[Lightspeed]

What's the extent of the bill?

I get that in the past political movement in NZ has been spurred by members splitting from thier party (with the changes ultimately being absorbed by the larger parties and the smaller vanishing.) It sounds like this bill undermines that.

I also understand that with MMP we're voting for a party and its hierarchy, which raises the question of whether members splitting from a party should retain their position. Unless they specifically won their seat.

But there are layers to all this that are beyond me.