List of political parties in New Zealand
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New Zealand national politics feature a pervasive party system. Usually, all members of Parliament's unicameral House of Representatives belong to a political party. Independent MPs occur relatively rarely. While two primary parties do indeed still dominate the New Zealand political landscape, the country now more closely resembles a multi-party state since the introduction of proportional representation, where smaller parties can reasonably expect to play a role in government. As of May 2018[update], five parties have representatives in Parliament.
History
Political parties in New Zealand evolved towards the end of the nineteenth century out of interest groups and personal cliques. Most historians regard the Liberal Party, which began its rule in 1891, as the first organised political party in New Zealand politics. During the long period of Liberal Party control the party's more conservative opponents founded the Reform Party, forming the original duopoly in the New Zealand parliament.
Gradually, Liberal and Reform found themselves working together more often, mostly in opposition to the growing Labour Party. After Labour eventually won office in 1935, the Liberals (then known as the United Party) and Reform came together in 1936 to form the National Party. Labour and National currently exist as the two main parties of New Zealand politics.
Over the years, a number of "third parties" or so-called "minor parties" developed, notably the Social Credit Party, the New Zealand Party, the Values Party, and the Alliance. However, the "first past the post" electoral system meant that regardless of how many votes a party gained nationwide, it could not win a seat without a plurality in a particular electorate (voting district). Under such conditions, these parties mostly performed poorly in terms of making an impact in Parliament.
With the introduction of the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electoral system for the 1996 elections, however, it became much easier for smaller parties to enter parliament; but more difficult to gain elected as a non-party independent. Since the change to MMP, about one third of the seats in Parliament have been held by MPs representing parties other than Labour and National. In the years before MMP, by contrast, there were sometimes no such MPs at all.
Registration of parties
Political parties in New Zealand can be either registered or unregistered. Registered parties must have five-hundred paying members, each eligible to vote in general elections.
If a party registers, it may submit a party list, enabling it to receive party votes in New Zealand's MMP electoral system. Unregistered parties can only nominate candidates for individual electorates.
Registered political parties are also able to spend up to $1 million during the campaign for the party vote. All political parties are able to spend $20,000 per electorate seat.
Current parties
Parties represented in Parliament
The order in which political parties appear in this list corresponds to the number of MPs they currently have.[1] Note that political parties must be registered under the Electoral Act 1993, but the Speaker, may recognise that party for parliamentary purposes on a temporary basis, for a "reasonable period".[2]
Party | Political position | Leader(s) | Founded | Represented since | Description | Seats | |
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Template:Meta color | National Party | Centre-right | Simon Bridges | 1936 | 1936 | A liberal-conservative party. Founded in 1936 following the merging of the United and Reform parties, it has traditionally been Labour's main opponent. It supports a mixed economy market, and lower taxation particularly as a stimulus for private enterprise. | 56 |
Template:Meta color | Labour Party | Centre-left | Jacinda Ardern | 1916 | 1916 | A social-democratic party. Founded in 1916, it is the oldest extant party in New Zealand, and has traditionally been National's main opponent. It supports a mixed economy market, with taxation levied to fund particularly its social programmes. | 46 |
Template:Meta color | NZ First | Centre | Winston Peters | 1993 | 1993–2008; 2011 |
A nationalist, populist party. It aims "To put New Zealand and New Zealanders First". It is strongly anti-immigration, supports benefits for senior citizens, and advocates buying back former state owned enterprises. | 9 |
