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|seats2_title = |seats2 = |seats3_title = |seats3 = |seats4_title = |seats4 = |symbol = |flag = |website = (www.national.org.nz ) |country = New Zealand |country2 = |state = New Zealand |footnotes = }} The New Zealand National Party (Māori: ''Rōpū Nāhinara'') is a centre-right New Zealand political party, and one of the two major parties in New Zealand politics. The party was founded in 1936 with the formal merger of the United and Reform parties, which had previously been in coalition making it the nation's second-oldest political party. Since November 2008, it has been the incumbent governing party, forming a minority government with support from the pro-indigenous rights Māori Party, the neo-liberal ACT Party and the centrist party United Future. With 47% of votes in the 2014 New Zealand general election, the National Party's MPs represent 41 out of 71 electorates in New Zealand and currently hold 60 of the 120 seats in the House of Representatives. ==Policies== According to the party's website, "The National Party seeks a safe, prosperous and successful New Zealand that creates opportunities for all New Zealanders to reach their personal goals and dreams".〔(National's Vision For New Zealand )〕 The First, Second and Third National Governments of New Zealand generally sought to preserve the economic and social stability of New Zealand, mainly keeping intact the high degree of protectionism and the strong welfare state built up by the First Labour Government of New Zealand. Arguably the last major interventionist policy was Rob Muldoon's massive infrastructure projects designed to ensure New Zealand's energy independence after the 1973 oil shock, Think Big. The Fourth National Government of New Zealand mostly carried on the sweeping neo-liberal reforms of the Fourth Labour Government known as Rogernomics, after Labour's finance minister Sir Roger Douglas. The corporatisation and sale of numerous state-owned enterprises, the abolishment of collective bargaining and major government spending cuts were introduced under the Fourth National Government with these policies popularly known as Ruthanasia (National's finance minister at the time was Ruth Richardson. Sweeping social reform was also introduced, with the introduction of mixed-member proportional representation effectively leading to the end of what had been a ''de facto'' two-party system. The beginning of the Treaty settlement process began under this government. Following the more moderate, centrist Fifth Labour Government, the Fifth National Government of New Zealand took power in 2008 led by John Key. Historically the National Party has tended to take a mainly conservative, centre-right position on most political issues though more recently in certain hot button issues they have taken a more progressive stance. For instance they extended free GP visits to children under 13 as part of their 2014 election package, as well as extending paid parental leave by two weeks to 16 weeks. In the 2015 Budget National announced the first increase to the benefit - except for inflation - since 1972, of up to $25 extra per week for families. In the most recent general election, in 2014, the National Party ran a campaign focusing on stability〔. Typical of centre-right parties, they promised to limit new spending every year (to $1.5 billion), to not introduce any new taxes and to improve the performance of public service organisations by setting performance-based 'Public Service Targets'. They also campaigned on the possibility of moderate tax cuts within the next few years. They are generally in favour of free-trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Zealand National Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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