Editing New Zealand National Party (section)

{{Short description|Centre-right political party in New Zealand}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date= August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = New Zealand National Party
| native_name      = Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa
| logo             = New Zealand National Party logo.png
| colorcode        = {{party color|New Zealand National Party}}
| president        = [[Sylvia Wood]]
| secretary_general = 
| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |[[Conservatism]] ([[Conservatism in New Zealand|New Zealand]])<ref name="teara"/>
 |[[Liberalism]] ([[Liberalism in New Zealand|New Zealand]])<ref name="teara"/>
}}
| headquarters     = 41 Pipitea Street, [[Thorndon, New Zealand|Thorndon]], [[Wellington]] 6011
| international    = [[International Democracy Union]]
| website          = {{URL|https://www.national.org.nz|national.org.nz}}
| country          = New Zealand
| chairperson      = 
| leader1_title    = [[Leader of the New Zealand National Party|Leader]]
| leader1_name     = [[Christopher Luxon]]
| leader2_title    = Deputy Leader
| leader2_name     = [[Nicola Willis]]
| position         = [[Centre-right]]
<!-- If you are inclined to change the political position, discuss this on the talk page first, as there is already a long discussion about this. If you do not establish consensus first, your edit will be reverted. -->| founded          = {{Start date and age|1936|05|14|df=y}}
| dissolved        = 
| predecessor      = [[United–Reform Coalition]]
| merged           = 
| successor        = 
| student_wing     = 
| youth_wing       = [[New Zealand Young Nationals|Young Nationals]]
| slogan           = ''Get our country back on track''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynch |first1=Jenna |title=Election 2023: Campaign slogan battle between Labour and National begins |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/07/election-2023-campaign-slogan-battle-between-labour-and-national-begins.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724115209/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/07/election-2023-campaign-slogan-battle-between-labour-and-national-begins.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 July 2023 |access-date=4 September 2023 |work=[[Newshub]] |date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
| membership_year  = 
| membership       = 
| regional         = [[Asia Pacific Democracy Union]]<ref name="APDU">{{cite web|title= International Democrat Union » Asia Pacific Democracy Union (APDU)|url=http://idu.org/asia-pacific-democrat-union-apdu/|publisher=International Democrat Union|access-date=12 June 2017|date=2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206230114/http://idu.org/asia-pacific-democrat-union-apdu/|archive-date=6 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| colours          = {{colour box|{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}}} [[Blue]]
| native_name_lang = Mi
| seats1_title     = [[New Zealand House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|49|123|hex={{party color|New Zealand National Party}} }}
| symbol           = 
| state            = New Zealand
| footnotes        = 
| logo_size        = 230px
}}

The '''New Zealand National Party''' ({{langx|mi|Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa}}),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kahurangi National |url=https://www.national.org.nz/kahuranginational |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=New Zealand National Party |language=en}}</ref> often shortened to '''National''' ({{lang|mi|Nāhinara}})<ref>{{cite web|title= Ngā Rōpū Pāremata|url= https://www.parliament.nz/mi/mps-and-electorates/political-parties/|publisher=New Zealand Parliament Pāremata Aotearoa|access-date= 5 May 2017|language= mi}}</ref> or the '''Nats''',<ref name=":0" /> is a [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Voters' preexisting opinions shift to align with political party positions |url= https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181102105956.htm |publisher=[[Association for Psychological Science]]|via= [[Science Daily]] |access-date= 8 August 2020 |date= 2 November 2018 | quote = In 2015, New Zealand held a referendum on changing the national flag, an issue that quickly became polarised along party lines. John Key, the New Zealand Prime Minister and leader of the centre-right National Party at the time, advocated for changing the flag design, while, Andrew Little, the leader of the centre-left Labour Party at the time, opposed the change.}}</ref><ref name="Papillon et al">{{cite book|last1= Papillon|first1= Martin|last2= Turgeon|first2= Luc|last3= Wallner|first3= Jennifer|last4= White|first4= Stephen|title= Comparing Canada: Methods and Perspectives on Canadian Politics|date= 2014|publisher=UBC Press|isbn= 9780774827867|page= 126|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WpU8BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA126|access-date= 12 October 2018|quote= ...in New Zealand politics, by the centre-left Labour Party and the centre-right National Party}}</ref> [[List of political parties in New Zealand|political party in New Zealand]] that is the current senior ruling party. It is one of two [[major parties]] that dominate contemporary [[New Zealand politics]], alongside its traditional rival, the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]].

