Policy over personality.
New Zealand Loyal contested the 2023 election under founder Liz Gunn, won no seats, and was deregistered in 2024. It was re-registered in August 2026 under leader Kelvyn Alp, with John Alcock as deputy, and has been allocated public broadcasting funding for the campaign. Its founding and current leadership groups give different accounts of how the deregistration happened; this page records that the dispute exists rather than settling it. It holds no seats in the current Parliament.
The party was founded in 2023 by Liz Gunn and won about 1.2 per cent of the party vote at that year's general election. The Electoral Commission recorded it as deregistered at the party's own request in July 2024; a new board later said that step had been taken unilaterally. Kelvyn Alp, founder of Counterspin Media, became leader in November 2024, and the party was re-registered on 5 August 2026.
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NZ Loyal's policy index lists Defence, Economics, Education, Environment, Farming, Fisheries, Foreign Affairs, Health, Housing, Immigration, Justice, Monetary and Taxation, Property Rights, Self Defence and Treaty of Waitangi. None covers elections, the constitution or how government is run. Checked 23 August 2026.
Summarised neutrally from NZ Loyal’s own official policy (as at 2026-08-23) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Democracy & Government →
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.