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The Values Party was a New Zealand political party. It is considered the world's first national-level environmentalist party, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] pre-dating the use of " Green " as a political label. It was established in May 1972 at Victoria University of Wellington .
The New Zealand Social Credit Party (sometimes called "Socred") was a political party that was New Zealand's third party from the 1950s to the 1980s. It was elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives, holding one seat at times between 1966 and 1981, and two seats from 1981 to 1987. NewLabour Party: 1989 2000 1989–1991
The New Zealand Party operated as a political party in New Zealand from 1983 to 1993. Established by millionaire property tycoon Bob Jones , the party promoted economic liberalisation —it was the first political party to promote free market reforms. [ 1 ]
The first organised political party in New Zealand was founded in 1891, and its main rival was founded in 1909—New Zealand had a de facto two-party system from that point until the adoption of MMP in 1996. [24] Since then New Zealand has been a multi-party system, with at least five parties elected in every general election since.
The new party split the conservative vote, and aided Labour's victory. [19] Adam Hamilton was the first leader of the National Party. In hopes of countering Labour's rise, United and Reform decided to turn their alliance into a single party. [20] This party, the New Zealand National Party, was formed at a meeting held in Wellington on 13 and 14 ...
Culture wars. New Zealand’s voters in October stripped Hipkins’ Labour Party of 31 seats to almost half their previous stature in the country’s single-chamber parliament – a crushing ...
Then aged 25, Brunt was the youngest leader of a political party in New Zealand history. [4] He went on to contest the Wellington electorate of Island Bay at the 1972 election, where he placed third out of six candidates, gaining 7.6% of the vote. [5] Two years later, he stood for the Wellington mayoralty and City Council on a Values ticket. He ...
Protesters oppose bill which critics say undermines Indigenous Maori rights and threatens race relations