Author photo: Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Stephen Levine is Professor of Political Science at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. He has written extensively about New Zealand’s politics, elections and international relations and is founder of the university’s parliamentary internship programme. He has been an editor and contributor to books about each of New Zealand’s elections under MMP from 1996 to 2023, and in 2009 was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. His most recent book is Back on Track?: The New Zealand General Election of 2023.