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Libertarianz is a political party in New Zealand (hence the "NZ" at the end of their name) dedicated to libertarianism, and claims to be the only party in New Zealand dedicated to maximising personal freedom and reducing the size of government – "to getting government out of your face, out of your pocket, and out of your life. Permanently." Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism is a major influence on the party. Its slogan, "More Freedom, Less Government", is indicative of the party's basic policy platform. Image File history File links Logo of the Libertarianz party, New Zealand. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... This article is about the classical liberal individualist philosophy that strongly emphasizes private property rights conjoined with civil liberties. ... Ayn Rand (IPA: , February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was best known for developing the philosophy of Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged. ... Objectivism is the philosophical system developed by Russian-American philosopher and writer Ayn Rand. ...

Leader Bernard Darnton in television advertising during the 2005 general election.
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Leader Bernard Darnton in television advertising during the 2005 general election.
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Politics series Image File history File links Bernard-video. ... Image File history File links Bernard-video. ... Bernard Darnton is the current leader of Libertarianz, a libertarian political party in New Zealand. ... Wikinews has news related to: Results of the 2005 New Zealand General Election The 2005 New Zealand general election took place on 17 September 2005. ... This article is about the classical liberal individualist philosophy that strongly emphasizes private property rights conjoined with civil liberties. ... Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government. ...

Factions
Minarchism
Agorism
Geolibertarianism
Paleolibertarianism
Neolibertarianism
Left-libertarianism
In civics, minarchism, sometimes called minimal statism or small government, is the view that the size, role and influence of government in a free society should be minimal - only large enough to protect the liberty of each and every individual, without violating the liberty of any individuals itself, thus maximizing... Agorism is a radical left-libertarian political philosophy popularized by Samuel Edward Konkin III, who defined an agorist as a conscious practitioner of counter-economics (peaceful black markets and grey markets). ... Geolibertarianism (also geoanarchism) is a political philosophy that holds with other forms of libertarian individualism that each individual has an exclusive right to the fruits of his or her labor, as opposed to this product being owned collectively by society or the community. ... Paleolibertarianism is a school of thought within American libertarianism founded by Murray Rothbard and Lew Rockwell, and closely associated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute. ... Neolibertarianism is a political philosophy combining elements of libertarian and conservative thought that embraces incrementalism and pragmatism domestically, and a generally interventionist foreign policy based on self-interest, national defense and the expansion of freedom. ... Historically, the term libertarianism was first coined by leftist followers of Mikhail Bakunin to describe their own, anti-statist version of socialism, as contrasted with the state socialism propounded by Marx. ...


Influences
Austrian School
Anarchism
Anarcho-capitalism
Classical liberalism
Objectivism
The Austrian School is a school of economic thought that rejects opposing economists reliance on methods used in natural science for the study of human action, and instead bases its formalism of economics on relationships through logic or introspection called praxeology. ... The neutrality of this introduction is disputed. ... Anarcho-capitalism refers to an anti-statist philosophy that embraces capitalism as one of its foundational principles. ... Classical liberalism (also called classic liberalism) is a political ideology that embraces individual rights, private property and a laissez-faire economy, a government that exists to protect the liberty of each individual from others, and a constitution that protects individual autonomy from governmental power. ... Objectivism is the philosophical system developed by Russian-American philosopher and writer Ayn Rand. ...


Ideas
Civil liberties
Free markets
Laissez-faire
Liberty
Non-aggression
Self-ownership
This article is in need of attention. ... A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy... Laissez-faire is short for laissez faire, laissez passer, a French phrase meaning to let things alone, let them pass. First used by the eighteenth century Physiocrats as an injunction against government interference with trade, it is now used as a synonym for strict free market economics. ... Liberty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The non-aggression principle (also called the non-aggression axiom, anticoercion principle, or zero aggression principle) is an ethical prohibition against aggression, which is defined as the initiation of physical force or the threat of such upon persons or their property (the principle does not preclude retaliation against aggression). ... Self-ownership is the condition where an individual has the exclusive moral or legal right to control his or her own body and life. ...


Key issues
Parties
Economic views
Views of rights
Theories of law
Libertarian Party can refer to several libertarian political parties, including: United States Libertarian Party Libertarian Party of Canada Movimiento Libertario of Costa Rica The Libertarianz of New Zealand Libertarian Party of Australia There are also political parties that hold some of the same policies as the above parties but do... The Austrian School of economics and the Chicago School of economics are important foundations of the economic system favored by modern libertarians —capitalism, where the means of production are privately owned, economic and financial decisions are made privately rather than by state control, and goods and services are exchanged in... Libertarians and Objectivists limit what they define as rights to variations on the right to be left alone, and argue that other rights such as the right to a good education or the right to have free access to water are not legitimate rights and do not deserve the same... Libertarian theories of law build on libertarianism or classical liberalism. ...

