Editing New Zealand Labour Party (section)

=== In opposition, 2023&ndash;present===
{{Main|Shadow Cabinet of Chris Hipkins}} 
In early November 2023, caretaker Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was re-elected as leader of the Labour Party and [[Carmel Sepuloni]] was elected as deputy leader.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Thomas |last1=Coughlan |first2=Adam |last2=Pearse |title=Chris Hipkins stays as Labour leader, Carmel Sepuloni takes over deputy from Kelvin Davis |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/labour-leadership-vote-chris-hipkins-to-reveal-whether-hes-staying-on/E4WDBFVSWBFXHMOE2Y37ILJYFA/ |date=7 November 2023 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en }}</ref> In early 2024, three veteran Labour MPs [[Kelvin Davis (politician)|Kelvin Davis]], [[Rino Tirikatene]] and [[Grant Robertson]] resigned from Parliament, allowing [[Shanan Halbert]], [[Tracey McLellan]] and [[Glen Bennett]] to re-enter Parliament via the party list.<ref>{{cite news |title=Labour reshuffle: Edmonds moves up as Finance spokesperson |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/509662/labour-reshuffle-edmonds-moves-up-as-finance-spokesperson |access-date=20 February 2024 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220002535/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/509662/labour-reshuffle-edmonds-moves-up-as-finance-spokesperson |archive-date=20 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rilkoff |first=Matthew |date=19 February 2024 |title=Former New Plymouth Labour MP Glen Bennett back in Parliament |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350185932/former-new-plymouth-labour-mp-glen-bennett-back-parliament |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224000049/https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350185932/former-new-plymouth-labour-mp-glen-bennett-back-parliament|archive-date=24 February 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2024, Labour called for New Zealand to [[International recognition of the State of Palestine|recognise]] [[State of Palestine|Palestinian statehood]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Manch |first1=Thomas |date=22 April 2024 |title=Labour calls for the Government to recognise Palestine |url=https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350253770/labour-calls-government-recognise-palestine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423122126/https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350253770/labour-calls-government-recognise-palestine |archive-date=23 April 2024 |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=[[The Post (New Zealand)|The Post]]}}</ref> In February 2024, two Labour MPs questioned whether New Zealand should be entering the non-nuclear component of the [[AUKUS]], with foreign affairs spokesperson [[Phil Twyford]] describing it as an "offensive warfighting alliance against China."<ref name="RNZ 12 Feb 2024">{{cite news |last1=Pennington |first1=Phil |title=AUKUS a military pact designed to contain China, says Labour |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/508926/aukus-a-military-pact-designed-to-contain-china-says-labour |access-date=15 February 2024 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=12 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214085413/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/508926/aukus-a-military-pact-designed-to-contain-china-says-labour |archive-date=14 February 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> At the Labour Party's annual conference in 2024, held between 29 November and 1 December, Chris Hipkins announced that under a Labour government, New Zealand would not be a part of AUKUS, saying that any government he leads would "restore New Zealand's proudly [[New Zealand nuclear-free zone|independent foreign policy]]."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Future Labour govt won't join AUKUS, Hipkins says |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/12/01/hipkins-rules-out-labour-joining-aukus-in-future-government/ |access-date=2 December 2024 |website=[[1News]] |language=en}}</ref>