Editing New Zealand Labour Party (section)

=== Young Labour ===
{{main|New Zealand Young Labour}}
Young Labour is the party's [[youth wing]]. It exists to organise young party members (and young members of affiliated unions) aged under 30,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Constitution of New Zealand Young Labour |url=https://ucsa.org.nz/resourcehandler/0ea95630-56de-415e-8020-286c7309d5c9/ |publisher=[[New Zealand Young Labour]] |format=PDF |date=5 November 2021|via=University of Canterbury Student Association|access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> and encourage wider involvement of young New Zealanders in centre-left politics. Young Labour is the most active sector in the Labour Party and plays a significant role in policy development and campaign efforts. It is endearingly called the "conscience of the party".<ref>{{cite news|title=Young, gifted and politically aware|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/hutt-news/703584/Young-gifted-and-politically-aware|access-date=13 June 2017|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=4 November 2008|language=en}}</ref>

In March 2018, it was reported that four people under 16 were allegedly sexually assaulted at a Young Labour summer camp in February. The camp was said to have "mountains of alcohol", and people under the legal drinking age of 18 were said to have consumed alcohol. Although Young Labour and the Labour Party were aware of the allegations, party leadership failed to tell the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. The party offered counselling and support after the allegations were publicly reported.<ref>{{cite news |title='We failed in our duty of care' – Labour leadership |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/352475/we-failed-in-our-duty-of-care-labour-leadership |access-date=29 September 2018 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=14 March 2018 |language=en-nz}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='We took too long' – Jacinda Ardern on alleged sex assaults at Young Labour camp |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/03/labour-confirms-inappropriate-behaviour-after-sexual-assault-claims.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313034452/http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/03/labour-confirms-inappropriate-behaviour-after-sexual-assault-claims.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 March 2018 |access-date=29 September 2018 |work=[[Newshub]] |date=13 March 2018 |language=en}}</ref> An independent review into the party's conduct and sexual assault complaint policy was announced by Party President [[Nigel Haworth]], and was completed late August. The party has declined to release the report to the public.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bennett |first1=Lucy |title=Jacinda Ardern defends not releasing Austen report into Labour summer camp |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12115727 |access-date=29 September 2018 |work= [[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=29 August 2018 |language=en-NZ}}</ref>