MMP Symposium

Dean Knight has the full details, but here is the short version:

For people who are interested in a systematic assessment of the MMP, the New Zealand Centre for Public Law, in conjunction with Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
and the Centre for New Zealand Studies, Birkbeck, University of London, is hosting a symposium on MMP and the Constitution on 26 and 27 August 2008 (simultaneously video-cast in London, with a number of international speakers):

New Zealand Centre for Public Law
GBLT1 and GBLT2,
Government Buildings
15 Lambton Quay
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington
New Zealand
6:30pm-10:00pm, Tuesday 26 August 2008
7:00am-10:30am, Wednesday 27 August 2008

Centre for New Zealand Studies
ST274 and ST275, Stewart House
32 Russell Square
Birkbeck, University of London, London
United Kingdom
7:30am-11:00am, Tuesday 26 August 2008
8:00pm-11:30pm, Tuesday 26 August 2008

The programme is here. And one can register here. $25 for students, $175 for academics and a fairly expensive $250 for others.  I was going to attend until I saw the $250 cost. That’s too much for me, just to cover the event on the blog.