Template:Meta color | Green Party | Left-wing | James Shaw and Marama Davidson | 1990 | 1997 | Like many green parties around the world it has four pillars: ecology, social responsibility, grassroots democracy, and nonviolence. The party has an environmentalist platform, and also promotes progressive social policies. | 8 |
Template:Meta color | ACT | Right-wing | David Seymour | 1994 | 1996 | A classical-liberal party. It promotes free market economics, low taxation, reduced government expenditure, and increased punishments for crime. It sees itself as promoting "accountability and transparency in government". | 1 |
Registered parties outside Parliament
Parties listed in alphabetical order:
Party | Leader(s) | Founded | Represented | Description | |
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Template:Meta color | Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | Jeff Lye | 1996 | A party which supports the legalisation of cannabis. This remains the core of its platform, although it also comments on other issues that it considers related. | |
Template:Meta color | New Conservative | Leighton Baker | 2011 | A socially conservative party advocating stricter law and order policies, repealing of the Emissions Trading Scheme, and the use of binding referenda. | |
Template:Meta color | Mana Party | Hone Harawira | 2011 | 2011–14 | A party addressing the concerns of New Zealand's indigenous Māori minority. Its manifesto indicates a wish to bring "courage and honesty to political endeavour" and to "guarantee a measure of people power and accountability from its MPs". The Mana Party supports left-wing social policies. |
Template:Meta color | Māori Party | Vacant | 2004 | 2004–17 | A party that addresses the concerns of New Zealand's indigenous Māori. It crystallised in 2004 around Tariana Turia, a former minister of the Labour Party. It promotes what it sees as "the rights and interests of Māori". |
Template:Meta color | New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit | Chris Leitch | 1985 | 1985–87 | A party that advocates Social Credit. The party formerly formed part of the Alliance (see below); previously, as the Social Credit Party, was one of the older surviving parties in New Zealand. |
Template:Meta color | New Zealand People's Party | Roshan Nauhria | 2015 | A party with a focus on representing Chinese and Indian voters and a law and order platform. | |
Template:Meta color | New Zealand Outdoors Party | Alan Simmons | 2015 | A party advocating protection of NZ's outdoor heritage | |
Template:Meta color | TOP | Geoff Simmons | 2016 | A party supporting "a prosperous, fair and equitable society", environmental sustainability, and the adoption of a written constitution |
Unregistered parties
Parties listed in alphabetical order:
Party | Leader(s) | Founded | Represented | Description | |
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NZ Climate Party | Peter Whitmore | 2014 | A party advocating greater action on climate change | ||
Template:Meta color | Communist League | 1969 | A communist party aligned with the Pathfinder tendency. The party was originally called the Socialist Action League, but changed its name when it rejected Trotskyism and adopted a pro-Cuba stance. The party stands a small number of candidates in general elections. | ||
GOdsownNZ | Claire Holley | 2017 | A "non-PC" Christian conservative party | ||
Template:Meta color | National Front | 1968 | A far-right, ultranationalist and white nationalist party.[3] | ||
Not A Party | 2015 | A party advocating voluntaryism. | |||
Template:Meta color | Pirate Party of New Zealand | Andrew Reitemeyer | 2009 | A copyright reform party based on the Swedish Pirate Party, with a focus on other technological issues, like net neutrality | |
Template:Meta color | Internet Party | Suzie Dawson | 2014 | A party advocating for less surveillance, copyright reform and cheap internet | |
Template:Meta color | Socialist Aotearoa | Joe Carolan | 2008 | A socialist far-left party. | |
Seniors Party | 2016 | A party aiming to represent older New Zealanders. |
Historical parties
Parties which held seats
Party | Founded | Disbanded | In Parliament | Description | |
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Template:Meta color | Liberal Party | 1891 | 1927 | 1891–1927 | New Zealand's first political party. It provided the country with a number of prominent Prime Ministers, including John Ballance and Richard Seddon. With much of its traditional support undercut by the growing Labour Party, the remnants of the Liberals (known as the United Party) eventually merged with the Reform Party to form the modern National Party. |
