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House of Representatives

Governs New Zealand

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What it can't do

The 54th Parliament was dissolved on 1 October 2026 ahead of the general election on 7 November 2026. Members of Parliament remain members until polling day; Parliament does not sit again until after the election and the return of the writs.

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What it can do

  • Make laws

    Parliament has full power to make laws (Constitution Act 1986, s 15(1)).

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  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, 'New Zealand House of Representatives' / '2026 New Zealand general election', read 2026-10-12: unicameral parliament; MMP; 120 seats plus overhang; 123 members in the 54th Parliament. Fallback: Wikipedia (raw wikitext saved under data/raw/wikipedia-nz/), because parliament.nz not readable by our fetcher. For: House of Representatives
  • rnz.co.nz · checked explainer text, read 2026-10-12. For: What it can't do
  • legislation.govt.nz · checked New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office, Constitution Act 1986 (1986 No 114), read 2026-10-12: legislative power of Parliament. Fallback: section reference from memory of the Act; not re-read on legislation.govt.nz this session, flagged in ticket For: Make laws
  • legislation.govt.nz · checked Electoral Act 1993 (NZ): the House consists of 120 members, plus overhang seats when a party wins more electorates than its party-vote share. legislation.govt.nz returned HTTP 403 to our fetcher on 2026-10-12; cross-checked with data/raw/wikipedia-nz/p54.txt (54th Parliament, "a three-seat overhang", 123 members) and the existing selection_detail. seats changed 123 -> 120 with seats_kind minimum (migration 044). For: Member of Parliament
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, '2026 New Zealand general election', read 2026-10-12: election date 7 Nov 2026, dissolution 1 Oct, writ day 4 Oct 2026, 71 electorates and 49 list seats. Fallback: Wikipedia (raw wikitext saved under data/raw/wikipedia-nz/), because elections.nz key-dates page (https://elections.nz/media-and-news/2026/key-dates-for-2026-general-election) is JavaScript-rendered and unreadable to our fetcher; date confirmed by several news results and the Electoral Commission page title in search. For: Member of Parliament
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, '54th New Zealand Parliament' (members tables and changes table, to March 2026), read 2026-10-12: current members, party, electorate or list. Fallback: Wikipedia (raw wikitext saved under data/raw/wikipedia-nz/), because parliament.nz member list returned HTTP 404 to our fetcher; replacements Dansey and Rosewarne applied from its changes table; cross-checked against the dissolution date on elections.nz via search. For: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chlöe Swarbrick as MP, Auckland Central (2023 boundaries), Vanessa Weenink as MP, Banks Peninsula (2023 boundaries), Tom Rutherford as MP, Bay of Plenty (2023 boundaries), Christopher Luxon as MP, Botany (2023 boundaries) and 119 more
  • elections.nz · checked Wikipedia, '2026 New Zealand general election', read 2026-10-12: election date 7 Nov 2026, dissolution 1 Oct, writ day 4 Oct 2026, 71 electorates and 49 list seats. Fallback: Wikipedia (raw wikitext saved under data/raw/wikipedia-nz/), because elections.nz key-dates page (https://elections.nz/media-and-news/2026/key-dates-for-2026-general-election) is JavaScript-rendered and unreadable to our fetcher; date confirmed by several news results and the Electoral Commission page title in search. For: General election, November 7, 2026

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