How The New Zealand Voting System Works

 How The New Zealand Voting System Works

New Zealand has an election once every three years where the political parties try to convince people to vote for them and not for other parties. 

The New Zealand political parties

The two largest political parties in New Zealand are Labour and National. Labour helps the less wealthy people so they usually vote for Labour, National on the other hand helps the wealthier people so they vote for National. The third biggest party is New Zealand first with nine members. The other parties currently in parliament are the Green party and Act which wants semi-automatic guns to be re-legalised even though it's probably better if they're banned.

The System New Zealand Uses 

New Zealand uses the MMP (short for mixed member proportional), voting system which gives every person at least eighteen years old two votes, one for their favourite party and one for their favourite regional MP (which means member of parliament) . The one New Zealand used to use was FPP (short for first past the post), which gives everyone at least eighteen years old one vote which they use on their favourite MP.

New Zealand Referendums

New Zealand is currently having two referendums, the  cannabis referendum and the end of life choice referendum. The first one is a vote to decriminalise cannabis in the public. The second is a vote to allow people in a stable mental condition with a life threatening condition that causes them horrible pain with less than six months of life left to end their suffering before they die of their condition.

In conclusion New Zealand's voting system is stable and helps its people have the best leader as possible and make the best choices for the country.

By Rata

The Consequences Of Change In The Ocean

 The Consequences Of Change In The Ocean

The ocean is earth's most important resource as it recycles the most air out of anything on earth. It also houses millions of creatures ranging in size from invisible to the human eyes and as long as houses. The ocean was also the starting place of all life, human or not.

Coral Reefs

Coral reefs are one of the most important things in the ocean, as they house at least half of the world's fish at one point in their lives and house one quarter of fish species on earth. But the coral that make up these reefs are sensitive to change and spit out the helpful algae that gives them colour leaving them bleached skeletons of what they used to be. Coral is also sensitive to slight changes in temperature and acidity, which can be fatal for them.

Overfishing

Overfishing is a serious problem as it is not leaving enough fish for everyone else. Overfishing is causing problems for some species of fish. Overfishing has made them endangered or even non existent in some areas of the ocean. Another problem caused by overfishing is that larger fish lay more eggs than smaller ones and since they are targeted by fishermen this means that they can't replenish the population as much as they should.

Climate Change

Climate change is a serious problem for places like Antarctica where the krill brought down with the cold water is the beginning of the food web and since climate change is heating up the ocean the krill is getting less abundant which is bad for the penguins and things that eat penguins. Climate change is also hurting turtles as they use the temperature to decide what gender they are and as the temperature rises more and more of one gender will be made until there is nearly only one gender of sea turtle.

In conclusion change is bad for the ocean and all of its inhabitants as it kills coral, melts ice, damages ecosystems and depletes the number of fish in the ocean.

By Rata.