Template:Meta color | New Liberal Party | 1905 | 1908 | 1905–1908 | A party formed by Liberal Party dissidents. Its members were opposed to Liberal leader, Richard Seddon, seeing him as an autocrat. The party proposed a more "progressive" policy seeing the current Liberal policy as too cautious and orthodox. The New Liberal's lost much support after the infamous "voucher incident", leaving them discredited. |
Template:Meta color | Independent Political Labour League | 1905 | 1910 | 1908–1910 | A small and short-lived left-wing party. It was the second organised party to win a seat in Parliament, with David McLaren winning the seat of Wellington East. In Parliament, the IPLL co-operated with the governing Liberal Party. |
Template:Meta color | Reform Party | 1909 | 1936 | 1909–1936 | New Zealand's second major political party, established as a more conservative opponent to the Liberal Party. Its founder, William Massey, became its most prominent leader. It eventually merged with its former rivals, United, to form the modern National Party. |
Template:Meta color | Labour Party (original) | 1910 | 1912 | 1910–1912 | A short-lived successor to the Independent Political Labour League. It functioned as one of the more moderate workers' parties, opposing more radical groups like the Socialist Party. It should not be confused with the modern Labour Party, although a certain degree of continuity links the two. |
Template:Meta color | United Labour Party | 1912 | 1916 | 1912–1916 | A reformed continuation of the original Labour Party. The party existed only a short time before merging with the Socialist Party to form the Social Democratic Party, although a faction rejected the new SDP as too extreme and continued on under the United Labour Party banner eventually likewise merging in 1916. |
Template:Meta color | Social Democratic Party | 1913 | 1922 | 1913–1916 | An early left-wing party established at a "Unity Congress" in July 1913 as an attempt to bring together the various labour groups of the time. The party eventually amalgamated with the modern Labour Party. |
Template:Meta color | Country Party | 1922 | 1938 | 1928–1938 | A party established by members of the Farmers' Union to promote the interests of the rural sector. It reflected to an extent social credit monetary theory, and believed that farmers were not treated fairly by banks and the corporate world. |
Template:Meta color | United Party | 1927 | 1936 | 1927–1936 | A party formed from the remnants of the Liberal Party. United governed between 1928 and 1935, initially with Labour support and later in coalition with the Reform Party. It eventually merged with Reform to establish the modern National Party. |
Template:Meta color | Democratic Labour Party | 1940 | 1949 | 1940–1943 | A splinter from the Labour Party led by dissident MP John A. Lee. Lee, a socialist and social creditist, believed that the Labour Party had moved too far from its left-wing roots. The Labour Party hierarchy had expelled him after he repeatedly criticised its leadership. |
Template:Meta color | Social Credit Party | 1953 | 1985 | 1966–1969 1978–1985 |
New Zealand's "third party" between the 1950s and the 1980s. The Social Credit Party espoused the theory of social credit, a type of monetary reform, although much of its support represented protest votes rather than support of its policies. It has since renamed itself, becoming the Democratic Party. |
Template:Meta color | NewLabour Party | 1989 | 2000 | 1989–1991 | A left-wing party established by former Labour MP Jim Anderton. It contested one election before joining with several other parties to establish the Alliance. |
Template:Meta color | Christian Heritage NZ | 1990 | 2006 | 1999 | A party that advocates Christian conservative values. It supported policies to strengthen marriage and opposed abortion and same-sex unions. |
Template:Meta color | Alliance | 1991 | 2015 | 1991–2002 | A left-wing party supporting the welfare state, free education, environmental protection, and Māori interests. The Progressive Party formed as a splinter group from the Alliance when Jim Anderton, former Alliance leader, left. |
Template:Meta color | Liberal Party | 1992 | 1996 | 1992 | A short-lived splinter from the National Party, formed by Hamish McIntyre and Gilbert Myles, two dissident National MPs who disagreed with the economic policies of Ruth Richardson. The Liberal Party quickly joined the Alliance, which the two saw as the principal opponent of Richardson and her ideological allies. |
Template:Meta color | Future New Zealand | 1994 | 1995 | 1994–1995 | A short-lived party established by Peter Dunne after he left the Labour Party. It integrated into the United New Zealand party. Not to be confused with a later party of the same name. |
