She said GOdsownnz did not source the graphics on their website from either of the Facebook pages mentioned in the news item.

"I purely copied the images from FaceBook posts that came across my FaceBook page - 'public' posts I believe," said Holley.

"They seemed appropriate to where we stand on freedom of speech, and left-wing judgmentalism and social engineering."

"We (GOdsownnz and myself and others managing the Party) do not align ourselves with 'Freedom of Speech USA' nor 'The Australian Freedom of Speech Productions'. she said.

"We have never been on their websites, FaceBook pages. We are not 'right-wing'. We are not "anti-refugee", however we do not agree with the Islam religion or it's extremists.

"I would really appreciate a correction in CathNews to amend your reporting on this issue."

"We do not want a false impression going out, of where we are coming from."

CathNews apologies for the mistake.

In their media release GOdsownNZ says it is is here "to stand for the New Zealand we once knew, want to retain, and continue to improve."

"We want to ensure that right is actually right, and wrong is understood as wrong. We hold to conservative Christian beliefs and practice - but there is nothing wrong with that! New Zealand's heritage is Christian, many New Zealanders identify as Christian, and we are proud of that!"

"Today, Christianity is made out to be a bad, wrong thing...what is actually a bad thing is all the PC, liberal, social engineering that ‘normalises' things that are actually wrong and makes out they are right, and judges those things that are right, to be wrong."

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• scoop.co.nz
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The party is based in Greymouth.

The party is currently on an enrolment campaign to reach the threshold of 500 registered financial members that the Electoral Act requires before a party can be registered.

"We are ‘coming out' as Christians to have our say. We are voicing our right to free speech. We have the same right to enter Parliament as the 'PC Brigade' but we want to bring true values and ethics back in," the party said in a statement.

"We want God ('of nations') to have His way in New Zealand government and society once again."

GOdsownNZ website says it is a Christian Political Party that has been established "because its founders believe God wants His voice heard now, in this very perilous time we find ourselves in." The reader is referred to the second letter to Timothy 3:1-5.

"Political Correctness (PC), 'Social Engineering', Liberalism, 'Tolerance' ... these actions are taking New Zealand down a path without God, which is causing more evil than good...and God is not happy about it."

Claire Holley is the leader of GODsownnz which she founded with her husband Alan.

Claire had previously been involved with the Conservative Party since its launch in 2011, but resigned from the Board of Management at the end of last year.

"The Conservative Party started out well, but supporters have been let down by recent events, and a ‘watering down' of their original policy platform," she said.

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• godsownnz.org.nz
• Image: i.ytimg.com

The Mortlocks front a weekly church-funded TV programme,

The property has four bedrooms, four bathrooms, three living areas and a heated pool and spa and is described in promotional material as having a "feeling of grandeur and opulence".

City Impact Church received $5.35 million in donations in 2012, making up more than half its annual income of $9.16 million. In the same year $3.94 million was spent on salaries and wages for its 62 full-time and 43 part-time staff, according to the latest annual return filed with the Charities Commission.

Mortlock was formerly a salesman and real estate agent.

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• New Zealand Herald
• Image: nextplace.co.nz