Aotearoa NZ Youth Party

The Aotearoa NZ Youth Party or Aotearoa NZ Youth Independence Party is an unregistered political party in New Zealand. The party is the vehicle of "professional stirrer" Robert Terry of Reefton,[1] who has contested elections on and off since 1998.

The party first contested the 1998 Taranaki-King Country by-election, winning 10 votes.[2] In the 2002 election it stood a single candidate in the electorate of West Coast-Tasman, winning 136 votes.[3] It did not run in 2005, but ran again in West Coast-Tasman in 2008, receiving just 50 votes.[4] The party contested a single electorate in the 2011 election, with Robert Terry standing in the West Coast-Tasman electorate.[5] It did not stand any candidates at the 2014 election.

References

  1. ↑ "Applause signals close race for Coast". Nelson mail. 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  2. ↑ "1998 Taranaki-King Country By-election - 2 May 1998". Chief Electoral Office. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  3. ↑ "2002 Election: Summary of overall results". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  4. ↑ "2008 Election: Summary of Overall Results". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  5. ↑ Andrew Ashton. "Eight candidates contest West Coast-Tasman seat". Greymouth Star. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
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