Buying back state assets and farmland that has been sold to foreigners is one of the core policies New Zealand First will take into its election campaign.
Party leader Winston Peters set out his manifesto in a speech to the party's annual convention in Auckland today, accusing the Government of having done nothing in its first term to give any hope to young people, stop the "shameful" rate of child abuse or deliver economic policies to take the country forward.
"New Zealand has been in its own war zone and the fighting has been all about money," he said.
"And the casualties -- the people -- have all been forgotten."
NZ First is performing poorly in the polls with around 2 percent of the party vote and it needs to reach 5 percent to get back into Parliament without winning an electorate seat.
Mr Peter's speech was a typical onslaught against other political parties, laying blame for what he has clearly identified as unpopular policies which his party can get traction on.
"We are going to keep our state assets and gradually buy back those in foreign hands," he said.
"We are going to keep our farmland and buy back the thousands of hectares that are owned offshore.
"We have to believe there is a better way and we need to take it no matter what happens in banking and financial systems on the other side of the world."
Mr Peters scorned the discussion paper on ways to combat child abuse released by the Government last week, and vowed his party would do something about it if it was returned to Parliament.
"We know there are acts of violence in circumstances where often there are numerous witnesses engaged in a cover-up," he said.
"We know that what's required is a huge culture change where peer knowledge and pressure sheets home responsibility and threatens brutes with certain exposure."
He said legislation was needed to deny benefits to those who refused to co-operate with the authorities.
Mr Peters also attacked the "toxic mix" of National's relationship with the Maori Party, saying it would lead to New Zealand splitting into two nations.
He said NZ First would repeal the anti-smacking law and replace it with laws that attacked "brutalising parents".
He told the convention the National Party had conspired to take over the leadership of the ACT Party, with Don Brash replacing Rodney Hide and John Banks standing in Epsom to secure its future.
"What this all means is: first, a level of political cynicism, manipulation and cronyism that gives democracy a dirty name -- and second: that National knows the opinion polls are not worth the paper they are printed on," he said.
