Heartland New Zealand Party

Heartland New Zealand is a New Zealand political party founded in 2020.[1] 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.[2] The party is led by former Franklin District mayor Mark Ball, who is the party's candidate for Port Waikato.[1][2] It is backed by Hamilton entrepreneur Harry Mowbray,[3] father of Nick Mowbray, a billionaire who, with his siblings, was on the 2019 NBR Rich List.[4]

Heartland New Zealand
LeaderMark Ball
FoundedJune 2020 (2020-06)
HeadquartersPukekohe
IdeologyAgrarianism
Political positionCentre-right
House of Representatives
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Website
heartlandnz.org.nz

History

Heartland did not apply for a broadcasting allocation for the 2020 election, which was allocated in May 2020.[5] The party applied for registration with the Electoral Commission in July,[6][7] and was registered on 6 August 2020.[8] It had a party list of five people for the 2020 election — tied for the shortest party list with Vision NZ[9] — and Mark Ball was its only electorate candidate.

The party won 914 party votes (0.0% of the total) in the 2020 election, coming last out of the registered parties.[10] Ball came third in Port Waikato, with 8,462 electorate votes.[11]

In the 2023 election, the party is campaigning exclusively for electorate votes in the hopes of creating an overhang.[12]

Ideology

The party has been critical of climate change and water restrictions and has opposed New Zealand's ban on oil and gas exploration.[13]

Election results

House of Representatives
Election Candidates nominated Seats won Votes Vote share % Position MPs in
parliament
Electorate List
2020 1 5 0 987[14] 0.1 17th
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References
  1. "Party profile: Heartland New Zealand". Policy.nz. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. James Baker (17 July 2020). "New rural Heartland party challenges climate change and water restrictions". Stuff. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. Andrea Vance (15 March 2020). "Why a new rural political party is likely to fail". Stuff. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  4. "Kiwi celebs and rich listers go wild at the biggest party of the year". NZ Herald. 8 December 2019. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. "2020 Broadcasting Allocation Decision Released". Electoral Commission. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  6. "General election candidates: Who will be standing?". New Zealand Herald. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  7. "Three parties apply to register". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  8. "Registration of three parties and logos". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. "Parties | Vote NZ". vote.nz. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  10. "2020 General Election and Referendums – Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission.
  11. "Port Waikato – Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission.
  12. "Why we DON'T want you to vote for our party". HeartlandNZ Party.
  13. Baker, James (17 July 2020). "New rural Heartland party challenges climate change and water restrictions". Stuff. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  14. "2020 General Election and Referendums – Preliminary Count: Nationwide Party Votes – 100.0% of results counted". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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