Editing New Zealand Labour Party (section)

=== Local government ===
Labour Party members, including current and former MPs, have contested various local government positions throughout New Zealand during [[Local elections in New Zealand|local body elections]]. While several have stood as Labour Party candidates, others have contested the elections as [[independent politician]]s. 

====Auckland====
Labour has contested the Auckland local body elections alongside [[City Vision]], a left-leaning [[electoral ticket]] representing the local Labour, [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green]] parties and other progressives.<ref>{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://cityvision.org.nz/meet-us/about-us/ |publisher=City Vision |access-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019215354/https://cityvision.org.nz/meet-us/about-us/ |archive-date=19 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Following the [[2022 Auckland local elections]], the [[Auckland Council]] had four councillors serving under the Labour ticket and one serving under the affiliated [[City Vision]] ticket.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ward councillor official results |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/elections/elections-2022-results/Pages/results-ward-councillors.aspx |access-date=13 November 2022 |publisher=[[Auckland Council]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024073033/https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/elections/elections-2022-results/Pages/results-ward-councillors.aspx |archive-date=24 October 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, 26 Labour Party candidates were elected to local community boards across Auckland while four Labour candidates were elected to local licensing trusts in the [[Auckland Region]]. Meanwhile, seven City Vision local board members and three City Vision liquor licensing trust members were also elected.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local board member official results |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/elections/elections-2022-results/Pages/results-local-board-members.aspx |publisher=[[Auckland Council]] |access-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010173923/https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/elections/elections-2022-results/Pages/results-local-board-members.aspx |archive-date=10 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Licensing trustee official results |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/elections/elections-2022-results/Pages/results-licensing-trustees.aspx |publisher=[[Auckland Council]] |access-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018175942/https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/elections/elections-2022-results/Pages/results-licensing-trustees.aspx |archive-date=18 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Former Labour MP and cabinet minister [[Phil Goff]] served as [[mayor of Auckland]] for two terms between 2016 and 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 February 2022|title=Auckland Mayor Phil Goff announces he will retire from politics|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/461459/auckland-mayor-phil-goff-announces-he-will-retire-from-politics|access-date=13 February 2022|work=[[Radio New Zealand]]|language=en-nz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310180915/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/461459/auckland-mayor-phil-goff-announces-he-will-retire-from-politics|archive-date=10 March 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=13 February 2022|title=Auckland mayoralty: Phil Goff stepping down at end of term, retiring from politics|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/127762042/auckland-mayoralty-phil-goff-stepping-down-at-end-of-term-retiring-from-politics|access-date=13 February 2022|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330053701/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/127762042/auckland-mayoralty-phil-goff-stepping-down-at-end-of-term-retiring-from-politics|archive-date=30 March 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Christchurch====
In [[Christchurch]], former Labour MP and cabinet minister [[Lianne Dalziel]] served for three terms as [[mayor of Christchurch|mayor]] between 2013 and 2022. She ran as an independent<ref>{{cite press release |title=Elections 2013: Final declaration of results |url=http://ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/newsmedia/mediareleases/2013/201310181.aspx |publisher=[[Christchurch City Council]] |access-date=20 October 2013 |date=18 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022215008/http://ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/newsmedia/mediareleases/2013/201310181.aspx |archive-date=22 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel will not seek another term |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mayor-lianne-dalziel-will-not-seek-another-term/IZXL6BV4QZIOUPPOE5KINFUSSQ/ |access-date=1 July 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=1 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821055159/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mayor-lianne-dalziel-will-not-seek-another-term/IZXL6BV4QZIOUPPOE5KINFUSSQ/|archive-date=21 August 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Within the [[Christchurch City Council]], Labour maintains an umbrella, including community independents called [[The People's Choice (political ticket)|The People's Choice]] (formerly Christchurch 2021).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stylianou |first1=Georgina |title=Left-aligned People's Choice gearing up for Christchurch's local body elections |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/80528925/leftaligned-peoples-choice-gearing-up-for-christchurchs-local-body-elections?rm=m |access-date=9 November 2022 |work=[[The Press (Christchurch)|The Press]] |publisher=[[Stuff (company)|Stuff]] |date=30 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109000734/https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/80528925/leftaligned-peoples-choice-gearing-up-for-christchurchs-local-body-elections?rm=m |archive-date=9 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> During the 2019 Christchurch local elections, People's Choice candidates held 10 community board seats, seven council seats, and several community board chairmanships.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Law |first1=Tina |title=Christchurch's city council now has three twenty-somethings and slightly more women |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/116542034/christchurchs-city-council-now-has-three-twentysomethings-and-slightly-more-women |access-date=9 November 2022 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010035046/https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/116542034/christchurchs-city-council-now-has-three-twentysomethings-and-slightly-more-women |archive-date=10 October 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Dunedin====
On 26 February 2016, [[Dunedin City Council|Dunedin city councillor]] and former Labour MP [[David Benson-Pope]] announced that he would be contesting the [[2016 New Zealand local elections|Dunedin local elections]] in October under the "Local Labour" ticket. While still a Labour Party member, Benson Pope had stood in the [[2013 Dunedin local elections|2013 local elections]] as an independent candidate. This report coincided with the dissolution of the city's main local body ticket, the centre-left [[Greater Dunedin]] group.<ref name="ODT 26 Feb 2016">{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Chris |title=Greater Dunedin disbands |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/374454/greater-dunedin-disbands |access-date=8 November 2022 |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |date=26 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028074330/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/greater-dunedin-disbands|archive-date=28 October 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> On 20 April, it was reported that the Labour Party had dropped its plan to field a bloc of candidates in the 2016 Dunedin elections. However, the party has not ruled out endorsing other candidates.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Elder |first1=Vaughan |title=No Labour ticket; Hawkins, Vandervis declare hand |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/380331/no-labour-ticket-hawkins-vandervis-declare-hand |access-date=8 November 2022 |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |date=20 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011025803/http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/380331/no-labour-ticket-hawkins-vandervis-declare-hand|archive-date=11 October 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> 

