> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Christian coalition a risky proposition for National
- URL: https://goodoil.news/christian-coalition-a-risky-proposition-for-national/
- Published: 2019-05-26T20:30:37.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-25T10:09:59.000Z
- Author: Juana Atkins
- Tags: NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, Religion, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 04:14

![](https://www.thebfd.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/33057538_1793758407313155_857825090656534528_n.jpg)

Alfred Ngaro MP

MP Alfred Ngaro is by all accounts a thoroughly decent bloke but his plan to form a new [faith-based](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/05/simon-bridges-giving-alfred-ngaro-space-for-new-christian-conservative-party.html?ref=goodoil.news) political party is doomed if the real reason for its creation is to create a coalition partner for the National party. For a start, Michelle Boag is lurking in the background, and secondly, Ngaro is a list MP so he doesn’t have an established following of voters to follow him to his new party. His chances of winning an electorate are remote.

quote.

> \[…\] Ngaro, \[…\] is considering splitting to form a Christian-based party. There has been speculation it’s a deliberate ploy by National to create a coalition partner, with ACT stuck with a single MP and its share of the party vote falling in recent elections.  
> Ngaro says that’s not true \[…\]  
>  
> But he admits \[ it\] would add to growing congestion for the Christian conservative vote. Coalition NZ, a new party led by Destiny Church matriarch Hannah Tamaki, entered the fray this week \[…\]  
>  
>  
> Ngaro says history suggests they’ll need to team up if they’re to breach the 5 percent threshold required to enter Parliament without an electorate seat.  
> \[…\]The best any Christian party has managed \[…\] was the Conservative Party’s 4 percent in 2014.  
>  
> \[…\] Ngaro says he’s yet to decide if he’ll lead the new party, should it happen. But he wants to make a decision soon.  
>  
>  
> [Newshub.](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2019/05/alfred-ngaro-hints-at-coalition-with-hannah-tamaki-s-coalition-nz.html?fbclid=IwAR1752gaGSVM94Ok7C8MsCp7TYqMkHcfYCRZFedhK2xjDh4oj871Wachv9k&ref=goodoil.news)

end quote.

  
The big danger with the strategy of creating a coalition partner for National is that it could be responsible (if it fails) for a good chunk of wasted vote.  
 If Bridges and McClay are behind this then it is poor strategic planning on their part as it is likely to lead to

- Another MP having to leave the party
- A new political threat emerging
- A likely reduction in votes for National
- Still no coalition partner

Even worse is that it is clear that if Ngaro goes ahead, the party Bridges will be relying upon as a Coalition partner will be part of a coalition of Christian parties that includes Coalition NZ.

Do National’s strategists really think that it is a good idea to be propped up by a party that has the financial backing of Brian Tamaki?