If you want to follow New Zealand politics on Facebook – political party, and media information – a very useful list has been set up:
This should be a useful compilation of what’s happening for journalists and anyone interested in following politics in New Zealand.
It has been set up by Geoffrey Miller who has been compiling “all the MPs’ pages I can find, parties, interest groups etc. Anyone involved in NZ politics really who is worth following.”
It’s a work in progress but already works well and looks to be very useful.
There’s no doubt that Facebook has become a major forum for discussion on the Internet in general, and this applies to politics as with many other things.
I’ve seen political parties in New Zealand favouring their Facebook pages over their official websites for getting information out and for generating discussion. Twitter is just a pointer to what’s on Facebook.
Facebook has it’s strengths but a problem with it is that information is very scattered and easy to miss.
So the NZ Politics list on Facebook is an excellent aid to finding local politics if that’s what you’re interested in.
UPDATE: I have added a link to NZ Politics on Facebook on the right hand end of ther Your NZ menu to make it easy to find.
