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United Future New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament with two MPs -- one electorate MP (leader Peter Dunne) and one list MP (Judy Turner (see MMP for the difference). It currently has an agreement to support the Labour-Progressive coalition government in matters of confidence and supply. United Future New Zealand (political party) logo. ...
Peter Dunne (born 17 March 1954 - ) leads New Zealands United Future political party. ...
Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ...
This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ...
This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ...
Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box: A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ...
The New Zealand Parliament is the legislative body of the New Zealand government. ...
Peter Dunne (born 17 March 1954 - ) leads New Zealands United Future political party. ...
A list MP is a Member of Parliament (MP) who is elected from a party list rather than from a geographical constituency. ...
Judy Turner is a New Zealand politician. ...
The Additional Member System (AMS) is a voting system where some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from party lists. ...
The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. ...
The Progressive Party is a political party in New Zealand. ...
Formation and early success United Future was formed from the merger of centrist party United New Zealand and Christian-dominated conservative Future New Zealand to contest the 2002 election. United, formed as a centrist party by a group of moderate Labour and National MPs, held one seat in parliament. Future New Zealand, which was not represented in parliament, was a "secularised" evolution of the Christian Democrats, following the same basic principles as the Christian Democrats, but abandoning the explicit religious connection. Image File history File links . The image was taken from http://www. ...
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United New Zealand logo This article is about the party founded in 1995. ...
This article is about the party formed out of the Christian Democrats. ...
The 2002 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. ...
The Christian Democrat Party of New Zealand was a Christian political party established in 1995. ...
Some cynical commentators have said that the merger was more of a takeover, with the (arguably unelectable fundamentalist) Christian-dominated party, which had previously failed to reach the 5% MMP threshold, seeking an entry into Parliament via the security of Dunne's electorate seat, which the National Party accommodatingly did not contest. Indeed, many of United Future's policies closely resemble those of the old Future New Zealand. In the 1999 election, United had gained 0.5% of the vote but Dunne won his electorate seat, while Future gained 1.1% of the vote. The New Zealand National Party (National or the Nats) currently forms the second-largest (in terms of seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the parliamentary Opposition. ...
The 1999 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 46th session of the New Zealand Parliament. ...
Recent activity United Future in its family law reform proposals takes to heart the trauma and adverse impact on children caused by the separation of their parents. United Future MP Judy Turner made clear that present government policies are failing in regard to keeping both parents in children's lives, and to this extend made a huge effort in forwarding a Member’s Bill on mandatory mediation by means of a national roll-out of the North Shore Family Court "Children in the Middle" pilot programme. Judy Turner is a New Zealand politician. ...
A Private Members Bill is a proposed law introduced by a backbench member of parliament, whether from the government or the opposition side, to that legislature or parliament. ...
Mandatory Access Control (MAC) It means that Access control policy decisions are made beyond the control of the individual owner of an object. ...
Mediation, a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), aims to assist two (or more) disputants in reaching an agreement. ...
United Future recently, also vigorously but in vain, opposed a Bill that would enable civil unions. This provided an alternative to marriage for same-sex couples and to opposite-sex couples who choose not to marry. A civil union provides a couple with most of the same rights as married couples. Civil unions in New Zealand were ratified on 9 December 2004 when Parliament passed the Civil Union Bill to establish the institution of civil union for same-sex and opposite-sex couples. ...
In mid-2004 United Future announced that it would contest the 2005 general election in partnership with Outdoor Recreation New Zealand. Cynics pointed out that here was another minor party that failed to reach the 5% threshold (Outdoor Recreation gained 1.28% of the vote in the 2002 election) seeking parliamentary representation via the security of Peter Dunne's electorate seat.
A month before the 2005 election, list MP Paul Adams quit the party to stand as an independent in the East Coast Bays electorate. His daughter Sharee Adams, also on the United Future List, also quit to assist her father in his campaign. After the general election, disgruntled ex-United Future MP Marc Alexander also voiced repeated criticisms of his former colleagues, in his "Marc My Words" political opinion column for Scoop, a New Zealand news website. 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 and determined the composition of the 48th New Zealand Parliament. ...
Paul Adams is a former New Zealand rally driver and politician. ...
