Labour party
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New Zealand Labour shed votes to the right but also the left – the price of a progressive policy bonfire
The party’s supporters feel like it got a kicking from everyone. After a dire result, analysts pointed to its …
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Youthquake rumbles to a stop? Support for the left falls among New Zealand’s young voters
Bucking global trends, polls find young voter support higher for National and right coalition than Labour as e…
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New Zealand’s Labour party is stumbling towards defeat – a scare campaign could save them | Henry Cooke
With Jacinda Ardern gone, her party’s political capital has been squandered. But a turnaround is possibleIt lo…
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Coalition creaks as New Zealand Greens watch Labour dump climate policies
Greens co-leader James Shaw says Labour shouldn’t count on its support in upcoming election amid glacial progr…
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Waitangi Day celebrations struggle to mute politics in heated election year
Questions of sovereignty, inequality and New Zealand history hang in the background as political speeches fore…
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Selfies, sendoffs and star power as Jacinda Ardern has her last day in the sun
New Zealand is still deciding what her political legacy will look like, but the crowds at her last engagement …
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Who is Carmel Sepuloni? New Zealand’s first Pasifika deputy prime minister
The daughter of an abattoir worker and fruit picker, Sepuloni could have exactly the expertise the PM needs to…
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Hipkins is unlikely to reach heights of Jacindamania, and that may suit New Zealanders
Chris Hipkins promises a ‘solid’ government that will focus on bread-and-butter issues, in the wake of the int…
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New Zealand’s Chris Hipkins vows to focus on inflation ‘pandemic’ and ‘fairer’ tax system
Incoming prime minister echoes Jacinda Ardern’s promise to cut back Labour’s agenda to focus on cost of living…
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New Zealand: Chris Hipkins taking over from Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday
Sole nominee secures Labour endorsement for prime minister, with Carmel Sepuloni as deputy, and incumbent’s la…
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New Zealand’s next PM: How will they be chosen and when will we know who it is?
The New Zealand Labour party is racing to find Jacinda Ardern’s replacement, with votes among MPs set to begin…
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‘An inspiring leader’: world reacts to Jacinda Ardern’s resignation as New Zealand PM
‘The difference you have made is immeasurable,’ says Canadian prime minister Justin TrudeauThe US president, t…
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Jacinda Ardern rallies party faithful as Labour faces difficult re-election path
New Zealand PM tells party conference ‘we are not done yet’ as poll shows Labour’s support at 5-year low ahead…
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New Zealand’s local elections appear to show a backlash against Ardern. The reality is more complex
Many cities chose conservative candidates but the results were less about national trends than local condition…
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From minister to lobbyist in three months: New Zealand needs to do better on transparency
The rules should not allow an MP to be reading cabinet papers in July and then lobbying former colleagues in O…