The New Citizen Party was a
political party in
New Zealand that aimed to represent
Chinese New Zealander
Chinese New Zealanders ( mi, Tāngata Hainamana o Aotearoa; ) or Sino-New Zealanders are New Zealanders of Chinese ancestry. The largest subset of Asian New Zealanders, many of the Chinese immigrants came from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, ...
s and had a focus on economic and law-and-order issues.
[
] Auckland businessman Paul Young, former
New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Labour Party ( mi, Rōpū Reipa o Aotearoa), or simply Labour (), is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism, while observers descr ...
list-candidate Stephen Ching, and Chinese businessman Jack Chen were organisers for the party.
[
]
Party history
On 2 December 2010 the Electoral Commission registered the party, making it eligible to contest the party vote in general elections.
Paul Young came third in the 2011 Botany by-election
A List of New Zealand by-elections, by-election was held in the New Zealand electorates, New Zealand electorate of Botany (New Zealand electorate), Botany on 5 March 2011. The seat was vacated by former National Ethnic Affairs Minister Pansy Wong ...
, based on provisional figures.
On 18 October 2011 the party announced that it would withdraw from the 2011 election, and that Young would instead stand for the Conservative Party of New Zealand.
At about the same time, authorities in Hong Kong laid charges against Jack Chen and issued a warrant for his arrest.[
]
On 29 February 2012 the Electoral Commission cancelled the party's registration at its own request.[
]
As of March 2012 the Party website no longer operated.
See also
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References
External links
Official site
(archived)
Chinese-New Zealand culture
Defunct political parties in New Zealand
Political parties established in 2010
2010 establishments in New Zealand
Overseas Chinese organisations
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