterson, eds. A Great New Zealand Prime Minister? Reappraising William Ferguson Massey (2010), essays by scholars
 * Watson, James, and Lachy Paterson, eds. A Great New Zealand Prime Minister? Reappraising William Ferguson Massey (2010), essays by scholars
 * Watson, James, and Lachy Paterson, eds. A Great New Zealand Prime Minister? Reappraising William Ferguson Massey (2010), essays by scholars
 * Watson, James, and Lachy Paterson, eds. A Great New Zealand Prime Minister? Reappraising William Ferguson Massey (2010), essays by scholars
 * Watson, James, and Lachy Paterson, eds. A Great New Zealand Prime Minister? Reappraising William Ferguson Massey (2010), essays by scholars
 * Watson, James, and Lachy Paterson, eds. A Great New Zealand Prime Minister? Reappraising William Ferguson Massey (2010), essays by scholars

Articles

 * Boston, Jonathan, Stephen Church, and Hilary Pearse. "Explaining the Demise of the National-New Zealand First Coalition." Australian Journal of Political Science 39, no. 3 (2004): 585-603.
 * James, Colin. "Comment: Ten Prime Ministers." Political Science 56, no. 2 (2004): 5–10.

Compare to
A number of other countries have similar articles to which we can compare to.
 * Australia – articles such as First Howard Ministry list Cabinet ministers etc., but have little else. There is substantial information on the actual policies etc. at John Howard.
 * United States of America – substantial articles such as George W. Bush's first term as President of the United States. Major outlay of policy, election, scandals, responses to international events.
 * United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – No article equivalent, instead major detail on each PMs page (see Tony Blair for instance) and a separate list of ministers (see Blair Ministry for instance).