Progressive Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

Not to be confused with Jim Anderton's Progressive Party.

The Progressive Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (PPANZ) is an unregistered political party in New Zealand. The party supports the Progressive Utilization Theory of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, including economic democracy and the transformation of large businesses into cooperatives.^[2] It is led by Bruce Dyer.

Progressive Party Of Aotearoa New Zealand
Leader	Bruce Dyer
Founded	2020 (2020)
Ideology	Progressive Utilization Theory Distributism[1] Economic democracy
Political position	Syncretic
International affiliation	Proutist Universal
Colours	Purple and   Orange
MPs in the House of Representatives	0 / 120
Website
https://www.progressiveparty.co.nz/
Politics of New Zealand Political parties Elections

2020 election

As an unregistered party, PPANZ was unable to contest the party vote. It stood two candidates in the Nelson and Mana electorates in the 2020 New Zealand general election.^[3][4][5] Neither candidate was successful; leader Bruce Dyer received 50 electorate votes, or 0.1% of the vote.^[6]

2023 election

Bruce Dyer was again a candidate for the Nelson electorate in 2023. He was the party's only candidate.^[7]