Talk:Prime Minister of New Zealand

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[edit] Hugh Watt

Hugh Watt who was the Prime Minister for the interim period following Norman Kirk's death should be included.

Here in Australia, Earle Page, Frank Forde and John McEwen are counted as Prime Ministers even though they served for an interim period after the deaths of the previous Prime Ministers.--The Shadow Treasurer 05:23, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Hugh Watt was never actually Prime Minister in any official sense — he filled that role for a time, but was never appointed to the office. Like Australia, we've had a few Prime Ministers who were appointed Prime Minister even though they were only there for an interim period (Francis Bell, for example), but Watt wasn't one of those. -- Vardion 07:28, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Timeline

Something is badly wrong with the timeline, making most of the names unreadable (at least on my computer). Could someone fix this? --Helenalex 22:43, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I had a fiddle with it. It's still not quite right, but should be improved. The problem seems to be something to do with alignment. If it still isn't acceptable, I suggest asking at the help desk for someone to come and fix it properly.-gadfium 00:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Split list

I would like to split the list section into a separate article, along the lines of the ones for the USA, the UK, Canada, and Australia. I think there are enough of them to justify a completely separate article. Any thoughts? --superioridad (discusión) 11:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Are you intending to add portraits and extra details as on those lists? That would be great. There'll be a few portraits missing; for those who are dead a fair use claim could be made on a photo from government archives.-gadfium 18:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
That is exactly what I am intending to do. If there are no objections, I'll get started just as soon as my internet connection stops acting up, probably later tonight. --superioridad (discusión) 03:14, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

(comment moved here from article -- Avenue (talk) 13:34, 16 April 2008 (UTC))

Unfortunately, the photo of the current Prime Minister of New Zealand [P.M.], Helen Clark, on this page, appears to perpetually depict the P.M. as appearing far more youthful than seems apparent. The photo appears to have been sourced from the P.M.'s seemingly infamous 'pledge Card'. It is time that this error was corrected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.109.188.79 (talk)

It's the official portrait, and the pledge card also used it, but the portrait was released under the GFDL by the PM's office and not taken from the pledge card. I think almost all official portraits are intentionally flattering to their subjects. If you want to try replacing it with one of the several other free pictures of Helen Clark at commons:Helen_Clark, then do so, although other people may prefer to keep the official portrait in this article.-gadfium 20:34, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Maximum number of terms in office?

Anyone know if there is a maximum number of terms a PM can be in office?

Matt (talk) 23:32, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

There's none defined, hence there is no maximum. --Lholden (talk) 23:36, 11 May 2008 (UTC)