New Zealand Public Party

The New Zealand Public Party is a political party in New Zealand. It is a component party of registered party Advance New Zealand,[1] and its leader, Billy Te Kahika, is also co-leader of Advance.[2] The party is "conspiracy theory driven",[3] opposing the United Nations, 5G technology, 1080 poison, fluoridation and electromagnets.[4] It spreads misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to repeal the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act, the primary legal mechanism for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.[5][6][7]

New Zealand Public Party
LeaderBilly Te Kahika Jr
Founded2020
IdeologyAnti-1080
Anti-5G technology
Anti-vaccination
Conspiracy theorist
Anti-fluoride
Anti-UN
Nationalism
International affiliationNone
MPs in the House of Representatives
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Website
nzpublicparty.org.nz

History

Foundation

The party was founded in June 2020 by Billy Te Kahika, son of Billy TK. At the party's launch, Te Kahika said that the COVID-19 pandemic would enable globalist leaders to implement UN agendas that would totally control people's lives, and that billionaires had developed weaponised viruses and patented treatments for the viruses they had made, in order to enslave humanity.[8] Despite a lack of mainstream media coverage, it collected a large social media following.[9]

Alliance with Advance New Zealand

After it missed the deadline for registration to contest the party vote in the 2020 general election, the Public Party attempted to form an electoral alliance with the Vision NZ. After Vision refused to provide Te Kahika the leadership position of a merged party, the plan fell apart. Talks with the Outdoors Party were also unsuccessful.[10] The party did not apply for a broadcasting allocation for the 2020 election.[11]

On 26 July 2020 the party announced an electoral alliance with Advance New Zealand.[3][4][2] Billy Te Kahika became co-leader of Advance, will have the number one ranking on Advance's party's list, and will contest the electorate of Te Tai Tokerau.[2] Advance New Zealand was registered on 6 August 2020, and so is eligible to contest the party vote.[12] The Public Party has also announced candidates for electorates running for the Public Party itself. Jenny Brown has been announced as a candidate for the East Coast electorate.[13] Psychic Jeanette Wilson announced her candidacy, but withdrew it the next day.[14]

On 16 August 2020 the Public Party was recognised as a component party of Advance New Zealand by the Electoral Commission.[15]

gollark: Although I don't think I'd want to encourage an increase in lawyers.
gollark: If you could somehow make medicine/law available as undergraduate things that... might help?
gollark: The UK does those, I think, and seems to be doing fine lawyer and doctor-wise.
gollark: A convincing explanation I read of the everyone-has-to-go-to-college thing is that college degrees work as a signal to employers that you have some basic competence at listening independently, doing things for delayed gain later, sort of thing, more than providing any massively work-relevant skills, and it apparently got easier/more popular to get a degree over time, so the *lack* of one works as a signal that you *lack* those basic skills.
gollark: No idea.

References
  1. "Register of political parties | Elections". elections.nz. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  2. Thomas Coughlan (26 July 2020). "Jami-Lee Ross looks to Te Tai Tokerau as he plots journey back to Parliament". Stuff. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. Marc Daalder (26 July 2020). "Jami-Lee Ross hitches wagon to conspiracy theorists". Newsroom. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. "Ex-National MP Jami-Lee Ross joins forces with controversial party in hope of forming a new Alliance party". New Zealand Herald. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. "Jami-Lee Ross' newly formed alliance with NZ Public Party aims to repeal Govt's Covid-19 Response Bill". 1News. 26 Jul 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  6. "COVID-19 gives Billy TK the UN red flag blues". Waatea News. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  7. Mark Peters (10 July 2020). "Global 'plandemic'". Gisborne Herald. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  8. "New Zealand Public Party kicks off". Māori Television. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  9. Rachel Sadler (26 July 2020). "NZ Election 2020: New Zealand Public Party's policies". NewsHub. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  10. "Public Party praying for electoral lifeline". Waatea News. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  11. "2020 Broadcasting Allocation Decision Released". Electoral Commission. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  12. "Registration of three parties and logos". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  13. "Let the election games begin". Gisborne Herald. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  14. Sowman-Lund, Stewart (11 August 2020). "Election Live, August 11: Christchurch rest home in lockdown for Covid testing". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  15. "Component party recorded for The Advance New Zealand Party". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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