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Libertarianz is considerably more radical than ACT New Zealand (the other political party in New Zealand that is sometimes called libertarian). Libertarianz does not consider ACT to be a libertarian party, and the relationship between the two is not good. Libertarianz describes ACT's policies as "crony capitalism writ large", saying that ACT supports "collusion between the state and big business" rather than the complete separation of the two. ACT New Zealand is a free market liberal party in the New Zealand Parliament. ...


History

Libertarianz was founded in late 1995 by Ian Fraser, who served as the party's first leader. Later, Lindsay Perigo, a well-known New Zealand broadcaster for Radio New Zealand and TVNZ, assumed the leadership. After Perigo stepped down, the party was led by Peter Cresswell and then by Russell Watkins. The current leader is Bernard Darnton, and the Party president is Craig Milmine. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ian Fraser was the founder of Libertarianz, a New Zealand libertarian political party. ... Lindsay Perigo (born December 14, 1951) is a New Zealand television and radio broadcasting personality, founding member of the Libertarianz political party and the Objectivist organisation Sense of Life Objectivists (SOLO). ... Radio New Zealand Limited is New Zealands public service radio broadcaster. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Peter Cresswell is an Auckland, New Zealand architect and libertarian activist. ... Bernard Darnton is the current leader of Libertarianz, a libertarian political party in New Zealand. ...


The party's first campaign was the 1996 election, the first to be held under the new MMP electoral system. Libertarianz gained 671 votes, 0.03% of the total. This put the party in 19th place. In the 1999 elections, the party performed somewhat better, gaining 5,949 votes (0.29%). This put the party in 11th place, and in fourth place among the parties which did not gain seats in parliament. In the 2002 elections, however, Libertarianz did not contest the party vote - due to an oversight, the party's bank cheque was not transmitted to the electoral authorities by the appointed time. As such, the party was only able to contest the election through individual electorate candidates. The party's five candidates gained 672 votes amongst them. The 1996 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. ... The Additional Member System (AMS) is a voting system in which some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from party lists. ... The 1999 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 46th session of the New Zealand Parliament. ... The 2002 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. ...


In the 2005 elections, the Libertarianz received 946 votes in total out of 2,286,190, or approximately 0.04%. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Images

Libertarianz members protesting at the New Zealand Parliament, Wellington, on Budget Day, May 19, 2005.
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Libertarianz members protesting at the New Zealand Parliament, Wellington, on Budget Day, May 19, 2005.
Libertarianz members putting up billboards for Bernard Darnton in Wellington Central during the 2005 general election.
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Libertarianz members putting up billboards for Bernard Darnton in Wellington Central during the 2005 general election.

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1687x1005, 259 KB) Summary Libertarianz members protesting at the New Zealand Parliament, Wellington, on Budget Day (May 19) 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1687x1005, 259 KB) Summary Libertarianz members protesting at the New Zealand Parliament, Wellington, on Budget Day (May 19) 2005. ... The New Zealand Parliament is the legislative body of the New Zealand government. ... Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital of New Zealand, the countrys second-largest urban area and the most populous national capital in Oceania. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1434x882, 274 KB) Summary Libertarianz members putting up billboards for Bernard Darnton in his Wellington Central Electorate during the 2005 New Zealand General Elections. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1434x882, 274 KB) Summary Libertarianz members putting up billboards for Bernard Darnton in his Wellington Central Electorate during the 2005 New Zealand General Elections. ... Bernard Darnton is the current leader of Libertarianz, a libertarian political party in New Zealand. ... Wikinews has news related to: Results of the 2005 New Zealand General Election The 2005 New Zealand general election took place on 17 September 2005. ...

External links

  • Official website
  • New Zealand's New Zealots by R.W. Bradford ACT versus Libertarianz
  • Blog by former Libertarianz leader Peter Cresswell
  • 'Libertarianism, Kiwi-Style' by Tim Sturm
  • 'In the Revolution's Twilight' An account by Lindsay Perigo refuting the supposed 'libertarian revolution' claimed for New Zealand.
 
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Libertarianz at AllExperts (456 words)
Libertarianz is considerably more radical than ACT New Zealand (the other political party in New Zealand that is sometimes called libertarian).
Libertarianz was founded in late 1995 by Ian Fraser, who served as the party's first leader.
In the 2002 elections, however, Libertarianz did not contest the party vote - due to an oversight, the party's bank cheque was not transmitted to the electoral authorities by the appointed time.
Libertarianz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (437 words)
Libertarianz is a political party in New Zealand (hence the suffix -nz) dedicated to libertarianism, which claims to be the only party in New Zealand devoted to maximising personal freedom and reducing the size of government – "to getting government out of your face, out of your pocket, and out of your life.
Libertarianz members protesting at the New Zealand Parliament, Wellington, on Budget Day, May 19, 2005.
Libertarianz members putting up billboards for Bernard Darnton in Wellington Central during the 2005 general election.
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