How to Save Democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand
$23.41
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2025
Summary
Saving Our Democracy: A Call to Action for Aotearoa New Zealand
‘New Zealand is a democracy: the people should be in charge.’
In this timely and provocative book, Sir Geoffrey Palmer draws on his experience as former Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, and Attorney-General to get people thinking about the state of New Zealand’s democracy. Palmer offers rare insights into the machinery of power and its vulnerabilities, and rather than surrendering to pessimism, he presents a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776922994 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776922999 |
| Author: | Geoffrey Palmer |
| Publisher: | Te Herenga Waka University Press |
| Imprint: | Te Herenga Waka University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 148mm |
About The Author
Geoffrey Palmer
Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Palmer KC is a Distinguished Fellow at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Faculty of Law, and a Global affiliated professor at the University of Iowa, College of Law. In Parliament he held the offices of Attorney-General, Minister of Justice, Leader of the House, Minister for the Environment, Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister. Since leaving politics in 1990 he has been a foundation partner of a law firm, President of the Law Commission, chair of the Legislation Design Committee (2006–2008), New Zealand’s Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission, and chair of the Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident for the United Nations in New York, amongst many other distinguished appointments.
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