Conservative party leader happy being 'traditional'

I just heard these guys are likely to win the Rodney seat so this means they will probably hold the balance of power since ACT is looking doubtful. Hope the media starts to give them the coverage needed so we can get a better idea of the what these policies really mean now that they will probably be in this position. Good no them, looks like they will be a good party to balance the others.

I don't think religious or cultural views should be part of Party politics. The Conservatives should focus on economic issues only. Conservatism has many diverse ideas. Look around the internet people. Conserving the good things that 'work' in NZ should be their aim. Welfare reform is an absolute necessity. I know of people in their 50s who have been on benefits all their lives but they earn money under the table while I and others past 60 work hard and pay tax to keep these bludgers. These people even have a mortgaged home that us taxpayers are subsidising. Meanwhile their kids are learning to follow in their parent's footsteps. We now have 2 to 3 generations of these bludgers. Ensure that the free education system works to give kids a good start in life and then get to work. Decrease taxes for the long term hard working middle income people so they have an opportunity to own their homes as an asset not just a mortgage hanging over their heads and preventing their future prosperity. Instead the hard working middle class who follow the rules are keeping the bludgers and criminals who deal drugs etc while living on the dole and in Housing NZ homes. I believe that 'benefits' should be for a limited time e.g. 6 months and the same for Housing NZ rentals. This welfarist lifestyle does not contribute to the prosperity of New Zealand and the middle class taxpayers.

Alex, this isn't a Christian based party. Would you say the National party is a Jewish based party? Craig, I am from California, your are way off the mark. The reason why California is broke is because of the corrupt politicians that keep spending more than they earn like the National party borrowing a billion a month to keep Labour's policies going to keep in office. Colin Craig is a breath of fresh air.

They will not get my vote. His party opposes Property Tax which may have something to do with the leader of the party being a property developer. His party pamphlet states that people on benefits are getting more than if they worked. NZ Benefit- $300pw (Single Individual no dependents) Minimum Wage- $520pw (prior to tax) Did the Conservative party misplace their calculator?

I applaud Colin Craig for having the heart and head to stand up for the future of this country. For the past 80 years we have been led around by the nose by gutless National and Labour party politicians. They lie to get elected then lie after they get elected and wonder why we flee to Australia. Kiwis have become so bamboozled by spin they now think truth, honesty and longterm vision are fairy tales. Wake up NZ, Colin Craig is the real deal.

@craig. Come on man, citizen referenda is democratic. California's financial issues have very little to do with the fact that they have to pay for them. It's other fiscal irresponsibility that's lead the whole of the US into the position they're in. @Alex. The Conservative Party is not a 'Christian' party anyway. There are Christians in Labour and National too, does that make them Christian parties? I mean, look at his policies and judge the party on them. All of their polices seem reasonable and common sense to me.

"being traditional has “worked well” for him. " hahaha ok good for you, guess you gotta force it onto other people, then!

hummm. ya know, if he were Actually conservative, in the proper sense of the word, rather than reactionary, he wouldn't be touching the welfare issue with a ten foot pole. certainly not in that direction. conservative doesn't require you to impliment the right wing's economic stupidity, people. conservative is Supposed to mean resistant to change, both progressive and reactionary, unless it is proved to be necessary, and the to impliment it slowly so as to avoid unnecessary negative side effects and compliment for necessary ones. it SHOULD be the default government position on anything that's not actually an emergency. anyway, i'd actually kinda like to see these guys get in and end up in a coalition with labour... if they could keep it stable i think it'd probably limit the worst excesses of both... i dread to think what the outcome of them forming a government with national would be though. they seem to have some good points, but teh bad ones are pretty extream. (which, come to think of it, i could say of any0one but national and labour, who just suck.)

Pete, politicians usually do try to push what they believe onto the rest of the country.

Colin and his friends are wasting their time and are better off getting back to their businesses because no Christian based party has ever received enough votes to reach the 5% threshold