New Zealand Party

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New Zealand Party
Founder	Bob Jones
Founded	21 August 1983
Dissolved	25 January 1993; 31 years ago (1993-01-25)
Merged into	New Zealand Coalition
Ideology	Classical liberalism Libertarianism
Slogan	Freedom and Prosperity
Politics of New Zealand Political parties Elections

The New Zealand Party operated as a political party in New Zealand from 1983 to 1993. Established by millionaire property tycoon Bob Jones, the party promoted economic liberalisation—it was the first political party to promote free market reforms.^[1] It failed to win any seats in Parliament, but it purportedly played a role in causing the defeat of Robert Muldoon's National government in the 1984 election by splitting the vote (as a spoiler).