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• In defence of direct democracy: The case for binding citizens initiated referenda in New Zealand 

  Stallmann, Finn (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

  I argue that citizens initiated referenda (CIR) should be legally binding. While referenda are an established part of New Zealand’s constitutional framework, ordinary citizens only have the power to initiate nonbinding ...
• The Citizen and Administrative Justice: Reforming Complaint Management in New Zealand 

  Pirini, Mihiata (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

  This paper explores the emergent concept of "administrative justice" in the context of administrative complaint management. It suggests that a new theory of administrative justice should be adopted for New Zealand, which ...
• The People's Veto Put to Popular Vote: a Call for Binding Citizen's Initiated Referendums in New Zealand 

  Caldwell, Julia (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

  In the seventeen years since the introduction of the CIR Act over 45 referendum proposals have been submitted. Only four of these proposals have been successful in triggering a referendum and none have been successful in ...