Electoral-Voting-Age-Legislation_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 6.6 MB]
...8 The Court held that the inconsistency with section 19 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act had not been justified, leaving open the question of whether the minimum voting age of 18 could be justified in the future. Parliamentary process for addressing Declarations of Inconsistency 9 These are the first DOIs issued since the New Zealand Bill of Rights (Declarations of Inconsistency) Amendment Act 2022 came into effect. The Bill of Rights and sessional orders outline the procedur...