They may have deregistered from the Electoral Commission in 2015, and their Wikipedia page may be written in the past tense, but Alliance Party president Victor Billot insists the party never fully went away.
Alliance has announced it will be running a candidate for the central ward in Christchurch's 2025 local body elections, librarian and musician Tom Roud, with the revamped party describing itself as aligned with left-wing, social democratic values.
Party president Victor Billot joins Emile Donovan.
Photo: Victor Billot
