Government

In social studies we have been learning about the different types of government and what they do.

• Legislative Government
• The Legislature (Parliament) is our House of Representatives (where all the MP’s (Members of Parliament) sit, debate, and vote.
• They supply the Government, make new laws, and update old ones, representing all New Zealanders by giving a voice to different ideas from people and organisations, examine and approve the government’s taxes and spending, and a whole lot more.
• The executive- Government cabinet
• This is the Cabinet.  It runs the country and makes day-to-day decisions on how and what NZ should spend its money on.  
• It brings proposed laws to parliament, and decides policies which get put into practice by government departments.
• It is made up of Ministers of the crown supported by government agencies. E.g. Minister of Education.
• Judiciary Government
• The judiciary are judges and the courts as well as the police.
• Judges interpret the law in cases that come before the courts by hearing and deciding cases, and they can review decisions in government.
• Judges are appointed by the Governor General and are separate from parliament.

We had to make a presentation about a type of government that we chose I chose Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy. Saudi Arabia is run by a king and the royal family is the Al Saud family. The current king is Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and in line to the throne is Mohamed Bin Al Saud.