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{{Infobox political party
| name             = New Zealand National Front
| logo             = NewZealandNationalFrontLogo.svg
| leader           = [[Colin King-Ansell]]
| ideology         = [[Ultranationalism]]<br>[[White nationalism]]<br>[[Anti-Māori sentiment]]<br/>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Opposition to immigration|Anti-immigration]]
| position         = [[Far-right]]
| country          = New Zealand
| founded          = 1968
| dissolved        = 2019
| membership       = {{decrease}} 30<ref>{{cite report |last=Allchorn |first=William |date=2021 |author= |author-link= |title=From Gangs to Groupuscules and Solo-Actor Terrorism: New Zealand Radical Right Narratives and Counter-Narratives In The Context of the Christchurch Attack |url=https://hedayah.com/app/uploads/2021/09/2021APR1_FINAL_NewZealand_Country-Report.pdf |publisher=Hedayah and Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right |page=16, 18 |docket= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
| membership_year  = 2019
| colors           = 
{{nowrap|{{color box|#fe0005|border=darkgray}} [[Red (colour)|Red]], {{Color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} [[white]] and {{Color box|#001b69|border=darkgray}} [[blue]]}}<br>([[Flag of New Zealand|New Zealand national colours]])
| flag             = Flag of New Zealand National Front.svg
}}

The '''New Zealand National Front''' was a small [[white nationalist]] organisation in New Zealand.

==History==
[[File:NZ NF counter-protest.jpg|thumb|right|NZ National Front members at a protest in 2007, with a policeman watching nearby]]

===First formation in 1967===
Mirroring developments in the UK, a group called the National Front evolved from the New Zealand branch of the [[League of Empire Loyalists]] in 1967.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19680130.2.197 |title=New Political Group Formed |work=[[The Press]] |page=26 |date=30 January 1968 |access-date=20 September 2024 |via=Papers Past}}</ref><ref>[[Spoonley, Paul]] ''The Politics of Nostalgia: racism and the extreme right in New Zealand'' The Dunmore Press (1987) p157 {{ISBN|9780864690630}}</ref> It was led by Brian Thompson; another notable member was Roger Clare who would later become an activist with the [[League of St George]].<ref>Spoonley, Paul ''The Politics of Nostalgia: racism and the extreme right in New Zealand'' The Dunmore Press (1987) pp157-158</ref> It published a magazine called ''Counter-attack''. This group dissolved by the beginning of the 1970s. Thompson remained an overseas supporter of the UK National Front.

===Recreation of the late 1970s===
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The '''National Front of New Zealand''', commonly known as the "New Zealand National Front" (NZNF), was an initiative of [[John Tyndall (politician)|John Tyndall]] of the [[British National Front]] formed in 1977. Sister organisations were also formed in Australia and South Africa at the same time.

The party's first chairman was David Crawford, aided by Brian Thompson. [[Kerry Bolton]] joined in 1978. It distributed "large numbers of [[Holocaust denial]] pamphlets and books".<ref>Joel Stuart Hayward ''Holocaust Revisionism in New Zealand: The 'Thinking-man’s Anti-Semitism?'' Without Prejudice, No 4 December 1991, pp.38–49</ref> Thompson represented the party at the [[Battle of Lewisham|march in Lewisham]] in 1977.<ref>Spoonley, Paul ''The Politics of Nostalgia: racism and the extreme right in New Zealand'' The Dunmore Press (1987) p176</ref> The party encouraged its activists to infiltrate mainstream parties such as the [[National Party (New Zealand)|National Party]].<ref>Spoonley, Paul ''The Politics of Nostalgia: racism and the extreme right in New Zealand'' The Dunmore Press (1987) p160</ref> From June 1978 the party jointly published a magazine called ''Frontline'' with the [[National Front of Australia]]. After the end of the Australian group in 1984, the magazine continued until March 1987 in support of a more general non-party "nationalist cause".

The organisation became close to ending during the early 1980s; many of its members left to form the 'New Force' which Bolton formed in 1981.{{cn|date=October 2025}}

===Later activity ===
In 1989 Anton Foljambe sought to revive the ''Frontline'' title for his "Conservative Front" grouping. This led to the reformation of the NZNF with Foljambe as leader. It published a magazine, edited by Foljambe, called ''Viewpoint''. Foljambe resigned as leader in 1997 and established the rival National Democrats Party in 1999. [[Kyle Chapman (New Zealand activist)|Kyle Chapman]], who said he had been interested in right-wing politics since the age of 12,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interview With Kyle Chapman, Director, New Zealand National Front|url=http://ausfirst.alphalink.com.au/nznfinterview.html|last=Saleam|first=Jim|date=28 February 2005|website=ausfirst.alphalink.com.au|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> then led the party until he resigned as leader in 2005. Bolton rejoined the party in 2004. From 2008, [[Colin King-Ansell|Colin Ansell]] led the group. Ansell stated that the group was to be a "broad spectrum nationalist movement" with a "strong view on immigration".<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_2389206">{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2389206/Former-leaders-move-may-irk-right-wing |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910164445/http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2389206/Former-leaders-move-may-irk-right-wing |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 September 2012 |title=Former leader's move may irk National Front |author=Neems, Jeff |date=6 May 2009 |work=[[Waikato Times]] |access-date=30 October 2011 }}</ref>

