Alliance, Kotahi Party, Community Party, and The Country Party are deregistered effective immediately on the grounds of inactivity.

Per Section 4 of the Electoral Regulations, a party may be deregistered if it no longer meets the requirements for party registration. As neither Alliance nor any of its component parties contested the most recent election, I am not confident that any of these parties have three active members, and have therefore decided to deregister them.

Deregistered parties are welcome to apply for registration, but must satisfy the requirements as laid out in Section 3(2) of the Regulations, those being:

(2) For a political party to be registered, it must:

(a) Be serious and non-satirical in nature;

(b) Have at least three active members;

(c) Have a Constitution that prescribes procedures for:

(i) The election and recall of party officers;

(ii) The approval of mergers and inter-party agreements;

(iii) Party input on policy decisions;

(iv) The expulsion of party members; and

(v) The amendment of the Constitution;

(d) Have a manifesto, policy document, or statement of ideology briefly describing its values and beliefs; and

(e) Not be excessively similar to an existing political party.

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Chief Electoral Officer