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Colin Craig

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Colin Craig (born 8 January 1968) is a New Zealand businessman who was the founding leader of the Conservative Party of New Zealand. [1]

70 relations: Andrew Williams (New Zealand politician), Auckland, Auckland Airport, Auckland mayoral election, 2010, Bachelor of Commerce, Baptists, Bob McCoskrie, Cameron Slater, Campbell Live, Christine Rankin, Climate change, Conservatism, Conservative Party of New Zealand, Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007, David Farrier, David P. Schmitt, Dirty Politics, East Coast Bays (New Zealand electorate), Electoral Commission (New Zealand), Emissions trading, Facebook, Family First New Zealand, Fiscal conservatism, Fishing expedition, Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Helensville (New Zealand electorate), Howick, New Zealand, Human Rights Commission (New Zealand), John Banks (New Zealand politician), John Key, Law and order (politics), Leighton Baker, Len Brown, Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury, Massey University, Māori people, Mixed-member proportional representation, National Business Review, New Zealand citizens-initiated referendum, 2009, New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy, New Zealand general election, 2011, New Zealand general election, 2014, New Zealand justice referendum, 1999, New Zealand MP reduction referendum, 1999, New Zealand National Party, New Zealand Police, New Zealand Press Association, New Zealand Taxpayers' Union, Newshub, Nicky Hager, ..., Queen's Counsel, Radio New Zealand, Referendums in New Zealand, Rodney (New Zealand electorate), Rodney District, Russel Norman, Same-sex marriage, Sauna, Serious Fraud Office (New Zealand), Sunday Star-Times, Tariana Turia, The Civilian, The New Zealand Herald, Three (TV channel), University of Auckland, Vodafone, Voluntary euthanasia, Waikato, Winston Peters, 1 News. Expand index (20 more) »

Andrew Williams (New Zealand politician)

Andrew Bruce Forbes Williams (born 1959) is a former New Zealand politician.

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Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

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Auckland Airport

Auckland Airport is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand, with 19,387,627 (10,594,128 international and 8,793,499 domestic) passengers in the year ended October 2017.

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Auckland mayoral election, 2010

The Auckland mayoral election, 2010, was part of the New Zealand local elections, 2010.

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Bachelor of Commerce

A Bachelor of Commerce (baccalaureates commercii, abbreviated B.Com. or B.Comm.) is an undergraduate degree in commerce (or business) and related subjects, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and other Commonwealth countries; however, the degree is no longer offered in the United Kingdom.

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Baptists

Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).

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Bob McCoskrie

Bob McCoskrie is the director of the New Zealand social conservative group Family First New Zealand.

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Cameron Slater

Cameron Slater is a right-wing New Zealand-based blogger, best known for publishing the Whale Oil Beef Hooked blog.

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Campbell Live

Campbell Live was a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme at 7.00pm (following 3 News), on TV3 and was hosted by John Campbell.

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Christine Rankin

Christine Kathryn Rankin (born Greymouth c. 1954) is a New Zealand politician and former civil servant who served as head of the Ministry of Social Development.

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Climate change

Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years).

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Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization.

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Conservative Party of New Zealand

New Conservative is a fiscally and socially conservative political party in New Zealand, formally known as the Conservative Party.

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Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007

The Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007 (formerly the Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill) is an amendment to New Zealand's Crimes Act 1961 which removed the legal defence of "reasonable force" for parents prosecuted for assault on their children.

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David Farrier

David Farrier (born 25 December 1982) is a New Zealand journalist.

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David P. Schmitt

David P. Schmitt is a personality psychologist who founded the International Sexuality Description Project (ISDP).

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Dirty Politics

Dirty Politics: How attack politics is poisoning New Zealand’s political environment is a book by Nicky Hager published in August 2014.

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East Coast Bays (New Zealand electorate)

East Coast Bays is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate.

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Electoral Commission (New Zealand)

The Electoral Commission (Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri) is an independent crown entity set up by the New Zealand Parliament.

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Emissions trading

Emissions trading, or cap and trade, is a government, market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants.

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Facebook

Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.

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Family First New Zealand

Family First New Zealand is a conservative Christian lobby group in New Zealand.

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Fiscal conservatism

Fiscal conservatism (also economic conservatism or conservative economics) is a political-economic philosophy regarding fiscal policy and fiscal responsibility advocating low taxes, reduced government spending and minimal government debt.

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Fishing expedition

A fishing expedition is an informal, pejorative term for a non-specific search for information, especially incriminating information.

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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (Rōpū Kākāriki o Aotearoa, Niu Tireni) is a left-wing political party in New Zealand.

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Helensville (New Zealand electorate)

Helensville is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives.

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Howick, New Zealand

Howick is an eastern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, forming part of what is sometimes called East Auckland.

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Human Rights Commission (New Zealand)

The Human Rights Commission (Māori: Te Kāhui Tika Tangata) is the national human rights institution (NHRI) for New Zealand.

