Participation
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Young non-voters - qualitative research summary
This summary presents the key results of qualitative research exploring the attitudes and motivation of young non-voters. Five segments of young non-voters are discerned, defined by motivation, knowledge, and attitudes towards politics and elections. Read more »
Māori electoral participation research programme and reports 2004-06
The findings of four Māori participation research projects for the Electoral Commission were presented at a conference held in Wellington on Friday, 8 December 2006, and are available for download. They are the latest outputs from a programme begun in 2004. Read more »
Prompting participation... voter motivation trial report
The Electoral Commission ran two experiments at the 2005 general election encouraging the newly enrolled to vote through the use of personalised mail items and txt messages. This paper reports on the experiment and discusses implications for future interventions. Read more »
Minority vs Power - Asian electoral participation conference proceedings
About 100 mainly-Asian people attended this conference in Auckland on 12 July 2005 to discuss Asian participation in New Zealand's electoral system. Keynote speakers voiced their concerns and issues on civil participation by sharing their experiences and opinions with the wider public. Read more »
Māori electoral participation - Massey University
A report produced for the Electoral Commission - May 2007 Read more »
Māori electoral engagement research -Whangarei
Māori electoral engagement research - Whangarei. A research report prepared for the Electoral Commission. Read more »
Māori participation in decision-making and other govt processes - Research NZ
Research New Zealand was engaged by the Electoral Commission in 2006 to conduct a literature review and compile an annotated bibliography of work related to Māori participation and to social marketing to Māori that has been created within the public sector and which may have relevance to electoral participation. Read more »
Māori electoral engagement data analysis - UMR
UMR Research was engaged by the Electoral Commission in 2006 to prepare an analysis of UMR omnibus data covering the periods August 2002 - December 2004 and October 2005 - October 2006 with a focus on Māori non-voters. Read more »
Māori and Pacific peoples' electoral participation in NZ - annotated bibliography
This annotated bibliography was commissioned by the Electoral Commission, compiled by Kim Summersby, and is provided on this webpage as well as in a variety of download formats. Read more »
RFP - Māori electoral research
The Electoral Commission is seeking preliminary proposals by 24 February 2006 for research projects on aspects of Māori electoral engagement. Read more »
Māori electoral research hui - November 2004 - proceedings
These proceedings are a record of the activities, resulting posters, and what was said at a hui held at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland, on 26 November 2004 to help establish a Māori electoral research agenda. Read more »
