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As 1996 and the first mixed member proportional representation (MMP) election approached, the recently established Electoral Commission and other electoral agencies co-ordinated an extensive – and expensive – campaign of public education. This featured television, cinema, radio and newspaper advertising, school resource kits, videos, a website, a toll-free telephone information service and several million pamphlets.
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