- Green Society
The Green Society was a small
New Zealand political party dedicated toenvironmentalism . It was one of three environmentalist parties involved in the 1996 elections, the others being the Green Party (then part of the Alliance) and the Progressive Green Party. The Green Society believed that environmentalism should be the sole and exclusive focus of any "green" party, and that both of the other groups were in error in their attempts to lay out social and economic policies as well.Fact|date=July 2008 The party was led by Simon Reeves, an environmental lawyer, who contested the Auckland Central electorate.Fact|date=July 2008 The party contested 8 electorates as well as the party list, but gained only 1,140 electorate and 2,363 list votes (0.11%), failing to win any seats. [cite web |url=http://1996.electionresults.govt.nz/pdf/1.1%20Summary%20of%20overall%20results.pdf |title=1996 General Election Results: Summary of Party List and Electorate Candidate Seats |publisher=New Zealand Chief Electoral Office |accessdate=2008-06-29]The party did not contest the 1999 election and was deregistered in February 2001.cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.nz/record/registers/registered-logos.html |title=Political party registered logos |publisher=New Zealand Electoral Commission |date=2007-01-16 |accessdate=2008-06-29]
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