role of gevernment

at social studies we have recently been focusing on the role of government. our teacher has asked us what would we do if we had tax money (tax money can not be used for personal purposes and can only be used for and important issues we have as a community) i would use it to help the homeless.

The New Zealand Parliament: How does it work?

1. New Zealand uses a form of government called democracy. What is a democracy?

The New Zealand Government

Type of Government (Name, NZ flag)	Leader (Name, title, picture)
Union jack	Jacinda ardern, prime minister

Using the Explore Parliament: What is Parliament? worksheet answers the following questions.

2. Where is the NZ Parliament? (Find a picture)	in wellington
3. What are the two parts of Parliament?	The Sovereign and  The House of Representatives
4. Who represents the Sovereign in NZ? (Find their title, name and picture)	governo geral
5. There are 120 what, in the House of Representatives? (Clue: they are voted for by the people)	Members parliament
6. Name three jobs of Parliament.	Making laws improving laws and debate important issues
7. Who chooses the Governor-General? (Find a picture and name for the GG)	Queen elizbith
8. Which country’s Westminster system is our Parliament based?
9. How much support from the MPs must the government have? What is the smallest number this could be?
10. What is the opposition?
11. NZ’s government is sometimes called a “constitutional monarchy”. Explain what this means.