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If a political party wants to contest the party vote in an election, it must register with us. We keep a register of these parties and make it available to the public.

The register shows each party’s:

  • name
  • abbreviated name
  • component parties, if it has any
  • registration date
  • registration date of current logo
  • deadline for filing financial statements and whether these must be audited
  • secretary and their contact information
  • dates of changes to their rules.

You can download the register at the bottom of this page, or visit us and read the register in person:

Electoral Commission 
34-42 Manners St 
Wellington
Open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday

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Table of registered parties

This table shows which parties are on the register, their abbreviated names, their registered logos, and links to their websites.

ACT New Zealand

Party registered:

17 February 1995

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

The ACT Party

Logo registered:

2 August 2019

Party secretary name and contact details:

Callum Purves
Party Secretary
ACT New Zealand
PO Box 99651
Newmarket
Auckland 1149

Ph: 027 330 2207
Email: callum.purves@act.org.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 June

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements are not required to be audited

Website:

www.act.org.nz

Previous registered logos:

Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand

Party registered:

16 August 2023

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

Animal Justice Party

Logo registered:

16 August 2023

Party secretary name and contact details:

Danette Wereta
General Secretary
Animal Justice Party
27F Whatawhata Road
Dinsdale
Hamilton 3204

Mobile: 022 619 1242
Email: gensecdrcc@gmail.com

Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 September

Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements are not required to be audited

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

Party registered:

30 May 1996

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

The Cannabis Party

Logo registered:

27 July 2020

Party secretary name and contact details:

Irinka Britnell
Party Secretary
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
25 Hanmer Street
Christchurch 8141

Mob: 022 082 4399
Email: avoncbakpak@gmail.com

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 September

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements are not required to be audited.

Website:

www.alcp.org.nz

Previous registered logos:

Freedoms New Zealand

Party registered:

15 February 2023

Component parties:

NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party
Rock the Vote NZ
Vision New Zealand

Abbreviation:

Freedoms NZ

Logo registered:

15 March 2023

Party secretary name and contact details:

Jennifer Marshall
Party Secretary
Freedoms New Zealand
49 Charlestown Drive
Flatbush
Auckland 2019

Mob: 027 278 1990
Email: jenny@freedomsnz.org.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 September

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements are not required to be audited.

New Conservatives

Party registered:

6 October 2011

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

NC

Logo registered:

6 September 2023

Party secretary name and contact details:

Dieuwe de Boer
Secretary General
New Conservatives
61 Seaview Road
Lower Hutt 5010

Email: secretary@nc.org.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 June

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements are not required to be audited

Website:

www.nc.org.nz

Previous registered logos:

New Zealand First Party

Party registered:

20 December 1994

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

NZ First

Logo registered:

21 June 2017

Party secretary name and contact details:

Holly Howard
Secretary General
New Zealand First
PO Box 406
Fielding 4740

Ph: 027 335 3452
Email: secretary@nzfirst.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 September

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements must be audited

Website:

www.nzfirst.nz

Previous registered logos:

New Zealand Labour Party

Party registered:

17 February 1995

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

Labour Party

Logo registered:

22 June 2016

Party secretary name and contact details:

Rob Salmond
Party Secretary
New Zealand Labour Party
PO Box 784
Wellington 6140

Mobile: 027 202 0410
Email: secretary@labour.org.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 June

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements must be audited

Previous registered logos:

NewZeal

Party registered:

9 July 2020

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

None

Logo registered:

16 August 2023

Party secretary name and contact details:

Chontae Taingahue
Party Secretary
NewZeal
40 Grey Street
Feilding
Manawatu 4702

Mob: 020 4112 1464
Email: secretary@newzeal.org.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 June

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements are not required to be audited

Website:

newzeal.org.nz

Previous registered logos:

NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party

Party registered:

11 August 2017

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

None

Logo registered:

6 April 2022

Party secretary name and contact details:

Bruce Abrahams
Party Secretary
Oio No 1 Road
RD1 Owhango
Ruapehu 3989

Mob: (027) 467 6155
Email: secretary@outdoorsparty.co.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 September

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements are not required to be audited

Previous registered logos:

Te Pāti Māori

Party registered:

24 June 2004

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

None

Logo registered:

8 September 2023

Party secretary name and contact details:

Lance Norman
Party Secretary
Te Pāti Māori
PO Box 21 081
Henderson, Auckland 0650

Email: secretary@maoriparty.org.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 June

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements must be audited

Previous registered logos:

The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

Party registered:

17 August 1995

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

Green Party

Logo registered:

21 June 2017

Party secretary name and contact details:

Miriam Ross
Party Secretary
The Greens
PO Box 11652
WELLINGTON 6142

Ph: (04) 888 2443
Fax: (04) 801 5104
Email: generalmanager@greens.org.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 September

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements must be audited

Previous registered logos:

The New Zealand National Party

Party registered:

2 December 1994

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

National Party

Logo registered:

21 June 2017

Party secretary name and contact details:

Joanne Marie de Joux
Party Secretary
The New Zealand National Party
PO Box 1155
Wellington 6140

Ph: (04) 894 7016
Mob: 0800 255 266
Email: jo.dejoux@national.org.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 June

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements are not required to be audited

Previous registered logos:

The Opportunities Party (TOP)

Party registered:

6 March 2017

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

TOP

Logo registered:

15 February 2023

Party secretary name and contact details:

Hayden Cargo
Party Secretary
The Opportunities Party (TOP)
2d Amera Place
Auckland 2013

Mob: 022 682 4996
Email: secretary@top.org.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 June

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements are not required to be audited

Website:

www.top.org.nz

Previous registered logos:

Vision New Zealand

Party registered:

4 December 2019

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

Vision NZ

Logo registered:

4 December 2019

Party secretary name and contact details:

Anne Williamson
Party Secretary
Vision New Zealand
44 Bob Charles Drive
Golflands
Auckland 2013

Email: office@vision.org.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:

30 September

Audit requirement for financial statements:

Financial statements are not required to be audited

Women's Rights Party

Party registered:

28 August 2023

Component parties:

None

Abbreviation:

None

Logo registered:

28 August 2023

Party secretary name and contact details:

Jill Annette Ovens
Party Secretary
Women's Rights Party
32A Gilmore Road
RD1 Waiuku 2681

Ph: 9 371 5192 
Mob: 027 466 4966
Email: secretary@womensrightsparty.nz

Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 June

Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements must be audited

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