A new political party wants to close the door on foreign investment with the goal of making New Zealand economically self-sufficient.
Unified New Zealand founder David Ding, an Auckland-based corporate sales and marketing manager, hopes to attract the 500 paid members the party needs to become registered by the end of the year.
He has already applied to register the party's logo with the Electoral Commission, which called for public submissions on the logo this week.
Mr Ding said his vision was for New Zealand to become self-sufficient and reduce its reckless levels of foreign investment.
"The main thing is gaining independence from our current dependency on foreign nations, particularly in regards to foreign investment, but also in regards to industry in this country becoming redundant due to outsourcing."