Alan McCulloch is the leader of the small One New Zealand

One New Zealand Party

The One New Zealand Party was a small political party in New Zealand. It was partly modeled on the Australian One Nation Party, founded by Pauline Hanson. Its primary focus was on matters such as the Treaty of Waitangi, but its wider platform was broadly paleoconservative or producerist...

 political party in New Zealand. He has previously served as president of the party, Mayor of East Coast Bays

East Coast Bays

East Coast Bays is the collective name for a series of small suburbs of North Shore City, in the Auckland metropolitan area of New Zealand, which line the northeast coast of the city along the shore of the Hauraki Gulf and Rangitoto Channel...

, a region of northern Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, and has also served in a number of official roles in North Shore, such as president of Grey Power

Grey Power (New Zealand)

Grey Power is a New Zealand based lobby group formed to promote the interests of people over the age of 50.- History :Grey Power was formed around 1988 by superannuitants protesting against the New Zealand Government's proposed plan to apply a surcharge on the New Zealand pension...

, and a candidate for the office of North Shore Mayor

Mayor of North Shore

The Mayor of North Shore was the head of the municipal government of North Shore City, New Zealand, from 1989 to 2010, and presided over the North Shore City Council with 15 councillors. The mayor was directly elected using a first-past-the-post electoral system. The councillors were elected from...

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He claims that New Zealand is currently heading towards racial separatism, and strongly opposes what he sees as special treatment for New Zealand's Māori ethnic minority.

In the 2002 elections

New Zealand general election, 2002

The 2002 New Zealand general election was held on 27 July 2002 to determine the composition of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. It saw the reelection of Helen Clark's Labour Party government, as well as the worst-ever performance by the opposition National Party.Arguably the most controversial...

, McCulloch was ranked third on the One New Zealand list. He also contested the East Coast Bays

East Coast Bays (New Zealand electorate)

East Coast Bays is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was first formed in 1972 and has existed apart from a break lasting two parliamentary terms. The electorate is currently held by Murray McCully.-Population centres:...

electorate, coming sixth with 1.7% of the vote.

After the One New Zealand party disbanded, McCulloch later ran for the Greater Auckland mayoralty in 2010 as an independent.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10673993