A review of the big elections of the last year and the current state of the "populist" threat.
Category: Oceania
A very quick election roundup
An occasional feature. This week, Czechia, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Australia and Catalonia.
Who needs thresholds, anyway?
New Zealand copied its democratic electoral system from Germany, but also copied its least democratic and now pointless feature.
Labour falling short in New Zealand
New Zealand's National Party government appears to have been returned, but it will have to deal with the populists to be sure of a majority.
Election preview: New Zealand
Tomorrow's New Zealand election is too close to call, but the centre-right government looks to have its nose in front.
New Zealand a week out
New Zealand votes on the same weekend as Germany, with some interesting similarities and contrasts.
Left falls short in Norway
Norway's government is returned, partly due to the electoral system. Next stop, New Zealand and Germany.
Election preview: Papua New Guinea
A chaotic election in Papua New Guinea represents, among other things, the failings of Australian colonialism.
Fiji, and the enabling of democracy’s enemies
Julie Bishop visits Fiji, apparently finding no cause for concern in a military ruler approaching ten years in office. And we wonder why voters seem to be giving up on democracy.
New Zealand sticks with the centre-right
New Zealand prime minister John Key has been comfortably re-elected, but his country's voting system makes the result very different from what we would see in Australia.
The World is Not Enough 