a Board of Management and Board of Reference for their new party, still tentatively named "Future New Zealand." He also asserted his right to continue sitting in New Zealand's Parliament as a list MP. Name change to the Kiwi Party On 25 January 2008, it was announced that Future New Zealand was to be known as the Kiwi Party. Copeland stepped down as co-leader to focus on his Parliamentary responsibilities, leaving Baldock as the sole leader. The party applied to the Electoral Commission to register its new name, and was registered on 15 February 2008. Policies At the party's South Island conference in Christchurch the party outlined a number of policy ideas: people should be able to direct $100 of their income tax to a charity of their choice each year lift the adult minimum wage from the expected $12 an hour to $15 an hour provide employers with a 100% tax rebate to cover the minimum wage increase establish a Royal Commission to investigate the causes of family breakdown, family violence and child abuse. 2008 election Going into the 2008 elections, the party had only one list MP, and no electorate MPs, in Parliament, and did not register significant support in national polls. Acting secretary Bernie Ogilvy apologised for not applying for free election broadcasting in time; Larry Baldock said "This does make our task just that much harder." The party fielded 25 electorate candidates out of a possible 70. The party won just 12,755 party votes, or 0.54% of the votes cast, well short of the 5% required to gain list-only representation without winning an electorate. Baldock stood in Tauranga, winning 1893 votes, well behind National's Simon Bridges and his New Zealand First and Labour challengers. Copeland was similarly unsuccessful in Rongotai, winning just 515 votes. Despite this result, the party stated that they would contest the next general election, in 2011. 2008–2012 Gordon Copeland was elected as Party President in March 2009. The party contested the 2009 Mount Albert by-election, selecting Simmone Dyer as their candidate. Dyer came seventh with 91 votes. The party did not contest the subsequent Mana, Botany or Te Tai Tokerau by-elections. Larry Baldock was one of the chief protagonists behind the 2009 referendum which attempted to repeal the Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007. The referendum passed with the support of 87.4% of voters, but was non-binding, and the government responded