New Zealand Outdoors Party

The New Zealand Outdoors Party is a registered political party in New Zealand. The party is aimed at protecting the environment and New Zealand's "outdoors heritage".[1] It was launched in September 2015 by Alan Simmons.[1] In its December 2016 newsletter, the party stated it was "pushing hard" to get to 500 members so that it could register.[2] In a letter to Rural News, Simmons claimed the party "has possibly more members than some parties already in Parliament", though did not give figures.[3]

Simmons was summoned to court in late 2015 charged with lighting a fire without a permit in a fire-restricted area, but charges were dropped after a friend stated he started the fire.[4] Simmons believes the charges were likely brought against him due to his criticism of the Department of Conservation's policies.[5]

On 22 July 2017 the party applied for registration with the Electoral Commission.[6] Registration was granted on 11 August 2017. [7]


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References

  1. 1 2 "A new political party based on the Outdoors..". Scoop. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "NZ Outdoors Party Newsletter December 2016". www.outdoorsparty.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  3. ↑ "NZ Outdoors Party Newsletter". www.outdoorsparty.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  4. ↑ Wall, Tony (1 January 2017). "Outdoorsman Alan Simmons fights DOC campfire prosecution". Stuff. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  5. ↑ "Campfire Kiwi Leading Outdoorsman Cops DOC Vendetta". http://www.outdoorsparty.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-01-22. External link in |website= (help)
  6. ↑ "Application to register political party and logo". Electoral Commission. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Registration of NZ Outdoors Party and Logo". Electoral Commission. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.


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