World Socialist Party (New Zealand)

Not to be confused with Socialist Party of Aotearoa or New Zealand Socialist Party.

The World Socialist Party of New Zealand (WSPNZ) is a revolutionary socialist and anti-Leninist political party in New Zealand founded in 1930 as the Socialist Party of New Zealand (SPNZ).

World Socialist Party (New Zealand)
Leader	None (membership conference)
First Secretary	Rolfe R. Everson[1]
Founded	1930; 95 years ago (1930)
Headquarters	PO Box 1929, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
Newspaper	Socialist Review (1934) Socialist Comment (1944–1948)[2][3] Socialist Viewpoint (1971–1982)[4]
Ideology	Classical Marxism Socialism Impossibilism
International affiliation	World Socialist Movement
Colors	Red
Website
worldsocialism.org/nz
Politics of New Zealand Political parties Elections

The WSPNZ is affiliated with the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) and the World Socialist Movement (WSM).

In the 1940s, the party co-operated on Socialist Comment.^[3] In 1971, the party contested its first parliamentary election and in 1975 put up seven candidates.^[1]

The WSPNZ last ran a candidate in the 1996 election, gaining a total of 27 votes.^[5]

Radio

The WSPNZ ran Radio Imagine 88.3 FM out of Manurewa, Auckland, starting as early as 2001.^[6]