Integrity Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

Integrity Party Of Aotearoa New Zealand
LeaderHelen Cartwright
Deputy LeaderTroy Mihaka
FoundedMay 2020 (2020-05)
Split fromSustainable NZ
IdeologyGreen liberalism
Progressivism
Political positionCentre
Colours  Green,   Red and   Black
MPs in the House of Representatives
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Website
https://www.tipanz.org/ [dead link‍]

The Integrity Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (TIPANZ) was an unregistered political party in New Zealand.[1] It was a progressive-centrist party, with an ideology of Hauora (well-being), equality, and integrity.[2] It was led by Helen Cartwright[3] with Troy Mihaka as deputy.[4]

Foundation

The party was founded by former Sustainable New Zealand Party secretary Helen Cartwright and former Wellington local body candidate Troy Mihaka.[2] Mihaka stood for election to Wellington City Council in 2019 for the centre-right Wellington Party.[5]

2020 general election

The party intended to run both list and electorate candidates in New Zealand's 2020 election,[6] but did not register so was unable to receive party votes.[7] It ran two electoral candidates: Cartwright in Mana[8] and Mihaka in Rongotai.[9] In July 2020 Mihaka's candidate signs were painted with racist abuse, apparently due to the authorisation statement being written in Te Reo.[10][11] Cartwright said in September 2020 that "If 100 people vote for me, I will be rapt; if 1000 people vote for me, I will do somersaults."[12]

Neither candidate was successful; Cartwright received 360 votes, coming 7th,[13] and Mihaka received 162, coming 8th.[14]

The party did not run any candidates in the 2023 general election.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Integrity New Zealand". Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "The Integrity Party Of Aotearoa New Zealand". Scoop. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Helen Cartwright stands for Integrity". KC News. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Announcing The Launch Of The First Integrity NZ Candidate". Scoop. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Centre-right 'Wellington Party' to contest council elections". Stuff. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Parties gear up for September General Election" (PDF). Whitby Newsbrief. July 2020. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Register of political parties". elections.nz. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Mana candidates". vote.nz. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Rongotai candidates". vote.nz. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  10. ^ Laura Wiltshire (28 July 2020). "Candidate 'disappointed' after election hoardings tagged for use of te reo Māori". Stuff. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Wellington candidate 'appalled' by racist graffiti attack on his sign". 1 News. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  12. ^ Mitchell, Rob (26 September 2020). "Election battle at the fringes: Conspiracy theorists, a student and that guy who doesn't want your vote". Stuff. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Mana – Official Results". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Rongotai – Official Result". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Electorate candidates". Vote NZ. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.