Focus NZ explained

Focus New Zealand
President:Les King
Founded:2012
Dissolved:2016
Headquarters:Northland, New Zealand
Ideology:Populism
Agrarianism
Economic nationalism
Country:New Zealand
State:New Zealand

Focus NZ was a political party in New Zealand. Founded as "NZ Rural", the party was based in Northland and represented the interests of business owners, producers and provincial communities.[1] Areas of concern include the exchange rate and empowerment of communities.[2] [3]

History

On 22 August 2012 the party applied to register a logo with the Electoral Commission.[4] The logo was approved on 24 September 2012.[5]

The party held its first meeting on 24 November 2012,[6] during which it decided to change its name to "Focus New Zealand" in order to reach out to urban supporters.[7] [8]

The Party stood candidates in the 2013 local body elections in the Far North District Council and Whangarei District Council

The party was registered on 29 January 2014.[9] The logo of the party was changed at the same time.

The party contested the 2014 general election. It received 639 votes, making it the least successful of the fifteen registered parties in that election.[10]

On 22 February 2016 the party's registration was cancelled at its own request.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New party for 'all rural people' . Stuff . 2012-08-22 . 2012-08-23.
  2. Web site: New political party to focus on rural needs . Katie Cullen Montgomerie . Northern Advocate . 2012-08-11 . 2012-08-23.
  3. Web site: New rural party in the wind . https://archive.today/20130224174304/http://straightfurrow.farmonline.co.nz/news/nationalrural/agribusiness-and-general/general/new-rural-party-in-the-wind/2614232.aspx?storypage=0 . dead . 2013-02-24 . Straight Furrow . 2012-07-17 . 2012-08-23 .
  4. Web site: Application to register political party logo . New Zealand Electoral Commission . 2012-08-22 . 2012-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023155342/http://www.elections.org.nz/study/news/application-to-register-political-party-logo-22082012.html . 23 October 2012 . dead .
  5. Web site: Registration of NZ Rural party logo . New Zealand Electoral Commission . 2012-09-24 . 2012-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121114023441/http://www.elections.org.nz/study/news/registration-of-nz-rural-party-logo-24092012.html . 14 November 2012 . dead .
  6. Web site: New NZ Rural political party formed . Northern Advocate . 2012-11-15 . 2012-11-15.
  7. Web site: Party representing producers and exporters formed . Radio New Zealand . 2012-11-26 . 2012-11-27.
  8. Web site: Party changes focus . Stuff . 2012-11-29.
  9. Web site: Registration of Focus New Zealand Party and Logo . . 2014-01-29 . 2014-01-29.
  10. Web site: Official Count Results -- Overall Status. Electoral Commission. 8 January 2017.
  11. Web site: Amendments to the Register of Political Parties — Cancellation of Focus New Zealand . New Zealand Electoral Commission . 22 February 2016 . 29 February 2016.

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