If you hadn’t noticed, it’s election year in 2008. The media, government agencies and the various political parties are really starting to ramp up the election coverage. With a few different sites competing for your attention, here’s a list of some of the key election websites:

1. Elections.org.nz is the official NZ Elections site run by the Electoral Commission. It includes information like how to enrol to vote and how MMP works.
2. Each of the major NZ political parties have a website extolling their virtues and policies which you can find in the political parties category in the NZS.com Directory.
3. Both of the major television networks have election oriented websites with TVNZ running it on their own website (http://tvnz.co.nz/election08) and TV3 launching a dedicated election website (www.decision08.co.nz).
4. There are also a few independent election information websites such as the newly launched VoteMe.co.nz which are yet to be seen to be strongly used by NZ voters.

This year appears to be the one where a good portion of the information gathering and political electioneering is going to be fought for online. The introduction of Helen Clark and John Key Facebook pages are a great example of the changing face of politics.

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