How is the leader of New Zealan chosen?

Question

I think the "leader" of New Zealand is Queen Elizabeth ll, but that's about it.

Answer 1

The prime minister of New Zealand is elected by the people just like the Prime Minister of Britain or Australia. The Queen is not the leader / ruler of any country. She's purely a figure head with no political or constitutional power.

Answer 2

Under the New Zealand Royal Titles Act (1953), New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth Realm, with Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning monarch, since February 6, 1952. As such she is the de jure head of state, though she does hold several powers that are hers alone, while the Governor General, currently Anand Satyanand, is sometimes referred to as the de facto head of state. The heir apparent is Elizabeth II's eldest son, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.

The current Prime Minister is Helen Clark, leader of the Labour Party. The New Zealand Parliament has only one chamber, the House of Representatives, which usually seats 120 Members of Parliament. Parliamentary general elections are held every three years under a form of proportional representation called Mixed Member Proportional.

Answer 3

We have the Queen as our Constitutional Monarch.
We have a Governor General ( the Queens Representative.
Then there is the Prime Minister elected under the MMP system of voting.

Answer 4

No thats the GOVERNOR GENERAL he represents the Queen of England,but is merely a figurehead.The leader is called the PRIME MINISTER.The political parties pick their leader and then at election time the people pick who they want to lead and that person becomes PRIME MINISTER and his party become the ruling party.

Answer 5

New Zealand changed to the German system.That is,one vote for a party list,one vote for a member.(Who may be from any party).
That's different to the Westminster system that they had,several years ago.

Answer 6

Kiwi fight to the death.