New Zealand Labour Party Articles

Wealth redistribution, environmental protection, and an ambitious housebuilding program look to be at the heart of Ardern's agenda for government, writes Dan Crawford It was not until the wily old performer Winston Peters started his speech in Beehive on Thursday that...

From the worst of starting points, New Zealander Jacinda Ardern could be about to cause a shock and become the world's youngest democratically-elected world leader, writes Dan Crawford Picture the scenario. An opposition Labour party sits 24 points adrift of the...

We all like big party meetings. As activists they make us feel like we are on a roll, that we are gaining momentum, and that victory is just around the corner. So it was sobering at Progress Question Time to hear former Labour member of parliament Jacqui Smith recall...

There have been a number of parallels between British and New Zealand politics over the last 40 years. Both countries were afflicted by economic sclerosis in the 1970s. This gave way to a painful process of economic liberalisation in the 1980s. Long periods of...