Editing New Zealand Labour Party (section)

===Background ===
{{see also|Socialism in New Zealand}}
The founding of the New Zealand Labour Party, on 7 July 1916 in Wellington,<ref name="founded">{{cite web|title= New Zealand Labour Party founded|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/the-new-zealand-labour-party-is-formed|publisher=[[Ministry for Culture and Heritage]]|access-date=4 February 2017|date= 23 December 2016}}</ref> brought together a number of earlier socialist groups advocating [[proportional representation]], the abolition of the [[country quota]], the [[recall election|recall]] of [[members of Parliament]], as well as the [[nationalisation]] of [[Production (economics)|production]] and [[trade|exchange]].{{sfn|Gustafson|1980|p=ix}} 

Despite the Labour Party's Wellington origins, the [[West Coast Region|West Coast]] town of [[Blackball, New Zealand|Blackball]] is regarded as the "spiritual home" of the party,<ref>{{cite web|title= Returning to Labour's Roots|url= http://www.labour.org.nz/returning_to_labours_roots|publisher= New Zealand Labour Party|access-date=19 June 2017|language=en|date=18 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727134401/http://www.labour.org.nz/returning_to_labours_roots|archive-date=27 July 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> because it was the site of a [[1908 Blackball miners' strike|miners' strike in 1908]] that led to the founding of the first nationwide federation of trade unions (the "[[New Zealand Federation of Labour (1909)|Red Federation]]").<ref>{{cite web |last1=Derby |first1=Mark |title=Strikes and labour disputes −1908 Blackball strike |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/strikes-and-labour-disputes/page-4 |website=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |access-date=1 February 2023 |language=en-NZ |date=11 March 2010}}</ref> The Labour Party was established by trade unions, among other groups, and the party identifies itself as part of the wider [[labour movement]] in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|title= History of the Labour Party: The labour movement in New Zealand|url= http://www.labour.org.nz/history |publisher= New Zealand Labour Party|access-date= 19 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Party information|url=https://www.labour.org.nz/party_info|publisher= New Zealand Labour Party |quote= The Labour Party is part of a wider labour movement, which continues to help working Kiwis in New Zealand. We therefore have a relationship with our affiliated trade unions. |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> The Labour Party has long been identified with red, a [[political colour]] traditionally affiliated with socialism and the labour movement.