The decorative cookie tin that helps New Zealand make new laws. The quaintly patterned container might seem like a gag, but the ritual selection of bills from it is a serious affair.

The decorative cookie tin, known in New Zealand as the biscuit tin, which was purchased from a department store in the early 1990s to draw lawmakers' bills from and remains in use, at Parliament ...

When it comes to deciding which members’ bills are debated in Parliament, New Zealand relies on an unconventional yet democratic method — a lottery draw from an old cookie tin.

The decorative cookie tin, known in New Zealand as the biscuit tin, which was purchased from a department store in the early 1990s to draw lawmakers' bills from and remains in use, at Parliament ...

In New Zealand's Parliament, the fate of legislation rests within a humble biscuit tin. A battered, decorative metal container, bought from a Wellington department store by a Parliament staffer in ...

Europe News: Discover how a simple cookie tin in New Zealand's Parliament serves as a democratic tool, randomly selecting bills for debate and ensuring every legislator gets a fair chance to ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Under the scrutiny of a black-robed official and before a hushed audience, a decorative cookie tin rattles like a bingo drum. Inside: the future of New Zealand ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Under the scrutiny of a black-robed official and before a hushed audience, a decorative cookie tin rattles like a bingo drum. Inside: the future of New Zealand ...