The Firefighters' Referendum - Should Questions arising from Industrial Disputes be excluded from a Referenda held under the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993?

Authors

  • G Wehrle

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/vuwlr.v27i2.6110

Abstract

The New Zealand Professional Firefighters' Union initiated the first referendum held under the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993. This article examines the question whether that referendum demonstrated a need to reform the Act to restrict the subject-matter of future referenda under the Act. The analysis is conducted in the context of the history and aims of the Act and of the firefighters' dispute. The article a case study of New Zealand's first citizen initiated referendum.

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Published

1997-07-01

How to Cite

Wehrle, G. (1997). The Firefighters’ Referendum - Should Questions arising from Industrial Disputes be excluded from a Referenda held under the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993?. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 27(2), 273–300. https://doi.org/10.26686/vuwlr.v27i2.6110