New World Order Party

Political party in New Zealand

The New World Order was a registered political party in New Zealand. The party was founded in 2006 by Nathan Lee Couper. Its stated goal was to bring about global peace through a unified World Government. The Chief of the WGEC is Stephanie Monique Smith.^[1]

The Political Party's president and Secretary was Nathan Lee Couper and the party's International Board Manager was Justin Mclean.^[2]

On 1 April 2008 the party formally applied for registration with the New Zealand Electoral Commission.^[3] It was registered on 20 May 2008.^[4] Couper collected signatures and spare change from passersby on the street in order to satisfy the legal requirements for 500 financial members. He admitted not all 500 members actually paid a fee.^[1]^[5]

The party applied for broadcasting funding, and was allocated $10,000.^[6] Despite receiving an allocation and receiving extensive coverage on Eating Media Lunch, a satirical current affairs program,^[7] the party did not run any candidates in the 2008 election as it did not provide the thousand dollar deposit to nominate a party list.^[1]

2010–11

In May 2010 the party registered a logo with the Electoral Commission.^[8]

The party did not apply for broadcasting funding for the 2011 election, and its registration was cancelled, at the party's request, on 9 June 2011.^[9]

2023

In the 2023 general election NWO Party founder Nathan Lee Couper was a candidate in the Hamilton East electorate. He was listed on the ballot as representing the "New World Order McCann Party".^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Tim Hume (26 October 2008). "New World Order coins it for $24,000 ad". Sunday Star Times.
^ "New World order Political Party". New World Order Party. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
^ "Applications to register a political party and a party logo". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 1 April 2008. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
^ Registrations, consideration of late returns, Electoral Commission, 20 May 2008.
^ "Written submission from New World Order regarding broadcasting allocation 2008 New Zealand Electoral Commission" (PDF). Retrieved 17 July 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Alliance party challenges broadcast allocation". National Business Review. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Conventional wisdom". New Zealand Herald. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^ "Registration of political party logo". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 4 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
^ "New Zealand Gazette: Amendments to Register of Political Parties". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
^ "2023 General Election Hamilton East candidates". vote.nz. Electoral Commission New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2023.