Western Bay residents are being targeted by a fledgling political party that is calling for the Waitangi Tribunal to be abolished with mass leaflet drops.

Napier man Tom Johnson is fronting One Law for All's campaign, which is targeting Western Bay residents. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

One Law for All's Tauranga area coordinator Robbie McGuinness says about 8000 households in Katikati, Te Puke and parts of Tauranga have received the party's leaflets and he was getting alot of support.

The party has attracted about 750 members and is applying for registration, a process acting leader Tom Johnson believes could take six weeks.

'We are well ahead of where we need to be to register (500 membership minimum) and we are finding a lot of people supporting us. It's coming in continually.”

The party's position is that all New Zealanders are treated equally in law, regardless of race, a position he firmly rejects as playing the race card.

'I find it an absolutely puerile comment. We want to have one law for all, that includes everybody. The race card to me is being played by Hone Harawira and the Maori Party who are wanting continuous special privileges.”

The party's initial focus was on the Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay, where he says there are a lot of key supporters. The plan is to push it out across the country soon.

Tom says as a new organisation they had a lot of work to do – including appointing a permanent leader – but were already receiving many inquiries from people wanting to stand at the next election.

'The support we are getting is indicative of widespread concern over where current and previous governments have taken us on this issue.”

The party's policies include abolishing the Waitangi Tribunal, abolishing race-based seats and positions in central and local government, and stripping all references to the Treaty of Waitangi from legislation.