Dominion Post: Front page Day after the elections, John Key invited his kitchen cabinet to his home in Parnell. Gerry Brownlee Bill English Steven Joyce Murray McCully I can’t link any of these names to my A-Z page. However looking closer, there will be a few women moving up in the National Party ranks.…
I found Deborah Russell‘s blog, A Bee of a Certain Age by accident on Twitter and I’m so glad I did. She stood as a Labour candidate for the first time in the Rangitikei electorate this year. It did dampen my spirits a little bit, after my previous post. It looked like women involvement in election…
Election day and the Journalism class is organised and ready to go. The radio journalism students were out on the field, doing live crosses back to the XFM radio station. We all felt lucky to have the elections fall on our study year. I was happy to tackle the elections in this “safe” learning environment.…
It is in my best interest that everyone vote in the September 20 elections; here’s five reasons why you should vote according to The New Zealand Herald. I like that the first reason: 1. Honour New Zealand’s democratic legacy In 1893, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world to allow all women…
June 24, 2014 It seems appropriate to start this blog off as Labour announce their Party List for the 2014 general elections. For a journalism student embarking on their career, there cannot be a more perfect time… an election year! I will be following the events and stories involving our woman MPs leading up to Saturday 20 September,…
Elections 2014: Women in Parliament 