Template:Meta color | Christian Democrats | 1995 | 1998 | 1995–1996 | A Christian party established by sitting National MP Graeme Lee. After briefly establishing the Christian Coalition (see above) with the Christian Heritage Party, the Christian Democrats secularised themselves, adopting the name "Future New Zealand". Future New Zealand merged with United (see below) to form United Future New Zealand. |
Template:Meta color | United New Zealand | 1995 | 2000 | 1995–2000 | A centrist party established by moderate MPs from both National and Labour. The party did not achieve electoral success, with only one of the seven founding MPs managing to remain in parliament. United later merged with the Future New Zealand party to form the modern United Future New Zealand. |
Template:Meta color | Mana Wahine Te Ira Tangata | 1998 | 2001 | 1998–1999 | A short-lived Māori feminist party established by Alliance (Mana Motuhake) defector Alamein Kopu. The party contested only one general election before vanishing. |
Template:Meta color | Mauri Pacific | 1999 | 2001 | 1999 | A party established by several New Zealand First MPs shortly after a coalition between New Zealand First and the National Party broke down. Mauri Pacific remained allied to the National government, giving it crucial support, but none of the party's MPs gained re-election in the 1999 elections. |
Template:Meta color | United Future | 2000 | 2017 | 2000–2017 | A centrist party, originally with a strong Christian background: it described its platform as "common sense". It had a particular focus on policies concerning the family and social issues. |
Template:Meta color | Progressive Party | 2002 | 2012 | 2002–2011 | A left-wing party with a focus on job creation and regional development, formed by Jim Anderton after his split from the Alliance. |
Template:Meta color | Pacific Party | 2008 | 2010 | 2008 | A small party established by Taito Phillip Field aimed at advancing Pacific Peoples, as well as Christian and family values and social justice. |
Template:Meta color | NZ Independent Coalition | 2014 | 2016 | 2012–2014 | A party emphasising local electorate representation, formed by MP Brendan Horan who became independent from New Zealand First in 2012. |
Parties which never held seats
Parties listed by date of founding:
Party | Existed | Description | |
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Template:Meta color | Socialist Party | 1901–1913 | One of the more prominent Marxist parties in early New Zealand, strongly associated with the Federation of Labour (the "Red Fed"). It eventually merged with the more moderate United Labour Party to form the Social Democratic Party. |
Template:Meta color | Communist Party | 1929–1994 | Probably New Zealand's most prominent and long-lived communist organisation. The party generally pursued hard-line doctrines, successively following Stalin's Soviet Union, Mao Zedong's China, and Enver Hoxha's Albania. In 1993, the party moderated its stance, adopting Trotskyism. It later merged with another party to form the group now known as Socialist Worker. |
Template:Meta color | New Zealand Legion | 1930–1934? | A short-lived crypto-fascist political movement advocating conservative political reform and opposition to party politics and state bureaucracy. It was associated with John Ormond and later Robert Campbell Begg and did not see itself as a political party. |
Template:Meta color | World Socialist Party | 1930–1996 | A party established by former members of the New Zealand Marxian Association, a Marxist group. Its founders created it as an alternative to the mainstream labour movement, claiming that the Labour Party had moved too far from its left-wing roots. The World Socialist Party was rebranded from its founding name; the Socialist Party. |
Template:Meta color | Democrat Party | 1934–1936 | A party established to promote the interests of the commercial sector and to oppose "socialist" legislation. The party contested the 1935 elections, but failed to win any seats. Ironically, the votes which the Democrats took from the governing coalition may have assisted the victory of the left-wing Labour Party that year. The Democrat Party should not be confused with the modern Democratic Party. |
Template:Meta color | People's Movement | 1940–? | A right-wing organisation which supported reductions in the size of government and a reform of the party system. It was a strong supporter of individualism, saying that the government of the time was advocating the subordination of the individual to the state. |
