
MP Sue Bradford resigns
Green MP Sue Bradford announces her resignation from Parliament saying she is returning to 'grassroots' politics.
Green MP Sue Bradford announces her resignation from Parliament saying she is returning to 'grassroots' politics.
Labour wants to cut the number of list MPs and increase electorate MPs in a bid to keep the MMP system but improve it.
Cabinet is discussing a referendum on the electoral system with a referendum on MMP to be held at or before the next general election.
Fiji has been suspended from the Commonwealth for failing to hold democratic eletions.
Fiji was banned from the Commonwealth at midnight after failing to announce a date for elections to be held by October 2010.
A man was beaten and his nose and ears were slashed off for voting in defiance of the Taliban in Afghanistan's recent elections.