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Andrew Geddis: Otago University Law Expert on the filling of the Port Waikato seat after Neil Christensen's death

Published: Oct. 9, 2023, 7:56 p.m.

National is now very likely to get an extra seat in the next Parliament.\xa0

The traditionally safe National seat of Port Waikato will now be determined in a by-election on November 25, following the death of ACT's Port Waikato candidate Neil Christensen.\xa0

In the meant time the 120th seat will be filled by a list candidate, likely to be from National's list.\xa0

Otago University law expert Andrew Geddis told Mike Hosking that it's due to a rule that we inherited from the First Past the Post system.\xa0

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