Applications to register political parties and logos
The Electoral Commission is considering applications made under Part 4 of the Electoral Act 1993 to register four political parties and their logos.
Party name: Alliance Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
Party abbreviation: Alliance Party
Applicant: Sionainn Byrnes, Party Secretary
Logo:
Party name: Free Palestine
Party abbreviation: None
Applicant: John Edmundson, Party Secretary
Logo:
Party name: New Zealand Loyal
Party abbreviation: NZ Loyal
Applicant: Julian Crawford, Party Secretary
Logo:
Party name: Te Tai Tokerau Party
Party abbreviation: TTTP
Applicant: April Erueti, Party Secretary
Logo:
Registration of a party may be refused if the party name or any abbreviation is indecent, offensive, excessively long, likely to cause confusion or mislead electors, or contains any reference to a title or honour or similar form of identification.
Registration of a logo is needed for it to appear on a voting paper. Registration of a party logo may be refused if the logo is indecent, offensive, likely to cause confusion or mislead electors, or contains any reference to a title or honour or similar form of identification or infringes an intellectual property right.
Anyone who wishes to comment on the party names, abbreviations, and party logos, may do so in writing to the Electoral Commission at:
- PO Box 3220, Wellington 6140
- email enquiries@elections.govt.nz
The deadline for comments is 5pm, Thursday 16 July 2026.
For more information on the party and logo registration processes see our guidance and rules for starting a political party, email enquiries@elections.govt.nz or phone 0800 36 76 56.