Shakespeare's Small Latin

Public lecture delivered at the Rice Institute on December 17, 195

Reflections on Constitutional and Other Issues Concerning our Electoral System: the Past and the Future

The author, who served as the Chair of the Royal Commission on the Electoral Systems and the President of the Electoral Commission, reflects on New Zealand's change in voting system from First-Past-the-Post to Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) while providing his personal opinions. The article covers the appointment of Commissioners for the Royal Commission and the process in which MMP was chosen by the Commission. The author then discusses the various topics of debate under the MMP system including whether the introduction of a significant constitutional change should require more than a simple majority, how businesses and politicians reacted to the MMP system, whether MMP would lead to a weaker and fragmented government structure, whether MMP would give minor parties too much power, New Zealand's list MP system, voters' worries over "party hopping" during a government term, the need to provide effective Māori representation, number of MPs, the five percent threshold to get into Parliament, Parliamentary terms, and political finance. The author expresses pleasure that MMP obtained a greater degree of support than anticipated, and provides a number of talking points for democracy going forward

Flow on Thou Shining River

Flow on thou shining river,But ere thou reach the sea,seek Ella\u27s bow\u27r and give her The wreath I fling o\u27er thee.And tell her thus,If she\u27ll be mine,The current of our lives shall beWith joys along their course to shine Like those sweet flow\u27rs on thee. But if in wand\u27ring thither,Thou find\u27st she mocks my pray\u27r;Then leave those wreaths to witherupon the cold bank there,tell her thus, When youth is o\u27er, Her lone and loveless charms shall beThrown by upon life\u27s weedy shore,Like those sweet flow\u27rs from me

\u3ci\u3eIndian frontier policy: an historical sketch\u3c/i\u3e

First Anglo-Afghan War of 1839-41; Events leading to the Second Anglo-Afghan War; and Frontier policy since the Second Afghan war, including expedition to Chiral is covered in this publication

When I Meet MacKay

Contains advertisements and/or short musical examples of pieces being sold by publisher.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/7135/thumbnail.jp