Male co-leader Rod Donald died on 6 November 2005, the day before his scheduled swearing-in for his fourth term in Parliament, of myocarditis.

[2] The AGM was held on 3 June 2006 in Lower Hutt with the ballot being conducted via preferential voting.

[4] During the campaign Ward confirmed he would run for election to be Mayor of Nelson in 2007 regardless of whether he was co-leader or not.

[5] The vote of 110 party delegates was won by Norman on the first ballot by a decisive two-to-one majority over Tánczos, with Clendon third and Ward last.

Ward changed his mind, because of the advantages in having the party co-leader in Parliament during an election year.