[1] The first territory-wide political movement in the New Hebrides, by 1969 it was estimated to have around 10,000 members (around one in eight of the population), mostly in the north of the territory.

[1] Soon after its establishment, Jimmy Stevens became involved with the party after offering to sell guns to the chiefs.

As the independence movement gathered momentum after 1975, led by the more Anglo-centric Walter Lini and the Vanua'aku Pati, Nagriamel sought to delay the end of British–French condominium.

In the 2012 elections, the party won three seats, with Moli joined in parliament by Samson Samsen and John Lum.

The party tends to support Vanuatu's status as a tax haven as well as private enterprise, but is in favour of free education and health care (generally a position popular on the left), and is against modern individualism corrupting customary values.