Natural Law Party of New Zealand

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The Natural Law Party of New Zealand was formed in 1995 and based its policies on the concept of "natural law" as understood by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation movement. According to the party, most of the country's problems can be solved using meditation.

Among other things, the Natural Law Party proposed to:

Establish a team of 1000 yogic flyers. According to the party, such a group "dissolves collective stress, as indicated by significant reductions in crime, unemployment, sickness, and accidents, and improved economic indicators and quality of life."
Introduce daily transendental meditation for all school students.
Establish a group of yogic flyers in the armed forces, who would provide an "invincible defence" — according to the party, yogic flying would result in "the raising of coherence within the country, thereby replacing negative socioeconomic indicators with positive indicators, and the radiating of positivity and harmony to all other nations".
Lower taxes, as yogic flyers will supposedly increase New Zealand's prosperity, allowing the government to collect the same amount of money with a lower tax rate.
Ban genetic engineering, and encourage organic farming.

The Natural Law Party never won any seats in Parliament, and was removed from the register of official political parties in February 2001.