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The Conservative Party NZ is a socially and fiscally conservative party. It campaigns on traditional family values, lower taxation and smaller government, free speech, and citizen-initiated referendums, and states that it opposes what it calls “woke” ideology. It holds no seats in the current Parliament.
Founded in 2011 by businessman Colin Craig as the Conservative Party, its best result was 3.97% of the party vote in 2014 — never reaching the 5% threshold or an electorate seat. It was rebranded New Conservative in 2017 and reverted to Conservative Party NZ in 2026; Helen Houghton is its leader.
Tap an issue to read Conservative Party NZ’s position on it, in our words with their source. 5 of 11 topics have a recorded position.
The Conservative Party says government spends and borrows too much and needs to be made much smaller. They want lower taxes to encourage young New Zealanders to stay and work here, fewer rules on businesses, and more spending shifted to infrastructure. They also want to use New Zealand's own fossil fuels and minerals to create jobs and grow the economy.
“Government spending, borrowing and control of our lives must be slashed.”
“Lower taxes, higher growth. Fewer and less burdensome regulations. Smaller government workforce.”
“Tax settings which encourage young Kiwis to stay and work in New Zealand.”
Summarised neutrally from Conservative Party NZ’s own official policy (as at 2026-07-16) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Economy →
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Seat counts from the 2023 General Election (Electoral Commission). Party background from parliament.nz and official party records. Leadership verified against the parliament.nz member roster.