The Green Society was a small New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 political party

Political party

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 dedicated to environmentalism

Environmentalism

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. It was one of three environmentalist parties involved in the 1996 elections

New Zealand general election, 1996

The 1996 New Zealand general election was held on 12 October 1996 to determine the composition of the 45th New Zealand Parliament. It was notable for being the first election to be held under the new Mixed Member Proportional electoral system, and produced a parliament considerably more diverse...

, the others being the Green Party

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party that has seats in the New Zealand parliament. It focuses firstly on environmentalism, arguing that all other aspects of humanity will cease to be of concern if there is no environment to sustain it...

 (then part of the Alliance

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The Alliance is a left-wing political party in New Zealand. It was formed in 1991, and was influential in the 1990s, but has since declined and has no representation in parliament. It suffered a major setback after Jim Anderton, the party's leader, left the party in 2002, taking several of the...

) and the Progressive Green Party

Progressive Green Party (New Zealand)

The Progressive Green Party was an environmentalist political party in New Zealand. It was established as a "blue-green" party - that is, one which is environmentalist , but is economically right-wing rather than left-wing ....

. 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. The party was led by Simon Reeves, an environmental lawyer, who contested the Auckland Central electorate. 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.

The party did not contest the 1999 election

New Zealand general election, 1999

The 1999 New Zealand general election was held on 27 November 1999 to determine the composition of the 46th New Zealand Parliament. The governing National Party, led by Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, was defeated, being replaced by a coalition of Helen Clark's Labour Party and the smaller Alliance...

and was deregistered in February 2001.

The Green Society was established in 2005 as a NGO (Non Government Organization) It is an international movement of persons, business and organizations that wish to create local and global support systems that develop sustainable resource based communities. We are currently expanding our humanitarian efforts to spread technologies that provide the essential needs for optimal human lifestyles.

The (1996) Green Society was a small New Zealand political party dedicated to environmentalism. 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. The party was led by Simon Reeves, an environmental lawyer, who contested the Auckland Central electorate. 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.[1]

The Green Society was established in 2005 as a NGO (Non Government Organization) It is an international movement of persons, business and organizations that wish to create local and global support systems that develop sustainable resource based communities. We are currently expanding our humanitarian efforts to spread technologies that provide the essential needs for optimal human lifestyles.