National Socialist Party of New Zealand
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The National Socialist Party of New Zealand, sometimes simply called the New Zealand Nazi Party, was a far-right political party in New Zealand. It promulgated the same basic views as Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party in Germany, and had a particular focus on Jews and the banking sector.
The party was founded by Colin King-Ansell, an Auckland printer, in 1969. The previous year, King-Ansell had been jailed for vandalising a synagogue, and he was later to be jailed for distributing anti-Semitic leaflets. The party would be dominated by Ansell-King for the duration of its existence. King-Ansell was the party's sole candidate, and contested several elections.
The party no longer exists, and Ansell-King once said he had outgrown it. However, some hardline members of groups like the National Front are said to have re-established a new National Socialist Party.