National formed in 1936 through amalgamation of [[conservative]] and [[Liberalism|liberal]] parties, [[Reform Party (New Zealand)|Reform]] and [[United Party (New Zealand)|United]] respectively, and subsequently became New Zealand's second-oldest extant political party.<ref name="Raymond 2005 32">{{cite book |last= Raymond |first= Miller |title= Party Politics in New Zealand|year= 2005|publisher=Oxford University Press |location= Australia |pages= 32}}</ref> National's predecessors had previously formed [[United–Reform Coalition|a coalition]] against the growing [[labour movement]]. National has governed for six periods during the 20th and 21st centuries, and has spent more [[List of New Zealand governments|time in government]] than any other New Zealand party.<ref>{{cite book|last1= Hossain|first1= Akhand Akhtar|title= The Evolution of Central Banking and Monetary Policy in the Asia-Pacific|date= 2015|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing|isbn= 9780857937810|page= 317|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Oo5HCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA317|language= en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|author-link= Colin James (journalist)|last1= James|first1= Colin|title= National Party|url= http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/national-party|encyclopedia=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]|access-date= 13 June 2017|date= 20 June 2012}}</ref>

After the [[1949 New Zealand general election|1949 general election]], [[Sidney Holland]] became the first [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|prime minister]] from the National Party, and remained in office until 1957. [[Keith Holyoake]] succeeded Holland, and was defeated some months later at a general election by the Labour Party in [[1957 New Zealand general election|1957]]. Holyoake returned to office for a second period from [[1960 New Zealand general election|1960]] to 1972. The party's platform shifted from moderate [[economic liberalism]] to increased emphasis on [[state interventionism]] during [[Robert Muldoon]]'s National government from [[1975 New Zealand general election|1975]] to [[1984 New Zealand general election|1984]]. In [[1990 New Zealand general election|1990]], [[Jim Bolger]] formed another National government, which continued the radical [[free-market]] reforms initiated by the preceding Labour government. The party has since advocated [[free enterprise]], reduction of taxes, and limited state regulation. Following the first [[Electoral reform in New Zealand|MMP]] election in [[1996 New Zealand general election|1996]], the National Party governed in a coalition with the populist [[New Zealand First]] Party. National Party leader [[Jenny Shipley]] became New Zealand's first female prime minister in 1997; her government was defeated by a Labour-led coalition in [[1999 New Zealand general election|1999]].

The National Party was in government from [[2008 New Zealand general election|2008]] to 2017 under [[John Key]] and [[Bill English]]; it governed with [[confidence and supply|support]] from the centrist [[United Future]], the classical-liberal [[ACT New Zealand|ACT Party]] and the indigenous-rights-based [[Māori Party]]. In the [[2017 New Zealand general election|2017 general election]], despite leaving government, the party secured 44.4 percent of the vote and won 56 seats, making it the largest [[caucus]] at the time in the [[New Zealand House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].<ref name="2017 general election results">{{cite web |title= 2017 General Election – Official Result|url= http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2017/|publisher=[[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|New Zealand Electoral Commission]]|access-date= 7 October 2017}}</ref> It lost this plurality position in the [[2020 New Zealand general election|2020 general election]], receiving only 25.58 percent of the vote and 33 seats. National was again unable to form a government following the election and remained the [[Official Opposition (New Zealand)|Official Opposition]]. 

[[Christopher Luxon]] has served as the [[Leader of the New Zealand National Party|leader of the National Party]] since 30 November 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Luxon: The first-term MP who will lead National |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/meet-chris-luxon-the-new-national-leader/FRS2X7BRWGN4JUUHGH5HTN4DZE/ |access-date=3 July 2022 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> He led the party to victory in the [[2023 New Zealand general election|2023 general election]],<ref name="9 News 2023 victory">{{cite news |title=Former businessman Christopher Luxon wins New Zealand election as voters seek conservative change |url=https://www.9news.com.au/world/new-zealand-election-christopher-luxon-wins-prime-minister-chris-hipkins-concedes/13fa486a-0d64-457c-9a88-69c5989b0747 |access-date=19 October 2023 |work=[[Nine News]] |date=14 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016071620/https://amp.9news.com.au/article/13fa486a-0d64-457c-9a88-69c5989b0747|archive-date=16 October 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> winning 38 percent of the [[party vote]] and a plurality with 48 seats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official results for the 2023 General Election |url=https://elections.nz/media-and-news/2023/official-results-for-the-2023-general-election/ |publisher=New Zealand Electoral Commission |access-date=2 February 2024 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Subsequently, since November 2023, Luxon heads a [[Sixth National Government of New Zealand|National-led coalition government]] with the ACT Party and New Zealand First.

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