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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
National Party has decided to give a miss to the 'labour-safe' seat of Mt Albert where by-election has been necessitated by David Shearer's resignation following his appointment as head of UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
The Mt Albert by-election will be held on Saturday, February 25, Prime Minister Bill English has confirmed.
“Following the resignation of MP David Shearer, which takes effect from 31 December, a by-election now needs to take place to fill the Mt Albert seat,” Mr English says.
“Today I’m announcing that the National Party will not be standing a candidate.
“The National Government is focussed on winning the 2017 General Election later in the year.
“To achieve that goal, we don’t intend to participate in a by-election in the new year that is in a safe Labour seat.”
New Zealand People party (NZPP) has welcomed this decision and expressed confidence that Mt Albert by-election has given their party another opportunity to go to public and get their attention.
NZPP is the country's first political party based purely on ethnic immigrants formed earlier in September this year.
"We are building our Party and every election counts as a step towards creating better awareness about our Party," affirmed Roshan Nauhria, the founder President of the Party.
"National have chosen to give a pass to the Labour in Mt Albert, but we are committed to fighting this election.
"We are in the process of finalising our candidate for Mt Albert by-election," Mr Nauhria further said.
The by-election Writ Day will be 25 January. The deadline for candidate nominations to be received will be midday 1 February, and the last day for the return of the Writ will be 16 March.
National Party has decided to give a miss to the 'labour-safe' seat of Mt Albert where by-election has been necessitated by David Shearer's resignation following his appointment as head of UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
The Mt Albert by-election will be held on Saturday, February 25,...
National Party has decided to give a miss to the 'labour-safe' seat of Mt Albert where by-election has been necessitated by David Shearer's resignation following his appointment as head of UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
The Mt Albert by-election will be held on Saturday, February 25, Prime Minister Bill English has confirmed.
“Following the resignation of MP David Shearer, which takes effect from 31 December, a by-election now needs to take place to fill the Mt Albert seat,” Mr English says.
“Today I’m announcing that the National Party will not be standing a candidate.
“The National Government is focussed on winning the 2017 General Election later in the year.
“To achieve that goal, we don’t intend to participate in a by-election in the new year that is in a safe Labour seat.”
New Zealand People party (NZPP) has welcomed this decision and expressed confidence that Mt Albert by-election has given their party another opportunity to go to public and get their attention.
NZPP is the country's first political party based purely on ethnic immigrants formed earlier in September this year.
"We are building our Party and every election counts as a step towards creating better awareness about our Party," affirmed Roshan Nauhria, the founder President of the Party.
"National have chosen to give a pass to the Labour in Mt Albert, but we are committed to fighting this election.
"We are in the process of finalising our candidate for Mt Albert by-election," Mr Nauhria further said.
The by-election Writ Day will be 25 January. The deadline for candidate nominations to be received will be midday 1 February, and the last day for the return of the Writ will be 16 March.
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