Template:Meta color | Real Democracy Movement | 1942–? | A Social Credit theory based party which advocated economic security combined with individual liberty. It also advocated that all returned servicemen should be paid the average wage until they were re-integrated into civil employment. |
Co-operative Party | 1942–1943? | A short-lived party established by Albert Davy, a prominent anti-socialist political organiser. It was primarily a breakaway from the larger People's Movement, and Davy rejoined the Movement the year after the Co-operative Party was established. | |
Phoenix Party | 1960s–1970s | A small Dunedin-based grouping, founded by Gerald Williams, who saw the then Labour Party as moribund and in need of a phoenix-like resurrection. Williams became an effective propagandist, penning campaign literature disguised as parodies of well-known songs. He later transferred his efforts to the Values Party. | |
Template:Meta color | Liberal Party | 1962–? | A party which campaigned in the 1963 elections on a platform of reducing the size of the government, introducing a written constitution, and restoring the upper house of Parliament. |
Template:Meta color | Socialist Unity Party | 1966–? | A splinter group of the Communist Party (see above). It was formed by Communist Party members who rejected their party's decision to take China's side in the Sino-Soviet split. The Socialist Unity Party became one of the more prominent communist parties in New Zealand. |
Template:Meta color | Republican Party | 1967–1974 | A party established to promote the creation of a New Zealand Republic. It was founded by left-wing activist Bruce Jesson, and was the product of the Republican Association, an anti-royal protest group founded by Jesson in 1966. |
Template:Meta color | Country Party | 1969-1972? | A revival of the earlier Country Party from the 1920s and 1930s established by Clifford Stanley Emeny to contest the 1969 election advocating for rural interests. The party was rebranded the Liberal Reform Party in 1970 and contested the 1972 election under this name. |
Template:Meta color | National Socialist Party | 1969–? | A party founded by prominent far-right activist Colin King-Ansell. It is sometimes considered the first noteworthy far-right party in New Zealand. |
Template:Meta color | Values Party | 1972–1990 | Sometimes called the world's first national-level green party. Elements of the Values Party eventually contributed to the formation of the modern Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. |
Template:Meta color | New Democratic Party | 1972–1973 | A short-lived splinter group of the Social Credit Party, founded by ousted Social Credit leader John O'Brien. It placed fifth in the 1972 elections, but failed to win any seats. |
Template:Meta color | Imperial British Conservative Party | 1974–? | A joke party founded by Ian Brackenbury Channell, better known as "The Wizard of New Zealand". True to its name, it claimed to support imperialism, British people, and conservatism. |
Template:Meta color | Mana Motuhake | 1979–2005 | The most prominent Māori-based party until the creation of the modern Māori Party. Mana Motuhake held a number of seats as part of the Alliance (see above), but most of its support has now been incorporated into the Māori Party. |
Template:Meta color | McGillicuddy Serious Party | 1983–1999 | A joke party intended to satirise politics in general. Among other deliberately absurd policies it advocated the "Great Leap Backwards", a project to reverse the industrial revolution and to re-establish a medieval way of life. |
Template:Meta color | New Zealand Party | 1983–1987 | A party established by property tycoon Bob Jones to promote free market economic policies and liberal social policies. It gained twelve percent of the vote in its first election, but then vanished almost completely. Some regard the modern ACT party as the New Zealand Party's ideological successor, but not everyone accepts this view. |
Template:Meta color | Mana Māori Movement | 1993–2005? | A party that addresses the concerns of New Zealand's indigenous Māori inhabitants, founded by Eva Rickard, a prominent Māori activist and a former Mana Motuhake candidate. |
Template:Meta color | Natural Law Party | 1993–2001? | A party which based its principles on the concept of natural law as promoted by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in his theory of Transcendental Meditation. It drew most of its support from the New Age movement. |
Template:Meta color | Libertarianz | 1995–2014 | A libertarian party dedicated to laissez-faire capitalism and keeping government as small as possible. |
