The One Party (stylised as ONE Party) is a

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political party in

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, co-led by Ian Johnson, Allan Cawood and Kariana Black. The party has stated that New Zealand is a "Christian nation", and should be run as such. Its policies include opposing

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and

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. Former co-leader Stephanie Harawira incorporated One Party Limited as a New Zealand limited company in September 2019. It contested the 2020 general election, receiving 0.3% of the party vote.

Ideology and structure

The One Party believes that

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should be above politicians, and envisages its MPs entering Parliament if elected but answerable to an Apostolic Council of

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s from various

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s and cultural backgrounds. The party generally leans towards the

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and

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wing of

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, though founder Stephanie Harawira said, "We didn't come together as Baptists, as Anglicans or Methodists. We came together just as people, who love the Lord."

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is important to the party; candidates have spoken of being given a sign or message that it is their

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to become politicians, and Harawira stated that God has spoken directly to her.

2020 election

The One Party became registered on 9 July 2020. It received a broadcasting allocation of $41,457 for the 2020 election. The party was to hold its launch at Marsden Cross in

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(site of the first Christian service in New Zealand, in 1814) on 27 June 2020. It said that it would run 20 candidates in both general and Māori electorates. The party reached an arrangement with

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, another Christian-based party. One Party did not stand a candidate in the Waiariki electorate, where Vision's leader

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ran. In return, Vision NZ promised to not stand a candidate in

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. The One Party was approached about joining an alliance of parties that included the

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, led by

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, who is also a Christian. However, Harawira has said that their respective parties' kaupapa do not align. The One Party encouraged supporters in electorates where it was not running a candidate to abstain from the electorate vote. At the election, held on 17 October, the One Party received 8,121 party votes (0.3%) and did not win any electorate seats. This result was not enough to enter

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under New Zealand's

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electoral system. ONE_Party_Billboard

2021 leadership change

As of December 2021, the party is led by three people: Ian Johnson, Allan Cawood and Kariana Black. The party announced the leadership change on 18 October 2021, when founding leaders Stephanie Harawira and Edward Shanly stood down and were replaced with a

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2022 by-election

For the

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, the One Party announced that it joined with the

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to stand a single candidate: Rudi du Plooy, a New Conservative Party member.

Election results

House of Representatives

References

External links

Official website
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