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The Vanua’aku Pati (could be translated with Our Land Party) is a socialist political party in Vanuatu. At the last legislative elections 1 September 2008 the party won 11 out of 52 seats becoming the largest party in Parliament.The party was founded in the early 1970s by Walter Lini and was known until 1974 as the New Hebrides National Party. The party won the pre-independence 1979 elections and Lini became chief minister.