New Zealand First has so far held off on announcing its party list; now the Chief Electoral Office has done it for them. It's much shorter than last time - only 22 candidates against 40 - and there's been enormous turnover; apart from their former MPs, there is only one candidate who was on the list in 2005. Which suggests the party is seriously in decline. As for the mix, its very much a list of old men, with only 4 women, only 2 of which are in winnable places (assuming they get back in at all, that is). Which simply confirms that NZ First is a party of the past, not the future.
As with other parties, I've done a table showing the top candidates relative placements with last time.
| 2008 Rank | Name | 2005 Rank | Difference |
| 1 | Winston Peters | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Peter Brown | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Ron Mark | 4 | +1 |
| 4 | Doug Woolerton | 5 | +1 |
| 5 | Barbara Stewart | 6 | +1 |
| 6 | Pita Paraone | 7 | +1 |
| 7 | Asenati Lole-Taylor | -- | -- |
| 8 | Edwin Perry | 12 | +4 |
| 9 | Steve Campbell | -- | -- |
| 10 | Brendan Horan | -- | -- |
| 11 | Melanie Mark-Shadbolt | -- | -- |
| 12 | David Scott | -- | -- |
| 13 | Tracey Martin | -- | -- |
| 14 | Dail Jones | 10 | -4 |
| 15 | Brent Catchpole | 14 | -1 |
| 16 | Helen Mulford | -- | -- |
| 17 | Craig McNair | 11 | -6 |
| 18 | Joe Gregory | -- | -- |
| 19 | Doug Nabbs | -- | -- |
| 20 | John Hall | -- | -- |
| 21 | Graham Odering | 40 | +19 |
| 22 | Linda King | -- | -- |
Because there's been no formal announcement, there are no candidate details to link to yet; hopefully NZ First will change this soon.
