If a political party wants to contest the party vote in an election, it must register with us. We keep a register of these parties and make it available to the public.
The register shows each party’s:
- name
- abbreviated name
- component parties, if it has any
- registration date
- registration date of current logo
- deadline for filing financial statements and whether these must be audited
- secretary and their contact information
- dates of changes to their rules.
You can download the register at the bottom of this page, or visit us and read the register in person:
Electoral Commission
34-42 Manners St
Wellington
Open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
See each party’s donation returns by year
Table of registered parties
This table shows which parties are on the register, their abbreviated names, their registered logos, and links to their websites.
ACT New Zealand
Party registered:
17 February 1995Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
The ACT PartyRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
2 August 2019Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Danae Smith
Party Secretary
ACT New Zealand
PO Box 99651
Newmarket
Auckland 1149
Ph: 021 567 301
Email: danae.smith@act.org.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 June 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements must be audited
Website:
www.act.org.nzPrevious registered logos:





Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand
Party registered:
16 August 2023Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
Animal Justice PartyRegistered logo:
Logo registered:
16 August 2023Party secretary name and contact details:
Melanie Wilson
Party Secretary
Animal Justice Party
27F Whatawhata Road
Dinsdale
Hamilton 3204
Ph: 0800 221 224
Mobile: 022 012 8236
Email: leadership@animaljusticeparty.org.nz
Website:
animaljustice.org.nzAotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
Party registered:
30 May 1996Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
The Cannabis PartyRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
27 July 2020Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Irinka Britnell
Party Secretary
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
25 Hanmer Street
Christchurch 8141
Mob: 022 082 4399
Email: avoncbakpak@gmail.com
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 September 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements are not required to be audited.
Website:
www.alcp.org.nzPrevious registered logos:





DemocracyNZ
Party registered:
12 October 2022Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
NoneRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
12 October 2022Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Tania-Lee Knowles
Party Secretary
DemocracyNZ
Box 9
Waipapa
Northland 0246
Ph: 021 041 3137
Email: generalmanager@democracynz.org
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 June 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements are not required to be audited
Website:
democracynz.orgDemocratic Alliance
Party registered:
28 August 2023Component parties:
NoneRegistered logo:
Logo registered:
28 August 2023Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Jacob Knegtmans
Party Secretary
Democratic Alliance
67 Percy Kinsman Crescent
Riverstone Terraces
Upper Hutt 5018
Ph: 029 894 0536
Email: secretary@democraticalliance.nz
Website:
democraticalliance.nzFreedoms New Zealand
Party registered:
15 February 2023Component parties:
NZ Outdoors & Freedom PartyRock the Vote NZ
Vision New Zealand
Abbreviation:
Freedoms NZRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
15 March 2023Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Jennifer Marshall
Party Secretary
Freedoms New Zealand
49 Charlestown Drive
Flatbush
Auckland 2019
Mob: 027 278 1990
Email: jenny@freedomsnz.org.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 September 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements are not required to be audited.
Website:
www.freedomsnz.org.nzLeighton Baker Party
Party registered:
16 August 2023Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
Leighton BakerRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
16 August 2023Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Susan Joy Baker
Party Secretary
Leighton Baker Party
411 Dixons Road
Loburn 7472
Mobile: 022 1831 1458
Email: leightonbakerpartynz@proton.me
Website:
leightonbakerparty.co.nzNew Conservatives
Party registered:
6 October 2011Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
NCRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
6 September 2023Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Dieuwe de Boer
Secretary General
New Conservatives
61 Seaview Road
Lower Hutt 5010
Email: secretary@nc.org.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 June 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements are not required to be audited
Website:
www.nc.org.nzPrevious registered logos:




New Nation Party
Party registered:
12 April 2023Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
NNPRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
12 April 2023Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Melissa O'Hagan
Party Secretary
New Nation Party
PO Box 47-017
Trentham
Upper Hutt 5143
Mob: 021 397069
Email: nnpartynz.melissa@gmail.com
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 September 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements are not required to be audited.
Website:
nnparty.co.nzNew Zealand First Party
Party registered:
20 December 1994Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
NZ FirstRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
21 June 2017Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Holly Howard
Secretary General
New Zealand First
PO Box 406
Fielding 4740
Ph: 027 335 3452
Email: secretary@nzfirst.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 September 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements must be audited
Website:
www.nzfirst.nzPrevious registered logos:

