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Andrew Little says changes to electoral law will ‘strengthen’ democracy

Justice Minister Andrew Little says changes to electoral law will strengthen democracy as voters will be able to enrol on election day and to vote at more venues, including supermarkets and malls.

He also told interviewer Corin Dann that it’s a question of fairness and he blamed Nick Smith for slowing the process down in Select Committee.

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Erica Stanford backed Christopher Luxon’s decision to rule the Opportunity out, saying she did not believe it would make it over the five per cent threshold needed to enter parliament.

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The word for today is… carminative (adjective) - : expelling gas from the stomach or intestines so as to relieve flatulence or abdominal pain or distension Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : In times gone by, human personalities were believed to be controlled by four humors: blood, phlegm, choler (yellow bile), and melancholy (black

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