Marc Alexander is a New Zealand politician. ...
Scoop is a New Zealand internet news site with a readership averaging 110 000 Unique Browsers a week and 360 000 Unique Browers a month (audited by Nielsen NetRatings). ...
In the 2005 election, United Future had the support of the WIN Party, which was set up to fight the ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. Win's leader, John van Buren, was United Future's candidate for Christchurch Central. This further spoke of alliances still to come. In this election, support plummeted to 2.8% and the party won only three seats. Peter Dunne retained Ohariu-Belmont, and Gordon Copeland and Judy Turner were returned on its party list. The WIN Party is a small political party in New Zealand. ...
John van Buren is a New Zealand political candidate. ...
Gordon Copeland is a New Zealand born politician. ...
United Future had tried to distance itself from its more assertive fundamentalist list MPs, such as Adams, Larry Baldock and Murray Smith. As Election New Zealand data revealed that the Outdoor Recreation Party still provided about 1% of the vote, 4.8% of the previous vote (possibly fundamentalist Christians) had gone elsewhere. During 2004-2005, the National Party had made renewed efforts to attract social conservative voters, through adoption of pro-life and anti-same-sex marriage voting records. United Future leader Peter Dunne, showed signs of frustration after the election results were announced. Larry Baldock (1954 - ) is a New Zealand politician. ...
There are several people named Murray Smith. ...
The New Zealand National Party (National or the Nats) currently forms the second-largest (in terms of seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the parliamentary Opposition. ...
Pro-life is a term representing a variety of perspectives and activist movements in bioethics. ...
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Following the 2005 election, New Zealand First and United Future entered into a confidence and supply agreement with Labour, under which Dunne became Minister of Revenue, outside Cabinet. New Zealand First functions as a political party in New Zealand. ...
In a parliamentary democracy confidence and supply are required for a government to hold power. ...
In March 2006 Outdoor Recreation New Zealand split with United Future, due to a dissatisfaction with the Christian evangelism within the party. Outdoor Recreation acting chairman Phil Hoare said, "We strongly believe in the traditional bedrock values of our nation's heritage but we also affirm the separation of church and state." [1] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into evangelism. ...
United Future, like most New Zealand Parliamentary parties, was caught up in the 2005 New Zealand election funding controversy. It voted in favour of the retrospective validating legislation, which was passed through the New Zealand Parliament in October 2006. The 2005 New Zealand election funding controversy occurred in the aftermath of the 2005 New Zealand general election. ...
From February to April 2007,Peter Dunne exercised his own right to a conscience vote to support Sue Bradford's private members bill against parental corporal punishment of children, while Gordon Copeland vigorously opposed it, as did Judy Turner, but on a more subtle level [2]. On May 16, 2007, Copeland resigned from his former party due to his disaatisfaction with Dunne's support for the aforementioned private members bill, although Turner has indicated that she will not follow suit [3] This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
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2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
Peter Dunne (born 17 March 1954 - ) leads New Zealands United Future political party. ...
A conscience vote or free vote is a type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are each expected to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party. ...
Sue Bradford (born 1952) is a New Zealand politician. ...
A Private Members Bill is a proposed law introduced by a member of parliament, whether from the government or the opposition side, to that legislature or parliament. ...
Gordon Copeland is a New Zealand born politician. ...
Judy Turner is a New Zealand politician. ...
May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (137th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
Policy - United Future opposes deregulation of illegal drugs, but is against more regulation of legal drugs. For example, they opposed the banning of tobacco in indoor public places.
- United Future supports recognition of Taiwan, as opposed to China, the only Parliamentary party in New Zealand to do so. [4]
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Former MPs There have been several people called Paul Adams. ...
Marc Alexander is a New Zealand politician. ...
Larry Baldock (1954 - ) is a New Zealand politician. ...
Bernie Ogilvy is a New Zealand politician. ...
Murray Smith is a New Zealand politician. ...
Gordon Copeland is a New Zealand born politician. ...
See also The 2005 New Zealand general election took place on 17 September 2005 and determined the composition of the 48th New Zealand Parliament. ...
External links - United Future New Zealand official website
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