1Experts have long acknowledged that democracy is a system that poses difficulties, especially over how to put it into effect? Should there be a legislative assembly where different competing political parties are represented in proportion to the number of votes they received , or on the simple basis of seats won (first past the post)? New Zealand and the United Kingdom have the latter system, giving the party with the most seats the power to govern. However many European countries have opted for a some form of proportional representation. A Royal Commission established by the Government to study the matter, recommended in December 1986, that we follow the German example of Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP). The Government promised a referendum on this issue before the 1990 general election, however its enthusiasm for this appears to have waned recently. This programme considers the pros and cons of MMP and other electoral reforms proposed by the Royal Commission with studio guests who are both for and against changes to the New Zealand electoral system.