Template:Meta color | Republican Party | 1995–2002 | A party established to promote the creation of a New Zealand Republic. The party contested the 1999 elections, but only won 250 votes. Should not be confused with The Republic of New Zealand Party or the Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand. |
Template:Meta color | Progressive Green Party | 1995–? | An environmentalist party established in opposition to the generally left-wing policies of the larger Green Party. It contested only one election before vanishing, although many of its members became active in the National Party. |
Template:Meta color | Christian Coalition | 1996–1997 | A brief alliance of the Christian Democrats and the Christian Heritage Party. It narrowly missed entering parliament in the 1996 election, and disbanded shortly afterwards. |
Nga Iwi Morehu Movement | 1996–2011 | A small Maori-based party which has been active in a number of elections | |
Ethnic Minority Party | 1996–1997 | A party that addresses the concerns of New Zealand's immigrant community, particularly Chinese and Indians. The popularity of New Zealand First, a party which opposed immigration, was a significant factor in its creation. It merged into United New Zealand, but little trace of it remains today. | |
Template:Meta color | Asia Pacific United Party | 1996–1999 | A party which attempted to gain support from Asian and Pacific Islander immigrants. It contested the 1996 elections, but has since dissolved. |
Template:Meta color | Green Society | 1996–2001 | A small environmentalist party. The Green Society believed that a true green party needed to be focused solely on the environment, and believed that the Green Party (then part of the Alliance) and the Progressive Green Party were both mistaken to take sides in economic and social debates. |
Template:Meta color | Future New Zealand | 1998–2002 | A reconfiguration of the former Christian Democrat Party. Future New Zealand retained the same family values principles as the Christian Democrats, but abandoned the explicit religious basis. Future New Zealand merged with United New Zealand to form the modern United Future New Zealand. |
Template:Meta color | South Island Party | ?–2002 | A regionalist party which called for more autonomy for the South Island, the less populous of New Zealand's two main islands. It drew support predominantly from Otago and Southland. |
Aotearoa NZ Youth Party | 1998–2011 | A platform for campaigner Robert Terry, who stood for electorate seats four times under this banner. | |
Template:Meta color | Te Tawharau | 1999–2007 | A Māori party which split off from the Mana Māori Movement. It lapsed with the formation of the Māori Party. |
Template:Meta color | One New Zealand Party | 1999–2006 | A small party modelled on Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party in Australia. It opposes all special policies towards Māori. |
Template:Meta color | People's Choice Party | 1999–2002 | A small party which was registered for the 1999 elections, but which is currently unregistered. It campaigned against MMP and in favour of reducing the size of Parliament. |
Template:Meta color | Outdoor Recreation NZ | 2001–2007 | A party dedicated to promoting the interests of the hunting, fishing, and shooting communities. Outdoor Recreation New Zealand contested the 2005 election under the banner of the United Future party, although the parties did not actually merge. This working arrangement met with disappointing results. |
Template:Meta color | Workers Party | 2002–2011 | Formerly known as the Anti-Capitalist Alliance. A coalition of socialists and anti-globalisation activists. |
Template:Meta color | Destiny New Zealand | 2003–2007 | A party based in the Destiny Church, a Christian religious organisation. The party mostly campaigned on a family values platform, and strongly opposed legislative changes such as the creation of same-sex civil unions and the legalisation of prostitution. |
Template:Meta color | Residents Action Movement | 2003–2010 | A left-wing party aiming to bring together social liberals, community activists, social democrats and left-wing radicals. |
WIN Party | 2004–2006 | A single-issue party devoted to overturning the recently introduced smoking ban in bars and restaurants. | |
Patriot Party | ?–2005 | A small Auckland-based party established by Sid Wilson, a senior member of the National Front. The party later merged back into the Front. | |
