New Zealand Public Party
Unregistered political party in New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New Zealand Public Party was a short-lived political party in New Zealand led by Billy Te Kahika. It was founded in June 2020, and two months later became a component party of registered party Advance New Zealand in order to contest the 2020 election.[2] Advance received only 1.0% of the party vote and neither Advance nor Public won any electorate seats, so the Public Party did not win any representation in Parliament.[3] The Public Party split from Advance shortly after the election acrimoniously,[4][5][6] and Public's party secretary and director both resigned in January 2021.[7]
New Zealand Public Party | |
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Founder | Billy Te Kahika |
Founded | 11 June 2020 (2020-06-11) |
Dissolved | 19 February 2021 (2021-02-19) |
Ideology | Right-wing populism, Isolationism[1] |
International affiliation | None |
MPs in the House of Representatives | 0 / 120 |
Website | |
nzpublicparty.org.nz | |
The party was "conspiracy theory driven",[8] opposing the United Nations, 5G technology, 1080 poison, fluoridation, and electromagnets.[9] It spreads misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to repeal the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020, the primary legal mechanism for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.[10][11][12]
In mid–February 2021, after briefly renaming it the New Zealand Freedom Party, Te Kahika announced that he was shutting down the party to focus on activism.[13][14]