Sandra Rose Te Hakamatua Lee-Vercoe is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat. She served as deputy leader of the Alliance party and was later High Commissioner to Niue.
The 1984 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the composition of the 41st New Zealand Parliament. It marked the beginning of the Fourth Labour Government,with David Lange's Labour Party defeating the long-serving Prime Minister,Robert Muldoon,of the National Party. It was also the last election in which the Social Credit Party won seats as an independent entity. The election was also the only one in which the New Zealand Party,a protest party,played any substantial role.
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's position as "kingmaker",able to place either of the two major parties into government,was a significant election outcome.
The 1990 New Zealand general election was held on 27 October to determine the composition of the 43rd New Zealand parliament. The governing Labour Party was defeated,ending its two terms in office. The National Party,led by Jim Bolger,won a landslide victory and formed the new government.
The 1993 New Zealand general election was held on 6 November 1993 to determine the composition of the 44th New Zealand Parliament. Voters elected 99 members to the House of Representatives,up from 97 members at the 1990 election. The election was the last general election to use the first-past-the-post electoral system,with all members elected from single-member electorates.
George Warren Hawkins is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party.
Arthur Anae is a New Zealand politician who served on the Auckland Council. He was an MP from 1996 to 1999,and again from 2000 to 2002. He was part of the National Party,being its first Pacific Islander MP.
Raymond Tau Henare is a former New Zealand Māori parliamentarian. In representing three different political parties in parliament—New Zealand First,Mauri Pacific and the National Party—Henare served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1993 to 1999 and from 2005 to 2014.
The 1954 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 31st term. It saw the governing National Party remain in office,but with a slightly reduced majority. It also saw the debut of the new Social Credit Party,which won more than eleven percent of the vote but failed to win a seat.
The 1957 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 32nd term. It saw the governing National Party narrowly defeated by the Labour Party. The 1957 elections marked the beginning of the second Labour government,although this administration was to last only a single term.
Richard John Northey is a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1984 to 1990,and again from 1993 to 1996. He served on the Auckland Council between 2010 and 2013,and is a member of the Labour Party.
Dame Frances Helen Wilde is a New Zealand politician,and former Wellington Labour member of parliament,Minister of Tourism and Mayor of Wellington. She was the first woman to serve as Mayor of Wellington. She was chairperson of the Greater Wellington Regional Council from 2007 until 2015,and since 2019 she has chaired the board of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Māngere is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate,returning one member of parliament to the Representatives of New Zealand. The current MP for Māngere is William Sio,elected for the Labour Party. He has held this electorate since 2008.
Manukau East was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate that returned one member of parliament to the House of Representatives. It was first formed for the 1996 election. Between the 2014 election and the 2020 electorate adjustment it was held by Jenny Salesa,a member of the Labour Party,who also won the replacement Panmure-Ōtāhuhu seat in the 2020 election.
Mount Albert is a parliamentary electorate based around the suburb of Mount Albert in Auckland,New Zealand,returning one member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Representatives. It has elected only Labour Party MPs since it was first contested at the 1946 election. The incumbent MP is Jacinda Ardern,currently serving as Prime Minister of New Zealand,who was first elected in a 2017 by-election. The electorate was previously represented by David Shearer from 13 June 2009 to 31 December 2016;it was represented by Helen Clark from the 1981 general election until her resignation from Parliament on 17 April 2009.
Pakuranga is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It gave the Social Credit Party one of its few MPs when Neil Morrison held the seat from 1984 to 1987,but otherwise the electorate seat has been held by the National Party since 1972. Its current MP is Simeon Brown who has held the electorate since the 2017 general election.
Wellington Central is an electorate,represented by a Member of Parliament in the New Zealand House of Representatives. Its MP since November 2008 has been Labour Party's Grant Robertson. In the 2020 election he was opposed by James Shaw (Greens) and Nicola Willis (National),both also entered parliament via their respective party lists.
Edward Emanuel Isbey was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Papatoetoe is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate,and is part of greater Auckland.
The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is overseen by the Manukau ward councillors.
