The Coalition disbanded in the-mid 1980s but re-formed in April 2007, in response to Government plans to rewrite the election finance laws.
The group was formed in September 1979 in opposition to the then Prime Minister Robert Muldoon's Think Big programme.
It had concerns around the speed, secrecy and lack of public consultation of related legislation (particularly the National Development Act 1979).
The opposition to the act and the group itself was led by Sir Guy Powles, the former Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand.
[2] The group's patrons are Lloyd Geering, Patricia Grace, Anton Oliver and Paul Harris.