6 Jun 2023

Electoral review suggests lower party voting age

From Morning Report, 6:45 am on 6 June 2023

Lowering the voting age to 16, a 3.5 per cent party vote threshold and a public referendum on a four year Parliamentary term.

These are just some of the draft recommendations to come out of a sweeping review into the country's electoral system.

A panel of experts was commissioned to investigate whether electoral laws are fit for purpose by the former Justice Minister Kris Faafoi last year.

Our political reporter Anneke Smith spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.