Karl du Fresne: I wrote this in 2008 and wouldn't change a word

I wrote this column about MMP 18 years ago and wouldn’t change a word. Some of the references are dated (United Future, the Tight Five, Alamein Koopu) but the system remains as flawed now as it was then.

This year, in case it has escaped your attention, is an election year. And as with every election since 1996, it will be conducted under the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system.

Nick Clark: MMP After 30 Years - Time for Electoral Reform?

New Zealand's three-year parliamentary term is too short for effective government and the country needs more MPs to keep politicians accessible to voters.

“MMP has delivered fairer and more representative parliaments, but it’s time for an upgrade,” says Nick Clark, Senior Fellow at The New Zealand Initiative and author of our report examining 30 years of MMP in New Zealand.

Graeme Reeves: MMP – Calling time on a failed experiment

Matthew Hooton in the Herald on Friday, May 5 2023 wrote under the headline, “MMP – calling time on a failing experiment”.

I have altered the headline because, in my view, the experiment is not failing it has failed and failed dramatically. I was a member of the National Party caucus that presided over the referenda that followed the publication of the Royal Commission which recommended that MMP was the most favoured system over Single Transferrable Vote, Mixed Member or preferential. I was not in favour of the change being  implemented on the a simple majority at a general election.

As it happened the change to MMP was preferred by a majority of 54%.