Political Parties in New Zealand

Featured Political Parties in New Zealand

• ACT New Zealand

  ACT • right • Founded 1994

  ACT New Zealand (Māori: Rōpū ACT), also known as the ACT Party or simply ACT is a right-wing, classical liberal, right-libertarian, and conservative political party in New Zealand. It is currently led by David Seymour, and is in coalition with the National and

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• Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

  GPOA • center left • Founded 1990

  The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (Māori: Rōpū Kākāriki o Aotearoa, Niu Tireni), commonly known as Green or the Greens is a green political party in New Zealand. Like many green parties around the world, it has four pillars (ecological wisdom, social jus

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• Māori Party

  TPM • left • Founded 2004

  Te Pāti Māori, also known as the Māori Party is a left-wing political party in New Zealand advocating Māori rights. With the exception of a handful of general electorates, Te Pāti Māori contests the reserved Māori electorates, in which its main rival is the La

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• Conservative Party of New Zealand

  CPON • right • Founded 2011

  The Conservative Party NZ, formerly New Conservatives is a conservative political party in New Zealand. Some opponents and observers have described the party's policies as far-right, though the party now states it has moved to a "more centrist" position under

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• New Zealand First

  NZ/First • far right • Founded 1993

  New Zealand First (Māori: Aotearoa Tuatahi), commonly abbreviated to NZ First or NZF is a right-wing populist political party in New Zealand, founded and led by Winston Peters, who has served three times as deputy prime minister.

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• The Opportunities Party

  TOP • center • Founded 2016

  The Opportunity Party (Opportunity) is a centrist political party in New Zealand. It was founded in 2016 by economist and philanthropist Gareth Morgan.

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• New Zealand Labour Party

  RROA • center left • Founded 1916

  The New Zealand Labour Party, also known simply as Labour (Māori: Reipa) is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism, while observers describe Labour as social democra

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• New Zealand National Party

  RNOA • center right • Founded 1936

  The New Zealand National Party (Māori: Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa), often shortened to National (Nāhinara), or the Nats is a centre-right political party in New Zealand that is the current senior governing party. It is one of two major parties that dominate cont

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