20 Aug 2020

The History of NZ's Constitutional Crises

From Afternoons, 3:25 pm on 20 August 2020

Earlier this week, NZ avoided a constitutional crisis. There was a possibility that NZ First could withdraw confidence in the Government if the election date was not moved. The election was moved and any crisis avoided. Dr Grant Morris from the Victoria University of Wellington says this is relatively minor compared to three other constitutional crises in NZ's history.