Neil Sands New Zealand needs dozens more MPs so Parliament can do a better job, even though the public would baulk at the idea of paying for extra politicians, an influential think-tank says. The proposal to boost MP numbers to at least 170, up from 123 in the current Parliament, is contained in the New Zealand Initiative’s (NZI) review of almost 30 years of mixed member proportional elections in New Zealand. The review, written by NZI senior fellow Nick Clark, also recommends four-year par...
