Photo: ODT filesACT has unveiled a plan to slash the number of MPs to 100 - and erase the Māori seats. Leader David Seymour has today unveiled a "Smaller Government Bill" which proposes to cap the number of MPs at 100, restrict the size of Cabinet's executive to 20 and scrap the seven Māori seats. Seymour also proposed doing away with the seven Māori electorates. "We now have 27 Māori MPs, 20 of whom were elected through the general roll. Even without the seven Māori seats, Māori would still be proportionately represented in Parliament.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 12, 2018 01:52 UTC