United New Zealand was a centrist political party in New Zealand. In Politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting Moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island It eventually merged with another party to form the modern United Future New Zealand group. United Future New Zealand is a New Zealand Political party. As of 2008 it has two members of the New Zealand Parliament – party leader Peter Dunne

United was founded in the middle of 1995, one of a number of new parties hoping to capitalize on the upcoming switch to the MMP electoral system. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 It was intended to be a centrist party, encompassing moderate voters from both the centre-left and the centre-right. The party was established by four MPs from the National Party, two MPs from the Labour Party, and former Labour MP Peter Dunne, who had already established his own party, Future New Zealand (not to be confused with the party of the same name which United later merged with). The New Zealand National Party ("National" or "the Nats" currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats Political party The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party Peter Dunne (born 17 March 1954) a New Zealand Politician and Member of Parliament leads the United Future Political party. This party should not be confused with the better-known Future New Zealand, a continuation of the Christian Democrats. This article is about the party formed out of the Christian Democrats, and its revival after Gordon Copeland 's secession from United Future New Zealand The party was led by Clive Matthewson, a former Labour MP. Clive Matthewson MNZM, is a former New Zealand politician He was originally a member of the Labour Party, but left in 1995 to jointly establish

The MPs who established United were:

• Margaret Austin (Labour)
• Bruce Cliffe (National)
• Peter Dunne (Future New Zealand, originally Labour)
• Clive Matthewson (Labour)
• Pauline Gardiner (National)
• Peter Hilt (National)
• John Robertson (National)

The party, while initially attracting interest, performed poorly in the 1996 election. Margaret Elizabeth Austin (born 1933 is a former New Zealand politician Bruce Windsor Cliffe (born 24 September 1946) is an international business man and a former New Zealand politician Peter Dunne (born 17 March 1954) a New Zealand Politician and Member of Parliament leads the United Future Political party. Clive Matthewson MNZM, is a former New Zealand politician He was originally a member of the Labour Party, but left in 1995 to jointly establish Pauline Gardiner is a former New Zealand politician Member of Parliament She was a member of parliament from 1993 to 1996 representing first the National Peter Malcolm Hilt (born 1942 is a former New Zealand politician John Struan Robertson is a former New Zealand politician He was an MP from 1990 to 1996, representing first the National Party and then The party's policies were centrist and liberal in nature but to many appeared too bland to attract media profile. In addition, Matthewson, while charismatic, was seen by many as an intellectual light-weight. When United entered into a coalition with the governing National Party in 1996, securing a Cabinet post for Peter Dunne, many commentators claimed that the party had abandoned its centrist stance. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The New Zealand Cabinet functions as the policy and decision-making body of the Executive branch within the New Zealand government system United claimed that a deal with National would allow United to moderate National's more extreme right-wing tendencies and that such arrangements would become common practice under the new MMP system.

In the 1996 election, United performed poorly. The 1996 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. Peter Dunne was the only United MP to retain his seat, with all others being ejected from Parliament. Clive Matthewson, whose seat had been abolished in the change to MMP, placed fourth in his new electorate. As the party's only surviving MP, Peter Dunne became leader of United.

In the 1999 election, United's share of the vote declined even further,with swinging voters shifting to Labour to oust the Shipley government. The 1999 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 46th session of the New Zealand Parliament. However, Peter Dunne managed to retain his electorate seat thereby preserving United's parliamentary representation. Later, however, United decided to merge with a pro-family, evangelical Christian-based party Future New Zealand (not to be confused with Peter Dunne's party before United was formed). This article is about the party formed out of the Christian Democrats, and its revival after Gordon Copeland 's secession from United Future New Zealand Future New Zealand, the former Christian Democrats, was not represented in parliament. The Christian Democrat Party of New Zealand was a Christian political party established in 1995. The merged party adopted the name United Future New Zealand, and has since established a caucus that has extended from seven (47th New Zealand Parliament, 2002-2005) to three (48th New Zealand Parliament, 2005-2007) down to two members (48th New Zealand Parliament, May 2007 - ) with the departure of Gordon Copeland MP. United Future New Zealand is a New Zealand Political party. As of 2008 it has two members of the New Zealand Parliament – party leader Peter Dunne Of these two caucuses, Dunne has remained the only constituency MP, while his caucus formed from United Future's MMP party list, and consists of Mps who are progressive on social justice issues but conservative on some moral issues.