The New Zealand Labour Party,also known simply as Labour,is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism,while observers describe Labour as social democratic and pragmatic in practice. The party participates in the international Progressive Alliance. It is one of two major political parties in New Zealand,alongside its traditional rival,the National Party.
Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in New Zealand,governing the city of Wellington,the country's capital city and third-largest city by population,behind Auckland and Christchurch. It consists of the central historic town and certain additional areas within the Wellington metropolitan area,extending as far north as Linden and covering rural areas such as Mākara and Ohariu. The city adjoins Porirua in the north and Hutt City in the north-east. It is one of nine territorial authorities in the Wellington Region.
The Mayor of Wellington is the head of the municipal government of the City of Wellington. The mayor presides over the Wellington City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation. The current mayor is Tory Whanau,elected in October 2022 for a three-year-term.
Dame Kerry Leigh Prendergast is a New Zealand politician who served as the 33rd Mayor of Wellington between 2001 and 2010,succeeding Mark Blumsky. She was the second woman to hold the position,after Fran Wilde.
Moana Lynore Mackey is a New Zealand politician and has represented the New Zealand Labour Party in the New Zealand Parliament from 2003 until 2014. She has Māori,Irish,Scottish and Spanish ancestry.
Jennifer Sylvia Brash is a former New Zealand local government politician. In a career spanning nearly 40 years,she was mayor of Porirua from 1998 to 2010 having previously served as a Porirua city councillor. After retiring as mayor she served for the twelve years from 2010 to 2022 as councillor for Porirua–Tawa on the Greater Wellington Regional Council.
The Mayor of Porirua is the head of the municipal government of Porirua,New Zealand,and presides over the Porirua City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the single transferable vote electoral system. There have been six mayors since the establishment of the borough council in 1962:the current mayor is Anita Baker,who was elected in October 2019.
Nicholas Oliver Leggett is a former New Zealand politician and,as of 2016,a member of the New Zealand National Party. He was Mayor of Porirua from 2010 until 2016,and at the time of his election in October 2010,he was the youngest mayor in New Zealand.
Justin Mark Lester is a New Zealand businessman and politician. He was Mayor of Wellington between 2016 and 2019,following six years on the Wellington City Council.
The 2016 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections and was held on 8 October to determine the next Mayor of Wellington. The incumbent was Celia Wade-Brown,who was first elected in the 2010 mayoral election. Wade-Brown did not seek re-election. Her title was pursued by her deputy,Justin Lester,councillors Jo Coughlan,Andy Foster,Helene Ritchie and Nicola Young,former mayor of Porirua City Nick Leggett and independent candidates Keith Johnson and Johnny Overton.
Tahere Paul Eagle is a New Zealand politician and former member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the Rongotai electorate from 2017 to 2023. He was a Wellington City Councillor from 2010 to 2017 and was the first person of Māori descent to be Deputy Mayor of Wellington,but was defeated in a landslide when he sought the mayoralty as an independent candidate in 2022.
Andrew John Whitfield Foster is a New Zealand politician. He was elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives as a list MP for the New Zealand First party in the 2023 New Zealand general election.
The 2019 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections and was held on 12 October to determine who would serve as Mayor of Wellington for the next three-year term. It was won by Andy Foster,who unseated the incumbent Justin Lester by 62 votes.
Claire Elizabeth Szabó is a New Zealand chief executive officer and was president of the New Zealand Labour Party from 2019 to 2022.
Susan Margaret Piper is a retired New Zealand trade unionist and local politician.
Tamatha-Kaye Erin Paul is a New Zealand activist and politician who is a Member of Parliament for Wellington Central. In 2018 she was the first Māori woman to be elected President of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association. Running as an independent Paul was elected to the Wellington City Council in 2019. She joined the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand ahead of the 2022 local elections.
The 2022 Wellington City mayoral election,part of the Wellington local elections in October 2022,determined who would serve as Mayor of the City of Wellington for the next three-year term. It was won by Tory Whanau,a former Green Party parliamentary chief of staff.
The 2022 Wellington Region local elections were held on 8 October 2022 as part of the wider 2022 New Zealand local elections to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered one regional council,eight territorial authorities,and various community boards and licensing trusts.
Tory Awatere Whanau is a New Zealand politician. She was elected mayor of Wellington at the 2022 election. Previously she served as the parliamentary chief of staff for the Green Party.
Fleur Ann Fitzsimons is a New Zealand local politician and lawyer. A member of the Labour Party,she was a member of Wellington City Council from 2017 to 2022. In the 2023 election,she stood for the House of Representatives in Rongotai,but the seat was won by Julie Anne Genter of the Green Party.
