<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" id="mwAS0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> holds its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_New_Zealand_general_election" id="mwAS4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1996 New Zealand general election">first general election</a> under the new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-member_proportional_representation" id="mwAS8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mixed-member proportional representation">mixed-member proportional representation</a> system, which led to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bolger" id="mwATA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jim Bolger">Jim Bolger</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" id="mwATE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Zealand National Party">National Party</a> forming a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_government" id="mwATI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Coalition government">coalition government</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Peters" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Winston Peters">Winston Peters's</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_First" id="mwATQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Zealand First">New Zealand First</a>.<sup about="#mwt98" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_12#cite_note-18" id="mwATU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATY">[18]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"><cite about="#mwt95" class="citation journal cs1" id="CITEREFBostonLevineMcLeayRoberts1997">Boston, Jonathan; Levine, Stephen; McLeay, Elizabeth; Roberts, Nigel S. (1997). <a class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/20634760" id="mwCGo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The 1996 General Election in New Zealand: Proportional Representation and Political Change"</a>. <i id="mwCGs">The Australian Quarterly</i>. <b id="mwCGw">69</b> (1): 1–14. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Doi_(identifier)" id="mwCG0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F20634760" id="mwCG4" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">10.2307/20634760</a>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./JSTOR_(identifier)" id="mwCG8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a><span id="mwCHA" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/20634760" id="mwCHE" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">20634760</a>.</cite><span about="#mwt95" class="Z3988" id="mwCHI" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Australian+Quarterly&amp;rft.atitle=The+1996+General+Election+in+New+Zealand%3A+Proportional+Representation+and+Political+Change&amp;rft.volume=69&amp;rft.issue=1&amp;rft.pages=1-14&amp;rft.date=1997&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F20634760&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F20634760%23id-name%3DJSTOR&amp;rft.aulast=Boston&amp;rft.aufirst=Jonathan&amp;rft.au=Levine%2C+Stephen&amp;rft.au=McLeay%2C+Elizabeth&amp;rft.au=Roberts%2C+Nigel+S.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F20634760&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOctober+12"></span></span>