Parties

Encyclopedia of New Zealand · 10 items

Centre-left

New Zealand Labour Party

social democracy

Founded: 1916
Current leader: Jacinda Ardern

Centre-right

New Zealand National Party

Party of the incumbent head of government

liberal conservatism

Founded: 1936
Current leader: Christopher Luxon

New Zealand First

nationalism, protectionism, populism

Founded: 1993
Current leader: Winston Peters

Centre-left

Te Pāti Māori

liberalism, indigenous rights

Founded: 2004
Current leader: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

progressivism, green politics

Founded: 1990

ACT New Zealand

right-libertarianism, classical liberalism, libertarian conservatism

Founded: 1994
Current leader: David Seymour

Rātana

Founded: 1925

Cook Islands Party

Founded: 1964

Right

New Conservatives

agrarianism, social conservatism

Founded: 2011

Centre

The Opportunity Party

environmentalism, radical centrism

Founded: 2016

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