The government launched a sweeping review of Aotearoa's electoral law yesterday.
It spans transparency of political donations, a four-year term in office, overseas voting, a younger voting age, and a 4 percent party vote threshold.
It also evaluates the so-called coat tailing rule, which allows parties to bring in additional MPs without having to cross the party vote threshold, currently five percent, provided that they win an electorate.
Extending the parliamentary term from three to four years has already twice been put forward to the public, in 1967 and 1990, and was voted down both times. But Aotearoa is in the global minority - of the 190 countries with parliaments, just nine have governments in power for just three years before the next election.
Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi said the review will be done by an independent panel of experts, youth, the law society, and Maori organisations. It's expected to cost over six million dollars over four years.
Professor Jennifer Curtin, an expert on electoral systems at the University of Auckland, spoke to Morning Report's Corin Dann.
