Populism in New Zealand

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During the 1990s New Zealand saw a growth in populism,

nationalist standpoint, has been described as a populist party.[1][2][3]

History

31st Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984, had been cited as a populist leader who appealed to the common man and utilised a personality-driven campaign in the 1975 election.[4]

Populist leader Winston Peters of the New Zealand First party

Populism has become a pervasive trend in New Zealand politics since the introduction of the mixed-member proportional voting system in 1996.

party vote to levels unanticipated at the commencement of the election campaign.[7] The New Zealand National Party made limited attempts at articulating populism in its advertising, but suffered from the legacy of being part of the 1990s establishment.[7] The ACT New Zealand party, under leaders Richard Prebble and Rodney Hide, made attempts at populist appeal with socially conservative policies on crime and affirmative action, often to the consternation of its classical liberal wing.[8][9][10]

In preparation for the 2005 election, then-leader of the National Party Don Brash delivered the Orewa Speech in 2004 on allegations of Māori privilege. This speech has been labelled populist due to the polling beforehand which had revealed to the National Party that the topic of race relations was sensitive enough to sway voters, and its perceived intent to exploit long-held grievances in society.[11] The success in the polls granted to the National Party by this speech led to the delivery of a speech dubbed "Orewa 2" the next year, this time on welfare dependency. This second attempt at a populist speech was less successful as voters perceived it as such.[12]

Modern politics

New Zealand First 2014 General Election Results by Electorate

New Zealand First has presented a more lasting populist platform. Long-time party leader

UKIP in Britain.[13]

New Zealand First lost all their seats at the 2020 New Zealand general election.[19]

In the 2010s and 2020s, numerous parties outside of Parliament emerged with strong, often

New Conservative Party, New Zealand Public Party, and Vision NZ as parties which "used misinformation and/or divisive far-right rhetoric throughout their 2020 election campaigns." However to date none of these parties has been elected to Parliament.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ . The region with the clearest populist tradition is Australasia, more specifically Australia and New Zealand. Both countries have seen the rise of right-wing populist parties in the 1990s … New Zealand First (NZF) and One Nation (ONP) emerged out of a growing frustration with increased immigration and with neoliberal welfare state reforms.
  2. ^ Betz, Hans-Georg; Immerfall, Stefan, eds. (1998). "New Zealand First". The New Politics of the Right: Neo-populist Parties and Movements in Established Democracies. St Martin's Press.
  3. ^ Boston, Jonathan (2003). New Zealand Votes: The General Election of 2002. Victoria University Press. p. 240. .
  4. ^ Cowen, Tyler (13 February 2017). "Feisty, Protectionist Populism? New Zealand Tried That". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
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  8. ^ Karen Baehler. "Ethnicity-based research and politics: snapshots from the United States and New Zealand". Ministry of Social Development.
  9. ^ Roger Douglas (2006-03-25). "Vision for Act's future". New Zealand Herald.
  10. ^ Grant Duncan (2020-10-07). "The rise of ACT in 2020 highlights tensions between the party's libertarian and populist traditions". The Conversation.
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  13. ^ a b Moore, John (11 November 2016). "Political Roundup: Could anti-Establishment politics hit New Zealand?". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  14. ^ from the original on 2 November 2017.
  15. ^ Trotter, Chris (14 February 2017). "Chris Trotter: Winston Peters may be a populist but that does not make him NZ's Trump". Stuff. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
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  18. ^ "Ardern's Labour Party wins New Zealand election". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  19. ^ Laura Walters (21 October 2020). "Election 2020: Why voters rejected conspiracy theorists". Stuff/Newsroom.co.nz. Retrieved 3 March 2022.