New Zealand Labour Party
Party registered:
17 February 1995Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
Labour PartyRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
22 June 2016Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Rob Salmond
Party Secretary
New Zealand Labour Party
PO Box 784
Wellington 6140
Mobile: 027 202 0410
Email: secretary@labour.org.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 June 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements must be audited
Website:
www.labour.org.nzPrevious registered logos:





New Zealand Loyal
Party registered:
28 August 2023Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
NZ LoyalRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
28 August 2023Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Michele Smith
Party Secretary
New Zealand Loyal
155 Winara Avenue
Waikanae 5036
Ph: 021882251
Email: michele.smith@nzloyal.org.nz
Website:
nzloyal.org.nzNewZeal
Party registered:
9 July 2020Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
NoneRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
16 August 2023Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Dollarina O'Sullivan
Party Secretary
NewZeal
7 Aitken Road
RD 3
TUAKAU 2693
Mob: 027 485 3101
Email: dolly@newzeal.org.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 June 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements are not required to be audited
Website:
newzeal.org.nzPrevious registered logos:

NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party
Party registered:
11 August 2017Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
NoneRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
6 April 2022Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Bruce Abrahams
Party Secretary
Oio No 1 Road
RD1 Owhango
Ruapehu 3989
Mob: (027) 4467 6155
Email: secretary@outdoorsparty.co.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 September 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements are not required to be audited
Website:
www.outdoorsparty.co.nzPrevious registered logos:


Te Pāti Māori
Party registered:
24 June 2004Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
NoneRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
8 September 2023Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Lance Norman
Party Secretary
Te Pāti Māori
PO Box 21 081
Henderson, Auckland 0650
Email: secretary@maoriparty.org.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 June 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements must be audited
Website:
www.maoriparty.org.nzPrevious registered logos:


The Greens, The Green Party of Aotearoa/New Zealand
Party registered:
17 August 1995Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
Green PartyRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
21 June 2017Party secretary name and contact details:
Miriam Ross
General Secretary
The Greens
PO Box 11652
WELLINGTON 6142
Ph: (04) 888 2443
Fax: (04) 801 5104
Email: generalmanager@greens.org.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 September 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements must be audited
Website:
www.greens.org.nzPrevious registered logos:



The New Zealand National Party
Party registered:
2 December 1994Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
National PartyRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
21 June 2017Party secretary name and contact details:
Joanne Marie de Joux
Party Secretary
The New Zealand National Party
PO Box 1155
Wellington 6140
Ph: (04) 894 7016
Mob: 0800 255 266
Email: jo.dejoux@national.org.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
TBC
Audit requirement for financial statements:
TBC
Website:
www.national.org.nzPrevious registered logos:




The Opportunities Party (TOP)
Party registered:
6 March 2017Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
TOPRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
15 February 2023Party secretary name and contact details:
Hayden Cargo
Party Secretary
The Opportunities Party (TOP)
90 Crawford St
Dunedin 9016
Mob: 022 682 4996
Email: secretary@top.org.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 June 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements are not required to be audited
Website:
www.top.org.nzPrevious registered logos:



Vision New Zealand
Party registered:
4 December 2019Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
Vision NZRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
4 December 2019Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Anne Williamson
Party Secretary
Vision New Zealand
44 Bob Charles Drive
Golflands
Auckland 2013
Email: office@vision.org.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 September 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements are not required to be audited
Women's Rights Party
Party registered:
28 August 2023Component parties:
NoneAbbreviation:
NoneRegistered logo:

Logo registered:
28 August 2023Party rules:
Party secretary name and contact details:
Jill Annette Ovens
Party Secretary
Women's Rights Party
32A Gilmore Road
RD1 Waiuku 2681
Ph: 9 371 5192
Mob: 027 466 4966
Email: secretary@womensrightsparty.nz
Deadline for providing financial statements:
30 June 2024
Audit requirement for financial statements:
Financial statements must be audited