The New Zealand National Party, often shortened to National, is a centre-right political party in New Zealand and the current senior governing party. It is one of the two major parties that dominate contemporary New Zealand politics, alongside its traditional rival, the Labour Party. National was formed in 1936 through the amalgamation of the conservative and liberal parties Reform and United, and became New Zealand's second-oldest extant political party. It has governed for six periods in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and has spent more time in government than any other party, beginning with Sidney Holland's term as prime minister after the 1949 election.
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1. New Zealand National Party (Wikipedia)
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The New Zealand National Party (Māori: Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa), often shortened to National (Nāhinara), or the Nats, is a centre-right political party in New Zealand
2. EBSCO Research Starters: New Zealand National Party
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The National Party was originally founded in 1936 as a consolidation of various pre-existing conservative and liberal parties.
Christopher Luxon (Wikipedia)
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A member of the National Party
New Zealand (Wikipedia)
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New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy
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