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Our mission is to foster the improvement of New Zealand's democratic system and encourage the use of direct democracy through the

Veto, Citizens' Initiated and Recall referendum.

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Tuesday 28 June 2011

New Zealand: Answers to Arguments Against Direct Democracy

How democracy has progressed is often forgotten. It wasn't that long ago that only the elite of society, those who owned land and had a title bestowed upon them, were allowed to vote. Women were not allowed to vote either because they weren't considered intelligent, or interested enough to make sensible decisions. We have come a long way since those days.
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