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The party was formed on 2 April 1996 , and hoped to take advantage of the benefits given to smaller parties by the new MMP electoral system. It was organised by Robert Hum , an immigrant to New Zealand from Malaysia . The party's foundation came as the anti-immigration New Zealand First party made significant gains in the polls. In the 1996 Elections , it stood a list of eleven candidates, and received 0.12% of the vote. In 1997 , the Ethnic Minority Party merged into the United New Zealand party, and in the 1999 Elections , many Ethnic Minority Party candidates were in high positions on United's list. However, United won only a single seat, leaving the Ethnic Minority candidates outside Parliament. Later, United merged with another party to create the modern United Future New Zealand , and the Ethnic Minority influence has been considerably diluted. |
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