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John Banks (New Zealand politician)

John Archibald Banks (born 2 December 1946) is a New Zealand politician.

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John Key

Sir John Phillip Key (born 9 August 1961) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand and Leader of the New Zealand National Party.

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Law and order (politics)

In politics, law and order (also known as tough on crime and the War on Crime) refers to demands for a strict criminal justice system, especially in relation to violent and property crime, through stricter criminal penalties.

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Leighton Baker

Leighton Baker is a New Zealand businessman and leader of the Conservative Party of New Zealand.

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Len Brown

Leonard "Len" Brown (born in Taumarunui, Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui) is a former Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand and head of the Auckland Council.

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Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury

Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury (born 1974) is a New Zealand media commentator, radio and TV host, and was executive producer of Alt TV – an alternative music and culture channel.

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Massey University

Massey University (Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Раlmеrstоn Nоrth, Nеw Zеаlаnd, with significant campuses in Аlbаny and Wellington.

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Māori people

The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.

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Mixed-member proportional representation

Mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation is a mixed electoral system in which voters get two votes: one to decide the representative for their single-seat constituency, and one for a political party.

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National Business Review

The National Business Review (or NBR) is a weekly, national New Zealand newspaper and online publication aimed at the business sector.

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New Zealand citizens-initiated referendum, 2009

The New Zealand corporal punishment referendum, 2009 was held from 31 July to 21 August, and was a citizens-initiated referendum on parental corporal punishment.

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New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy

The New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy is a debate in the politics of New Zealand.

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New Zealand general election, 2011

The 2011 New Zealand general election on Saturday 26 November 2011 determined the membership of the 50th New Zealand Parliament.

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New Zealand general election, 2014

The 2014 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 20 September 2014 to determine the membership of the 51st New Zealand Parliament.

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New Zealand justice referendum, 1999

The justice referendum of 1999 was a Citizens Initiated Referendum held in New Zealand on 27 November 1999, based on the question: "Should there be a reform of our justice system placing greater emphasis on the needs of victims, providing restitution and compensation for them and imposing minimum sentences and hard labour for all serious violent offences?" As a citizens initiated referendum, the results of the vote were non-binding on the New Zealand government.

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New Zealand MP reduction referendum, 1999

A referendum on reducing the number of MPs from 120 to 99 was held in New Zealand on 27 November 1999.

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New Zealand National Party

The New Zealand National Party (Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa), shortened to National (Nāhinara) or the Nats, is a centre-right political party in New Zealand.

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New Zealand Police

The New Zealand Police (Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa) is the national police force of New Zealand, responsible for enforcing criminal law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout New Zealand.

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New Zealand Press Association

The New Zealand Press Association (NZPA) was a news agency that existed from 1879 to 2011 and provided national and international news to the media of New Zealand.

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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is a taxpayer pressure group founded in 2013 to scrutinise government spending; publicise government waste and promote an efficient tax system.

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Newshub

Newshub (stylized as Newshub.) is a New Zealand news service that airs on Three and radio stations run by MediaWorks.

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Nicky Hager

Nicky Hager (born 1958) is a New Zealand investigative journalist.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Radio New Zealand

Radio New Zealand (Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa), commonly known as RNZ, is a New Zealand public service radio broadcaster and Crown entity established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995.

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Referendums in New Zealand

Referendums (or referenda) are held only occasionally by the Government of New Zealand.

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Rodney (New Zealand electorate)

Rodney is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives.

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Rodney District

The Rodney District was a local government area in the northernmost part of New Zealand's Auckland Region from 1989 to 2010.

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Russel Norman

Russel William Norman (born 2 June 1967) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist.

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Same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage (also known as gay marriage) is the marriage of a same-sex couple, entered into in a civil or religious ceremony.

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Sauna

A sauna, or sudatory, is a small room or building designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these facilities.

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Serious Fraud Office (New Zealand)

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) (Māori: Te Tari Hara Tāware) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with detecting, investigating and prosecuting financial crimes of a serious and complex nature in cooperation with the New Zealand Police.

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Sunday Star-Times

The Sunday Star-Times is a New Zealand newspaper published each weekend by the Fairfax group in Auckland.

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Tariana Turia

Dame Tariana Turia (born 8 April 1944) is a New Zealand politician.

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The Civilian

The Civilian is a satirical New Zealand website.

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment.

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Three (TV channel)

Three (stylized as +HR.

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University of Auckland

The University of Auckland (Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the largest university in New Zealand, located in the country's largest city, Auckland.

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Vodafone

Vodafone Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications conglomerate, with headquarters in London.

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Voluntary euthanasia

Voluntary euthanasia is the practice of ending a life in a painless manner.

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Waikato

Waikato is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand.

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Winston Peters

Winston Raymond Peters (born 11 April 1945) is a New Zealand politician who is the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand and Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2017, currently serving as Acting Prime Minister since 21 June 2018.

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1 News

1 News is the news division of New Zealand television network TVNZ.

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