James Patrick Anderton was a New Zealand politician who led a succession of left-wing parties after leaving the Labour Party in 1989.
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.
Lianne Audrey Dalziel is New Zealand politician and the current Mayor of Christchurch. Prior to this position,she was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for 23 years,serving as Minister of Immigration,Commerce,Minister of Food Safety and Associate Minister of Justice in the Fifth Labour Government. She resigned from Cabinet on 20 February 2004 after apparently lying about a leak of documents to the media,but was reinstated as a Minister following Labour's return to office after the 2005 election. She resigned from Parliament effective 11 October 2013 to contest the Christchurch mayoral election. The incumbent,Bob Parker,decided not to stand again,and she was widely regarded as the top favourite and won with a wide margin to become the 46th Mayor of Christchurch.
Sir Thomas Kerry Burke is a New Zealand politician. He represented the Labour Party,serving throughout the second term of the Fourth Labour Government,and served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1987 to 1990.
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.
The 39th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand which began with the general election held on 25 November 1978,and finished with the general election held on 28 November 1981. The dates of the Muldoon Ministry were from 13 December 1978 to 11 December 1981.
Ruth Suzanne Dyson is a former New Zealand politician. She was a Labour Party Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2020. She represented the Port Hills electorate from the 2008 election election to 2020. She also held a number of senior offices in the Labour Party,including president.
Anthony Boyd Williams Ryall is a former New Zealand politician. He represented the National Party in the New Zealand Parliament from 1990 to 2014. Between 2008 and 2014 he served as a cabinet minister,holding the posts of Minister of Health,Minister of State Services and Minister of State Owned Enterprises. He served previously in the Shipley Cabinet between 1997 and 1999. He announced in February 2014 that he was to retire from politics at that year's general election. He is chief executive of BestStart Educare,an early childhood education provider.
Larry Walter Sutherland was a New Zealand politician,and an MP from 1987 to 1999,representing the Labour Party.
Margaret Elizabeth Austin is a former New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1984 to 1996,representing first the Labour Party and then briefly United New Zealand.
The 40th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1981 election,and it sat until the 1984 election.
Dame Malvina Lorraine Major is a New Zealand opera soprano.
Neil James Cherry was a New Zealand environmental scientist.
Sir Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen,1st Baronet was a British businessman. He was the 633rd Lord Mayor of London,elected in 1960.
William Theophilus Anderton was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Internal Affairs in the second Labour Government,from 1957 to 1960.
Mark Rhys Weldon is a New Zealand businessman and swimmer.
Megan Cherie Woods is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who serves as a Cabinet Minister in the Sixth Labour Government and has served as Member of Parliament for Wigram since 2011.
The 51st New Zealand Parliament was elected at the 2014 general election. This Parliament consists of 121 members and was in place from September 2014 until August 2017,followed by the 2017 New Zealand general election. Following the final vote count John Key was able to continue to lead the Fifth National Government.
The Cardboard Cathedral,formally called the Transitional Cathedral,in Christchurch,New Zealand,is the transitional pro-cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch,replacing ChristChurch Cathedral,which was significantly damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The Cardboard Cathedral was designed by the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and opened in August 2013. It is located on the site of St John the Baptist Church on the corner of Hereford and Madras Streets in Latimer Square,several blocks from the permanent location of ChristChurch Cathedral.
A by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of Christchurch East on 30 November 2013. The seat was vacated following the resignation of Lianne Dalziel of the Labour Party from parliament,who contested and won the Christchurch mayoralty in October 2013.
