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Alison Pavlovich, a PhD-qualified law and taxation expert, has announced she will stand as a candidate for the New Zealand Outdoors and Freedom Party in the 2026 election, running both on the party list and in Wellington Central.
Pavlovich is positioning herself as a technically minded candidate focused on rebalancing government decision-making away from corporate interests and toward what she describes as “human-centred governance”.
With degrees in commerce and law, including a doctorate in law, Pavlovich says her background allows her to interrogate policy claims that are often taken at face value.
“Corporate influence is powerful, and we need more balance in favour of people and our environment,” Pavlovich said, adding that her time working in corporate settings means she can assess when proposals serve the public interest and when they do not.
Pavlovich also points to her roles as a mother and grandmother, and her time living in both rural and urban communities, as grounding her understanding of cost-of-living pressures and social cohesion.
The Outdoors and Freedom Party, led by Sue Grey, has positioned itself as a civil liberties-focused alternative critical of government overreach, particularly in areas such as public health, economic control and individual freedoms.
The party has yet to secure parliamentary representation and faces significant barriers under New Zealand’s MMP system.
