Ideology Of New Zealand Essay

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An ideology has 3 elements; an account of the existing order, a desire for a “good society” and a political plan to bring about this desire. Derived from the word “ideal”, when the suffix “ology” is added (ology being defined as “the scientific study of something”) we are able to understand that the term “political ideology” means to have an ideal political method to achieve a good society based on significant research (Cambridge Dictionaries Online). New Zealand’s current parliament consists of 121 members of parliament from 8 different parties and 1 independent MP. Each party has their own political ideology meaning they have their own perspective of what direction New Zealand should be heading politically. In my essay I will discuss to what extent do political parties in New Zealand follow an ideology based on individual policies from National, Labour and the New Zealand First Party. The specific policies I will discuss are National’s asset sales policy (National Party Online, 2014), Labour’s Affordable and Healthy Homes Policy (Labour Party Online) and New Zealand First’s immigration policy (New Zealand First website). These policies demonstrate clearly how closely each respective party follows their own clear ideology.
New Zealand’s National Party is currently running the government, meaning that the country is heavily influenced by the party’s views and also their ideology. National’s policy to partly privatise state owned assets demonstrates their desire to maintain the control and decision making of how the assets are used (they are only selling up to 49% of each asset) whilst covering short term debt. Choosing short term gain over long term income highlights their perspective of living in a nation where society doesn’t ha...

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...aland Future’s immigration policy shows clearly their desire for a “good society” and a plan as to how to achieve this.
To conclude, New Zealand political parties do follow their own political ideology based on the policies discussed. Currently National operates the nation under a democratic capitalist ideology as this is what the majority of New Zealand voted for in the 2011 election. Asset sales is a prime example of National executing this ideology. Labour and New Zealand First operate under their own respective ideologies which have a lesser impact on the operation of the country due to their inferior number of seats in parliament. However these differing views result in diverse perspectives as to how the nation should be run and these parties’ policies are crucial in ensuring that the entire population is represented when it comes to making political decisions.

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