Back Partit Conservador de Nova Zelanda Catalan Partai Konservatif dari Selandia Baru ID Partito Conservatore della Nuova Zelanda Italian Nowa Partia Konserwatywna (Nowa Zelandia) Polish 新保守黨 (新西蘭) Chinese
New Conservatives | |
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| Secretary | Dieuwe de Boer[1] |
| Leader | Helen Houghton[2] |
| Chairperson | Kevin Stitt |
| Founder | Colin Craig |
| Founded | 3 August 2011 |
| Youth wing | Young Conservative[3] |
| Membership | Est. 1,000–1,500 members (July 2019)[4] |
| Ideology | Conservatism Social conservatism Right-wing populism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | Orange, dark blue |
| MPs in the House of Representatives | 0 / 120
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| Website | |
| www | |
New Conservatives is a conservative political party in New Zealand.[5] Some opponents and observers have described the party's policies as far-right,[6][7][8][9] though the party now states it has moved to a "more centrist" position under new leadership.[10] It advocates for lower taxation, anti-abortion measures and austerity cuts.
It was founded as the Conservative Party in August 2011 by businessman and political activist Colin Craig, who led the party from its foundation until his resignation in June 2015.[11] The party had two members on the Upper Harbour Local Board in Auckland from 2013 to 2016. The party has contested the four general elections from 2011 through 2020 without winning any seats. At the 2014 election it received 3.97% of the vote. At the 2020 general election, they gained 1.5% of the vote.[12] The party changed its name to New Conservative in November 2017,[13][4] and then to New Conservatives in 2023.
- ^ "Register of political parties | Elections". elections.nz. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "New Conservative Leadership Announcement" (Press release). New Conservative Party. 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Young Conservative | New Zealand". Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ a b Braae, Alex (25 July 2019). "NZ's resurgent New Conservatives: riding the culture wars to the 2020 election". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Kelly, Rachael (19 July 2020). "New Conservative Party brings its message south". Stuff.
- ^ "Election 2020: Will the New Conservatives defy the polls?". Stuff. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Walters, Laura (20 October 2020). "Election 2020: Why voters rejected conspiracy theorists". Stuff.
- ^ Taonui, Rawiri. "Colmar Brunton – The Main Contenders 25 September 2020". www.waateanews.com.
- ^ "Former senior sport executive starts new career in far right politics". Australasian Leisure Management (132): 64. August 2019.
- ^ "Meet Auckland's wildcard mayoral candidates". RNZ. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Conservative Party's Colin Craig stands down". Radio New Zealand. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Electoral results 2020was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Conservative Party to Get New Name". Scoop.co.nz. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2018.