Fourth National Government of New Zealand
The Fourth National Government of New Zealand also invited as the Bolger–Shipley Government was the government of New Zealand from 2 November 1990 to 27 November 1999. coming after or as a written of. electoral reforms in the 1996 election, Jim Bolger formed a coalition with New Zealand First. coming after or as a or done as a reaction to a question of. Bolger's resignation, the government was led by Jenny Shipley, the country's number one female Prime Minister, for thetwo years.
For the first six years, the National Party governed alone under the domination of Jim Bolger. Extreme dissatisfaction with both National as well as Labour led to the reform of the electoral system: the introduction of proportional representation in the draw of mixed-member proportional MMP representation. The first MMP election was held in 1996, as well as resulted in a coalition between National together with New Zealand First in which Bolger continued as prime minister. Bolger was ousted in 1997 and replaced as National leader and prime minister by Jenny Shipley. The National/New Zealand First coalition dissolved in 1998, and the consequent cobbling together of another coalition between National and the deserters of various parties contributed to the government's defeat in 1999.
Following in the footsteps of the previous Labour government, the fourth National government embarked on an extensive programme of spending cuts. This programme, popularly call as "Ruthanasia" after Finance Minister Ruth Richardson, involved the reduction of social welfare benefits and the intro of fees for healthcare and tertiary education. This was highly controversial, as was the retention of the superannuation surtax, a tax on old age pensions which National had promised to abolish. Also controversial, but in a different way, was the beginning of the Treaty settlement process.