ACT New Zealand,known simply as ACT,is a right-wing,classical-liberal political party in New Zealand. According to former party leader Rodney Hide,ACT's values are "individual freedom,personal responsibility,doing the best for our natural environment and for smaller,smarter government in its goals of a prosperous economy,a strong society,and a quality of life that is the envy of the world". Young ACT is an associated student wing.
New Zealand First,commonly abbreviated to NZ First,is a nationalist and populist political party in New Zealand. The party formed in July 1993 following the resignation on 19 March 1993 of its leader and founder,Winston Peters,from the then-governing National Party. Peters had been the sitting Member of Parliament for Tauranga since 1984 and would use the electorate as the base for New Zealand First until consecutive defeats by National Party candidates in 2005 and 2008. His party has formed coalition governments with both major political parties in New Zealand:first with the National Party from 1996 to 1998 and then with the Labour Party from 2005 to 2008 and from 2017 to 2020. Peters has served on two occasions as deputy prime minister.
Ruth Suzanne Dyson is a former New Zealand politician. She was a Labour Party Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2020. She represented the Port Hills electorate from the 2008 election election to 2020. She also held a number of senior offices in the Labour Party,including president.
Damien Peter O'Connor is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who currently serves as Minister of Agriculture,Minister for Biosecurity,Minister for Trade and Export Growth,Minister for Land Information and Minister for Rural Communities in the Sixth Labour Government. He previously served as a cabinet minister in the Fifth Labour Government. He has been a member of Parliament since 1993 and currently represents the West Coast-Tasman electorate.
Annabel Margaret Young is a former New Zealand politician. She was a Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002,representing the National Party.
Aupito Tofae Su'a William Sio is a politician who became a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives on 1 April 2008 for the Labour Party as a list MP. Since the November 2008 election,he has represented the Māngere electorate.
Allen Nathan Guy is a New Zealand former politician of the National Party. He was elected to Parliament in 2005 as a list MP and represented the electorate of Ōtaki after the 2008 election. He served as Minister of Immigration from 2011 to 2013. Guy did not seek re-election at the 2020 election.
The 2008 New Zealand general election was held on 8 November 2008 to determine the composition of the 49th New Zealand Parliament. The liberal-conservative National Party,headed by its parliamentary leader John Key,won the largest share of votes and seats,ending nine years of government by the social-democratic Labour Party,led by Helen Clark. Key announced a week later that he would lead a National minority government with confidence-and-supply support from the ACT,United Future and Māori parties. The Governor-General swore Key in as New Zealand's 38th Prime Minister on 19 November 2008. This marked the beginning of the Fifth National Government which governed for the next nine years,until the 2017 general election,when a government was formed between the Labour and New Zealand First parties,with support on confidence and supply by the Green Party.
Louisa Hareruia Wall is a former New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2011 to 2022. She has represented New Zealand in both netball as a Silver Fern and rugby union as a member of the Black Ferns. In late March 2022,Wall announced that she would resign from Parliament.
Grant Murray Robertson is a New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party who has served as the minister of finance since 2017 and served as the 19th deputy prime minister of New Zealand from 2020 to 2023. He has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Wellington Central since 2008.
Timothy Harley Macindoe is a New Zealand politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2008 for the Hamilton West electorate. Macindoe previously served as the Minister of Customs in the Fifth National Government.
Michael Allan Woodhouse is a National member of the New Zealand Parliament.
The 2011 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 26 November 2011 to determine the membership of the 50th New Zealand Parliament.
Carmel Jean Sepuloni is a New Zealand politician and a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party who has been the deputy prime minister of New Zealand since 25 January 2023. She was first elected to Parliament following the 2008 general election as a list member,becoming New Zealand's first MP of Tongan descent.
Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi is an Indian-born New Zealand politician and a member of the National Party. He was a Member of Parliament as a list MP from the 2008 election to the 2020 election.
Gareth Thomas Llewelyn Hughes is a New Zealand politician and member of the Green Party. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for eleven years,from 2010 to 2020. He first took a seat part way through the 49th Parliament as the next person on the Green party list following the retirement of Jeanette Fitzsimons in February 2010. He did not stand for re-election in the 2020 general election.
Simon David O'Connor is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is a member of the National Party. He has represented the Tāmaki electorate since 2011. He is a member of the Foreign Affairs,Defence,and Trade committee.
Simeon Peter Brown is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party.
Jamie Ross Strange is a New Zealand politician. He is a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party.
Glen Thomas Bennett is a New Zealand politician and a member of the Labour Party. He was elected the Member of the Parliament for New Plymouth at the 2020 New Zealand general election,defeating the National candidate and incumbent Jonathan Young. Prior to entering politics,he worked in the community sector for more than 20 years.
