Developed by APN Newspapers in Education with the Electoral Commission as sponsoring partner, this 2005 General Election Resource Kit has about 50 short topics based in newspaper and broader news media research which can be mixed and matched to meet every class or teacher need - including use alongside other resources and activities.

Downloadable as a pdf file to the right.

Contents

• Greetings to teachers / Curriculum links
• What I think I know about the New Zealand election / Research quiz on the general election / Research quiz answers
• What is a group / Parliament is a group / Parliament is in Wellington / Parliament buildings are in down-town Wellington / Facing challenge and crisis
• How New Zealand's system of government is organised / Holding elections is part of democracy / The election date
• Individual members of parliament are part of a group (1) and (2) / Squeaky clean / Voters are a group / The under 18s is another powerful group
• The MMP electoral system / An electorate is a way of organising people / Names of the electorates / Electorate candidates / List candidates / An example of a party list
• Rules and laws / How the parliament group works / Electorate office in your community / Rights and responsibilities / An example of having roles / Our political party
• What people do when they vote / What a voting paper looks like / Getting the results of the election / How people work together to deal with challenge / A political party is a specially organised group / Counting the numbers / Standing for an election as an MP
• The role of a member of parliament / Ministers have a special role in parliament / The prime minister is a leader / Other group leaders / The role of the governor-general in the election
• Maori MPs are a special group / Women MPs are a special group
• Rules and laws about election spending / Getting the facts / A different sort of challenge / An election survey
• Bring on the issues / Free speech is a part of democracy / Looking at the political cartoon / Campaigning is a feature of democracy / Issues and campaigning / Caught in the act / Checking out a newspaper story on the election / Media coverage of the election campaign
• My glossary / True or false