On 23 October 2004, the National Front held a protest in Wellington to support retaining the current New Zealand flag, which was attended by an estimated 45 people.<ref name="NZ_Herald_3603497">{{cite news|date=23 October 2004|title=Two groups poles apart to rally at Parliament|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|agency=[[NZPA]]|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3603497|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> An 800-strong counter-demonstration was organised by the MultiCultural Aotearoa coalition and anarchists to expose the sympathies of the National Front.<ref name="NZ_Herald_3603555">{{cite news|date=23 October 2004|title=Three arrests, police officer hurt after National Front march|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|agency=[[NZPA]]|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3603555|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> According to ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'', Chapman complained the following day of "insufficient police protection".<ref name="NZ_Herald_3603577">{{cite news|date=24 October 2004|title=Hate speech laws could ban us, says National Front leader|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|agency=[[Newstalk ZB]]|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3603577|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> This "Flag Day Rally" has now become an annual event, with NF members and protesters squaring off outside parliament.

In October 2017, a handful of National Front members protested outside Parliament. They were met by "a sea" of counter-protesters. Fights came close to breaking out and police attended the event.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11937772 |title=Clashes outside parliament as protesters face National Front |author=Nightingale, Melissa |date=28 October 2017 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=28 October 2017}}</ref>

After the [[Christchurch mosque shootings]] of 2019, the National Front like other far-right groups "publicly shut up shop"<ref>{{Cite web|title=White supremacists still active in New Zealand|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/08/10/747406?slug=white-supremacists-still-active-in-new-zealand|last=Daalder|first=Mike|date=10 August 2019|website=Newsroom|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-04-30|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308201903/https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/08/10/747406?slug=white-supremacists-still-active-in-new-zealand|url-status=dead}}</ref> and largely went underground.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alt-right: underground - for now|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/04/29/555933?slug=alt-right-underground-for-now|last=Brettkelly|first=Sharon|date=29 April 2019|website=Newsroom|language=en-NZ|access-date=2020-04-30|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308110609/https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/04/29/555933?slug=alt-right-underground-for-now|url-status=dead}}</ref> An [[Radio New Zealand|RNZ]] documentary of April 2019 described them as "the old guard of the far-right" in comparison to new movements with more sophisticated networks and use of technology.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Getting inside the evolving alt-right|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018692392/the-detail-investigating-the-alt-right|date=2019-04-26|website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>

== As a political party ==
{{Conservatism New Zealand}}
The National Front has described itself as a political party, in 2010.<ref name=":0" /> Leader [[Kyle Chapman (New Zealand activist)|Kyle Chapman]] contested the [[Christchurch mayoral election, 2004|2004 Christchurch mayoral election]], receiving 1,665 votes (1.9%) and coming fifth out of ten candidates. In a blog post, then-former-leader Kyle Chapman declared the National Front would be joining with the National Democrats and another international organisation, the 'New Right' to contest the [[2008 New Zealand general election|2008 election]] under the name "Nationalist Alliance".<ref>{{cite web|title=New Projects|url=https://kylechapman.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-projects.html|date=4 July 2008|publisher=Kyle Chapman blog|access-date=6 July 2008}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> This did not occur; no candidates contested the 2008 election under that name.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2008 GENERAL ELECTION - OFFICIAL RESULT|url=https://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2008/|website=electionresults.govt.nz|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>

==Policies==
According to ''[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]'', the discernible policies of the National Front are "homophobia, racism and patriotic nationalism."<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28245/national-front |title=National Front – Gangs – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand |website=Teara.govt.nz |date=2015-01-21 |access-date=2017-03-29}}</ref>

== Leaders ==
:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Start year
! class="unsortable" |End year
! Time in office
|-
| Kay Hopper
| 1968
| 1977
| 9 years 
|-
| David Crawford
| 1977
| 1989
| 12 years 
|-
| Anton Foljambe
| 1989
| 1997
| 8 years 
|-
|[[Kyle Chapman (New Zealand activist)|Kyle Chapman]]
| 1997
| 2005
| 8 years 
|-
|[[Colin King-Ansell|Colin Ansell]]
| 2008
| 2019?
| 
|}

== See also ==

* [[Far-right politics in New Zealand]]
* [[List of white nationalist organizations]]
* [[Politics of New Zealand]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041027022438/http://www.nationalfront.org.nz/ Archive of the National Front official website]

{{New Zealand political parties}}

[[Category:Political parties in New Zealand|National Front]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1968]]
[[Category:1968 establishments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:2019 disestablishments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Nationalist parties in Oceania]]
[[Category:National Front (UK)]]
[[Category:White nationalist parties]]
[[Category:Far-right politics in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Racism in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Anti-Māori sentiment]]
[[Category:White genocide conspiracy theory]]