It was partly modelled on the Australian One Nation party, founded by Pauline Hanson.
Its primary focus was on matters such as the Treaty of Waitangi, but its wider platform was broadly paleoconservative or producerist.
[citation needed] It strongly opposed the policies of the government at the time, accusing it of giving special privileges to Māori and of undermining the concept of "one law for all".
People involved with the party included Richard Fisher, John Porter, and Alan McCulloch, a former mayor of East Coast Bays.
One New Zealand was founded in 1999, and in the 1999 election, it won 0.06% of the vote.