The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand,commonly known as the Greens,is a green and left-wing political party in New Zealand. Like many green parties around the world,it has four organisational pillars. The party's ideology combines environmentalism with left-wing and social-democratic economic policies,including well-funded and locally controlled public services within the confines of a steady-state economy. Internationally,it is affiliated with the Global Greens.
Sir Michael John Cullen was a New Zealand politician. He served as the 16th deputy prime minister of New Zealand,also as the minister of Finance,minister of Tertiary Education,and attorney-general. He was the deputy leader of the Labour Party from 1996 until November 2008,when he resigned following a defeat in the general election. He resigned from Parliament in April 2009,to become the deputy chairman of New Zealand Post from 1 November 2009 and chairman from 1 November 2010 until leaving the role in 2016. On 6 March 2020 he announced that he had resigned from the Lakes and Bay of Plenty district health boards,respectively. At the same time he also announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 small-cell lung cancer,which had also spread to his liver.
The 1996 New Zealand general election was held on 12 October 1996 to determine the composition of the 45th New Zealand Parliament. It was notable for being the first election to be held under the new mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system,and produced a parliament considerably more diverse than previous elections. It saw the National Party,led by Jim Bolger,retain its position in government,but only after protracted negotiations with the smaller New Zealand First party to form a coalition. New Zealand First won a large number of seats—including every Māori electorate,traditionally held by Labour. Its position as "kingmaker",able to place either of the two major parties into government,was a significant election outcome.
The 1978 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to elect the 39th New Zealand Parliament. It saw the governing National Party,led by Robert Muldoon,retain office,but the opposition Labour Party won the largest share of the vote. Reorganisation of the enrolment system caused major problems with the electoral rolls,which left a legacy of unreliable information about voting levels in this election.
Clive Denby Matthewson is a New Zealand civil engineer and former politician.
David Henry Benson-Pope is a New Zealand politician. He is a former Member of Parliament for Dunedin South and has been a member of the Dunedin City Council since 2013.
Richard Mark Burton is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party,serving as Minister of Defence,Minister of Justice,Minister of Local Government,Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations,Deputy Leader of the House,and the Minister Responsible for the Law Commission in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand.
David William Parker is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who currently serves as Attorney-General,Minister for the Environment,Minister of Transport and Associate Minister of Finance in the Sixth Labour Government. He previously served as a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour Government,Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from September 2013 to September 2014,and as interim Leader of the Labour Party from September to November 2014. He represented the Otago electorate at the 47th Parliament and has since served as a list MP.
The 1943 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 27th term. With the onset of World War II,elections were initially postponed,but it was eventually decided to hold a general election in September 1943,around two years after it would normally have occurred. The election saw the governing Labour Party re-elected by a comfortable margin,although the party nevertheless lost considerable ground to the expanding National Party.
The 2008 New Zealand general election was held on 8 November 2008 to determine the composition of the 49th New Zealand Parliament. The liberal-conservative National Party,headed by its parliamentary leader John Key,won the largest share of votes and seats,ending nine years of government by the social-democratic Labour Party,led by Helen Clark. Key announced a week later that he would lead a National minority government with confidence-and-supply support from the ACT,United Future and Māori parties. The Governor-General swore Key in as New Zealand's 38th Prime Minister on 19 November 2008. This marked the beginning of the Fifth National Government which governed for the next nine years,until the 2017 general election,when a government was formed between the Labour and New Zealand First parties,with support on confidence and supply by the Green Party.
Dunedin North is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate,which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was established for the 1905 election and has existed since. It was last held by David Clark of the New Zealand Labour Party,who replaced the long-standing representative Pete Hodgson. It was considered a safe Labour seat,with Labour holding the seat for all but one term (1975–1978) since 1928. In the 2020 electoral boundary review,Otago Peninsula was added to the area to address a population quota shortfall;with this change the electorate was succeeded by the Dunedin electorate in the 2020 election.
Dunedin South is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It first existed from 1881 to 1890,and subsequently from 1905 to 1946. In 1996,the electorate was re-established for the introduction of MMP,before being abolished in 2020.
Brian Peter MacDonell is a former New Zealand Member of Parliament for Dunedin Central in the South Island.
Stanley Joseph Rodger was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was president of the Public Service Association between 1970 and 1973 and Member of Parliament for Dunedin North from 1978 to 1990.
Clare Elizabeth Curran is a New Zealand former politician who served as a member of the New Zealand Parliament for Dunedin South from 2008 to 2020. She was the Minister of Broadcasting,Communications,and Digital Media and Associate Minister for the Accident Compensation Corporation in the current Labour-led coalition government. Curran retired from politics at the 2020 general election.
Richard Francis Walls was a New Zealand politician and businessman.
Michael Allan Woodhouse is a National member of the New Zealand Parliament.
David Scott Clark is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who is the Member of Parliament for Dunedin. He was the Minister of Health until July 2020,when he resigned after multiple controversies related to the response to COVID-19. Previously he had been Opposition Spokesperson for Small Business and Economic Development.
Elizabeth Dorothy Craig is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party. As a public health physician,she has become known for her research work on child poverty.
Rachel Jane Brooking is a New Zealand Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament who is currently serving as the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries and Minister for Food Safety in the Sixth Labour Government. She first became an MP at the 2020 New Zealand general election. She is a lawyer by profession.
