Editing New Zealand Labour Party (section)

=== Affiliated trade unions ===
In the first decades of the 20th century, [[manufacturing]] industries grew strongly in New Zealand's main cities and [[Unionization|union membership also increased]]. The Labour Party was formed in this period as the political wing of the labour movement and was financed by trade unions. Since then, the unions have retained close institutional links with the party. In 2023 there were 11 affiliated unions, which paid a levy to the party based on the size of their own memberships.<ref name="Organisation"/> Generally, members of these unions are also affiliated members of the Labour Party. Affiliates receive a percentage of the vote in party leadership elections.<ref name="unions1">{{cite news|title=Opinion: Unions rip off Labour leadership|url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/opinion/opinion-unions-rip-off-labour-leadership-2014111910|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023064309/http://www.newshub.co.nz/opinion/opinion-unions-rip-off-labour-leadership-2014111910|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 October 2017|access-date=13 June 2017|work=[[Newshub]]|date=18 November 2014}}</ref> 

In addition, the president of the [[New Zealand Council of Trade Unions]] continues to speak at the Labour Party Annual Conference.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.labour.org.nz/conference-2012 |title=Conference 2012 – New Zealand Labour Party |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120005216/http://www.labour.org.nz/conference-2012 |archive-date=20 November 2012 }}</ref>