Payne v New Zealand National Party - [2008] 3 NZLR 233

Constitutional law — Elections — Selection of party candidate for Selwyn electorate — Application for review of interim injunction staying final selection — Whether serious question to be tried — Whether political parties free to regulate how they selected constituency candidates — Whether board democratically appointed — Degree of discretion of board — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 12.

Practice and procedure — Interlocutory injunction — Selection of political party candidate for Selwyn electorate — Application for review of interim injunction staying final selection — Whether serious question to be tried — Whether political parties free to regulate how they selected constituency candidates — Whether board democratically appointed — Degree of discretion of board — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 12.