Organisation
National features both regional and electorate-level organisational structures. National traditionally had a strongly decentralised organisation, designed to allow electorates and the five regions to appeal to the unique voter base in their area. However, in light of the 2002 election result, a review of the party organisation resulted in decisions to weaken the regional structure and to implement a more centralised structure in order to make the structure more 'appropriate' for the new mixed member proportional electoral system. The Party President (currently Peter Goodfellow) heads the administration outside of National's current sitting MPs.
Historically, the Party's youth wing, the Young Nationals, commonly known as the "Young Nats", has provided much political impetus as a ginger group: it gained a historical reputation as "the" social organisation in rural New Zealand and in some urban circles.
Two other ideology specific groups exist in National. The Bluegreens are a group within National who help formulate Environmental policy. Many members of Caucus hold membership with the Bluegreens. The Blue Liberals are a National Group dedicated to promoting more liberal market and economic related policies.
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“It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organisation upon the natural organisation of the body.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)