Template:Meta color | 99 MP Party | 2005–2006 | A party primarily focused on reducing the total number of MPs from 120 to 99. It also believed that all constitutional changes should be put to a referendum. |
Template:Meta color | Direct Democracy Party | 2005–2009 | A party which seeks to increase the participation of ordinary citizens in the political process. It advocates a system of referendums similar to that used by Switzerland. |
Template:Meta color | Family Rights Protection Party | 2005–2007 | A party established by a group of Pacific Islanders who claim that larger parties are taking the support of Pacific Islanders for granted, and do not do enough to help them. |
Template:Meta color | The Republic of New Zealand Party | 2005–2009 | A party focused on establishing a Republic in New Zealand. It also supports the adoption of a written constitution, the holding of referendums on major issues, and the abolition of race-specific government institutions. |
Freedom Party | 2005–2005 | A party established by two former members of ACT New Zealand. Its policies were intended to be similar to those of ACT, but the party's founders said that the Freedom Party will be more democratic and accountable to its members. | |
Equal Values Party | 2005–2008 | A left-wing party active during the 2005 election. It supported free education and healthcare, an increase to social welfare benefits, and the establishment of compulsory superannuation schemes. | |
Template:Meta color | Family Party | 2007–2010 | A small Christian party established by the former Destiny New Zealand. |
Template:Meta color | Kiwi Party | 2007–2012 | A revival of the Christian Democrats / Future New Zealand brand. The party advocates more representative direct democracy through referendums and a return to the "Judeo-Christian ethic in democracy". |
Template:Meta color | Hapu Party | 2008–2008 | A Māori-based party established to challenge the Māori Party. |
Template:Meta color | Bill and Ben Party | 2008–2010 | A joke party run by Bill and Ben, hosts of the TV show Pulp Sport. |
Template:Meta color | New World Order Party | 2008–2011 | A party promoting global peace through a unified World Government |
Representative Party | 2008–2010 | A self-proclaimed centrist party aiming at contesting the electorate vote. | |
No Commercial Airport at Whenuapai Airbase Party | 2008–2008 | A local party which grew out of the movement opposing a commercial airport at Auckland's Whenuapai airbase. | |
Template:Meta color | New Zealand Liberals | 2008–? | A small party modelled on the old New Zealand Liberal Party and the UK Liberal Democrats. It advocates constitutional reform, republicanism, and civil rights. |
Template:Meta color | New Citizen Party | 2010–2012 | A short-lived party formed to represent Chinese New Zealanders. It came third in the 2011 Botany by-election, but dissolved before contesting a general election. |
Template:Meta color | Join Australia Movement Party | 2011 | A party advocating union with Australia. |
Template:Meta color | Sovereignty Party | 2011-? | A nationalist party which contest the 2011 election |
Reform New Zealand | 2011 | A right-wing party advocating free market economics, low taxation, and reduced government.
was established by dissatisfied members of ACT New Zealand, and advocates similar policies of low taxation, privatisation, and reduced government. it never attempted to register with the New Zealand Electoral Commission and did not stand any candidates. | |
Template:Meta color | OurNZ Party | 2011–2011? | A party advocating a new currency, binding referenda, and a written constitution. |
Thrive New Zealand | 2012–2013 | Party logo registered in August 2013. Advocated Direct Democracy via an online tool called RealVoice | |
Template:Meta color | Focus NZ | 2012–2016 | A party aimed at representing rural New Zealand. |
Template:Meta color | 1Law4All Party | 2013–2015 | A party aimed at overturning the Treaty of Waitangi |
Template:Meta color | Civilian Party | 2013–2015 | A joke party which arose from a popular New Zealand satirical website. |
Expatriate Party | 2014–2014? | A party related to issues facing New Zealanders outside New Zealand |
See also
- Politics of New Zealand
- List of political parties by country
- Socialism in New Zealand
- Liberalism in New Zealand
References
- ^ "2017 General Election - Preliminary Count". Electionresults.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Standing Orders 2014". Parliament of New Zealand.
- ^ "New Zealand National Front Homepage". Nationalfront.org.nz. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
External links
- NZ Political Parties
- Elections New Zealand (more information on the election systems)