[1] The party is rural-based, and opposed the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, the Paris Agreement, and attempts to limit the environmental impacts of agriculture.

For that election, the party was led by former Franklin District mayor Mark Ball.

[12] It initially said that it intended to run for electorate seats in the 2023 election, in the hopes of creating an overhang.

[16] The party has been critical of climate change policies and water restrictions and has opposed New Zealand's ban on oil and gas exploration.

[2] In 2023 it campaigned against the Labour government's Clean Car Standard,[17] and against "wokeism" and political correctness.