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Andrew Little: from euphoria to reality
Andrew Little will probably have been greatly encouraged by the euphoric response to his Labour Conference speech in the weekend. But beyond the party faithful and hopeful, reality has set in with some...
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Trotter wants more from Empty Andy
Chris Trotter can be a bit of a political manic depressive. He was despondent over Andrew Little’s interview on The Nation on Saturday, but was effurive in his praise of Little’s conference speech on...
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Labour’s financial and fundraising problems
It’s been well known that the Labour Party has struggled with it’s party finances for a number of years. This was highlighted by spending returns from last year’s election, when the Greens outspent...
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Maori Party versus Labour reshuffle
There has been accusations for a long time that the Labour Party claim ownership of a majority Maori vote but don’t pay that back with adequate positions of influence. And there are arguments about...
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Nuclear free for 29 years
On 8 June 1987, the Labour government passed a law making New Zealand nuclear free. Today, 29 years on, we’re still proud to be a nuclear-free nation. If you are too, share the graphic below. This was...
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Brexit, EU, party disarray and Chilcott
An update on Brexit, parties in disarray and the Chilcott report from Missy: Brexit: The fallout continues. There are reports that Merkel is moving to oust Jean-Claude Juncker in the next 12 months....
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Regeneration for Labour?
It’s been fairly well known that the Labour Party has needed some major regeneration since 2008 and post-Helen Clark. It’s also been fairly obvious that this hasn’t worked very well, with a decreasing...
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Labour demand Maori “open the books”
Nanaia Mahuta, in a press release under the New Zealand Labour Party, has asked for the President of the Maori Party to disclose “honorariums and fees paid”. Does Mahuta think this should just apply to...
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Labour staff appointments
Andrew Little has made two appointments to vacant positions in the Labour leader’s office. Chief of Staff – Neale Jones Jones has been upgraded from his current job of Political Director in Little’s...
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Labour “all the more certain” to win
Party President Nigel Haworth has said that Labour are “all the more certain” to win next year’s election because of Andrew Little’s leadership. He was speaking at an event in Dunedin celebrating the...
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Little dismisses Clark’s centre ground
This morning on TV1’s Q & A Helen Clark said that to win an election it was necessary to command the centre ground, but Andrew Little dismissed this as unnecessary and said that his aim was to form...
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Is Labour relevant today?
The Standard has marked Labour Weekend (I presume) with a post oddly under the authorship of ‘Natwatch’ (which seems to be a pseudonym for someone not wanting to be identified as being a union...
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Labour’s annual conference, offline
I think Labour is having their annual conference this weekend and will mark 100 years since the party was founded, but it’s hard to tell from their online presence. Oddly I can see no sign of this on...
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Labour: paid work for young unemployed
In his speech to the Labour conference today announced a policy that will give six months paid community for young unemployed people. Factsheet: Ready for Work Labour has a plan to give young people...
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Labour versus Maori/Mana, et al
The annual political pilgrimage to Ratana is highlighting growing competitiveness between the Labour and Maori Parties, with the latter now working more closely with the Mana Party and Hone Harawira....
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Little’s statement/apology
I’m trying to understand what Andrew Little is trying to achieve with his ‘apology’ to Earl and Lani Hagaman. A defamation case that the Hagamans are taking against Little is due to proceed in the...
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Moroney jumps ahead of Labour list release
Sue Moroney is quitting before she is effectively dumped by Labour after being given an ‘unelectable’ party list position and being told that “she had lost support from the party’s ruling council”....
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Labour experience and turnover
A lot has been said about Labour’s failure to replace and replenish it’s caucus. Therefore an interesting comment from Antoine at The Standard: I’ve been comparing the Labour Cabinet of 2005 with the...
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Labour Party list released
Following yesterday’s fracas where it seems that Willie Jackson tried to spit the dummy over his list placing and had it stuffed back into his mouth, and Sunday’s announcement that Sue Moroney was...
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Community Action Network
Labour have cranked up their election campaign a notch or two. .@nzlabour We're calling it Labour's Community Action Network. If you want to help us #changethegovt head to https://t.co/9W5HWJiUEy —...
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