Heartland New Zealand Party

Heartland New Zealand is a political party in New Zealand. The party is rural-based, and opposes the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, the Paris Agreement, and attempts to limit the environmental impacts of agriculture.[1] The party is backed by rich-lister Harry Mowbray, and aims to provide a support partner to the New Zealand National Party by the creation of overhang seats.[2]

Heartland New Zealand
Leader	Mark Ball
Founded	June 2020 (2020-06)
Ideology	Agrarianism
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	None
MPs in the House of Representatives	0 / 120
Website
https://www.heartlandparty.org.nz/
Politics of New Zealand Political parties Elections

The party is lead by former Franklin District mayor Mark Ball[3] and he is their candidate for Port Waikato.[1]

The party did not apply for a broadcasting allocation for the 2020 election.[4] On 13 July 2020, the Electoral Commission confirmed that the Heartland Party is going through the application process to be a registered party.[5] On 18 July the party applied for registration with the Electoral Commission.[6] The party was registered on 6 August 2020.[7]

References

1. James Baker (17 July 2020). "New rural Heartland party challenges climate change and water restrictions". Stuff. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
2. Andrea Vance (15 March 2020). "Why a new rural political party is likely to fail". Stuff. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
3. "Party profile: Heartland New Zealand". Policy.nz. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
4. "2020 Broadcasting Allocation Decision Released". Electoral Commission. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
5. "General election candidates: Who will be standing?". New Zealand Herald. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
6. "Three parties apply to register". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
7. "Registration of three parties and logos". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 August 2020.