The party was formed when MP Gordon Copeland left United Future after a dispute over support for the Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007.

[citation needed] On 8 February 2012, it requested that the Electoral Commission cancel its registration, which rendered it wholly subsumed into the Conservative Party.

On its website, it announced that after holding an executive committee meeting in December 2011, the party had agreed to be 'wound up' and 'bring its existence to an end.'

An inaugural meeting was held in Baldock's city of residence, Tauranga,[3] and former United Future list MP Bernie Ogilvy became party secretary.

[5] Copeland also gave his proxy vote in Parliament to the National Party (except on matters of confidence and supply).

Acting secretary Bernie Ogilvy apologised for not applying for free election broadcasting in time; Larry Baldock said "This does make our task just that much harder.

[12] Baldock stood in Tauranga, winning 1893 votes, well behind National's Simon Bridges and his New Zealand First and Labour challengers.

Larry Baldock was one of the chief protagonists behind the 2009 referendum which attempted to repeal the Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007.

[citation needed] This was changed by the arrival of Colin Craig's Conservative Party of New Zealand in August 2011.