The party was founded as a vehicle for former Labour MP Taito Phillip Field, who was subsequently convicted for bribery and corruption.

[1] It aimed to represent Pacific Island communities within New Zealand, and support Christian and "family values" and social justice.

[2] Field became an MP in 1993 for the Labour party, originally for the Otara electorate then, when that seat was abolished in 1996, for Māngere.

In April 2007 Field told The Sunday Star-Times he would form a new political party based on family values.

[7] The Pacific Party lost its single constituency seat in New Zealand's Parliament in the 2008 general election.