Election advertising funds re-jigged as new parties fail to stand lists
Minor parties have received a small boost in their broadcast election advertising allocation from the Electoral Commission. This follows the redistribution of funds previously allocated to parties which have since failed to register and nominate party lists in the general election.
|
Party |
Original allocation
|
Additional from re-allocation |
Total final allocation (to each party in group) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
All values include GST |
|||
|
Labour Party |
1,100,000 |
1,100,000 |
|
|
National Party |
900,000 |
900,000 |
|
|
ACT, Green Party, NZ First, UNITED FUTURE |
200,000 |
6,607 |
206,607 |
|
Māori Party |
125,000 |
4,129 |
129,129 |
|
Progressive |
75,000 |
2,478 |
77,478 |
|
Alliance, Christian Heritage NZ, Destiny NZ, Libertarianz |
20,000 |
661 |
20,661 |
|
99 MP Party, Democrats, New Zealand F.R.P.P., The Republic of New Zealand Party |
10,000 |
330 |
10,330 |
Parties that failed to register and nominate party lists were: Beneficiaries Party, National Front, Patriot Party, Republic Aotearoa New Zealand Party, and New Zealand Equal Values Party. Each of these parties had received an initial allocation of $10,000.
All parties but Labour and National receive the pro-rata increased allocation, as these two parties were allocated funds from a pool fixed at $2 million, with the remainder of parties to share the remainder of the $3,212,000 available. Some of the funds also helped produce broadcast opening addresses by parties in the bottom two allocation bands (additional to each party's allocation).
Parties may use the allocated funds to produce and run radio and television advertising for the party vote. Parties may not pay for the running of radio and television advertising from their own funds. Electorate candidates may fund the production and running of radio and television advertising within their $20,000 election expense limit.
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