Government and Politics in Aotearoa and New Zealand

Government and Politics in Aotearoa and New Zealand (Seventh edition) is the principal guide to the political context, institutions and processes of government in New Zealand.

Janine Hayward is Professor of Politics at the University of Otago. She teaches New Zealand politics (also environmental and Treaty of Waitangi politics), and researches issues on constitutional and electoral reform. She regularly advises local councils on electoral systems and representation. She edited the fifth edition of New Zealand Government and Politics (OUP 2015)
Lara Greaves (Ng-puhi, P-keh-, Tarar-) is Lecturer in New Zealand Politics at the University of Auckland. Her research interests span M-ori and New Zealand politics, survey methods, sexuality, social psychology, hauora and M-ori identity. Lara is Associate Director (Policy Inc) of the Public Policy Institute (University of Auckland), where she works on the New Zealand Election study, and projects on identity and M-ori policymaking (funded by the Health Research Council) and the M-ori electoral roll (funded by a Royal Society Marsden Fast Start).
Claire Timperley is Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington. A graduate of the University of Virginia and the London School of Economics and Political Science, her teaching and research interests include feminist political theory, gender politics, critical pedagogy and the politics of Aotearoa New Zealand.