During the [[2019 New Zealand local elections|2019 local elections]], Steve Walker and [[Marian Hobbs]] were elected to the [[Dunedin City Council]] and [[Otago Regional Council]] respectively on Labour Party tickets.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 Election results |url=https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council/electoral-information/past-election-results/2019-election-results/2019-election-results-dunedin-city-council#:~:text=Aaron%20HAWKINS%20is%20declared%20elected,votes%20and%20504%20blank%20votes. |publisher=[[Dunedin City Council]] |access-date=9 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925001020/https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council/electoral-information/past-election-results/2019-election-results/2019-election-results-dunedin-city-council |archive-date=25 September 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hudson |first1=Daisy |title=Hobbs, Wilson elected on to Otago Regional Council |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/hobbs-wilson-elected-otago-regional-council |accessdate=9 November 2022|work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |date=12 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705212417/https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/hobbs-wilson-elected-otago-regional-council|archive-date=5 July 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Hobbs subsequently resigned from the Otago Regional Council in November 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/marian-hobbs-resigns-orc |title=Marian Hobbs resigns from ORC |first=Daisy |last=Hudson |date=1 November 2021 |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |access-date=9 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522173728/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/marian-hobbs-resigns-orc|archive-date=22 May 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[2022 Dunedin local elections]], Steve Walker and Joy Davis stood as Labour candidates for the [[Dunedin City Council]]. While Walker was re-elected, Davis failed to win a seat.<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Election results |url=https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council/electoral-information/2022-election-results |publisher=[[Dunedin City Council]] |access-date=9 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103233810/https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council/electoral-information/2022-election-results |archive-date=3 November 2022 |date=31 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

====New Plymouth====
In [[New Plymouth District|New Plymouth]], former MP [[Harry Duynhoven]] served as [[Mayor of New Plymouth|mayor]] from 2010 to 2013, when he was defeated by [[Andrew Judd]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/9276437/Andrew-Judd-mayor-of-New-Plymouth |title=Andrew Judd mayor of New Plymouth |last=Rilkoff | first=Matt  |date=12 October 2013 |access-date=9 November 2022 |work=[[Taranaki Daily News]] |publisher=[[Stuff (company)|Stuff]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924170521/http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/9276437/Andrew-Judd-mayor-of-New-Plymouth|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 

====Palmerston North====
Beginning in 2016, the Labour Party began contesting the Palmerston North local elections, ending a long tradition of keeping national party political affiliations out of local government bodies. During the [[2016 New Zealand local elections|2016 local elections]], Lorna Johnson was elected on the Labour Party ticket to the [[Palmerston North City Council]]. During the 2019 local elections, she was joined by Zulfiqar Butt, who also stood on the Labour ticket.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rankin |first1=Janine |title=Labour and the Greens look for more local body candidates |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/127457597/labour-and-the-greens-look-for-more-local-body-candidates |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=[[Manawatu Standard]] |publisher=[[Stuff (company)|Stuff]] |date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020111041/https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/127457597/labour-and-the-greens-look-for-more-local-body-candidates |archive-date=20 October 2022}}</ref> During the [[2022 New Zealand local elections|2022 local elections]], Johnson was re-elected to the Palmerston North City Council but Butt was defeated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lacy |first1=Judith |title=Grant Smith easily re-elected as Palmerston North mayor |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/manawatu-guardian/news/grant-smith-easily-re-elected-as-palmerston-north-mayor/73ZNG6OST4RQ24YHX42UFUIUEY/ |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025020142/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/manawatu-guardian/news/grant-smith-easily-re-elected-as-palmerston-north-mayor/73ZNG6OST4RQ24YHX42UFUIUEY/ |archive-date=25 October 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Rotorua====
Former {{NZ electorate link|Rotorua}} electorate then Labour list MP [[Steve Chadwick]], was elected as [[mayor of Rotorua]] in the 2013 elections. She stood as an independent.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Matthew |title=Election 2013: Steve Chadwick is ready for action |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/election-2013-steve-chadwick-is-ready-for-action/Z2MQRJ4YHWFSOJVWGTRWNQ6JN4/ |access-date=8 November 2022 |work=[[Rotorua Daily Post]] |publisher=[[NZME]] |date=12 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108232843/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/election-2013-steve-chadwick-is-ready-for-action/Z2MQRJ4YHWFSOJVWGTRWNQ6JN4/ |archive-date=8 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> She served for three terms before resigning in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Desmarais |first=Felix|url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/447833/rotorua-mayor-steve-chadwick-to-stand-down-after-next-election |title=Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick to stand down after next election|date=28 July 2021|work=[[Radio New Zealand]]|access-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731200600/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/447833/rotorua-mayor-steve-chadwick-to-stand-down-after-next-election|archive-date=31 July 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Wellington Region====
During the [[2022 Wellington local elections]], four Labour Party councillors were elected: Ben McNulty – Northern Ward, Rebecca Matthews – Onslow-Western Ward,  Teri O'Neill – Eastern Ward, and Nureddin Abdurahman – Southern Ward. Labour MP [[Paul Eagle]] unsuccessfully contested the [[2022 Wellington City mayoral election]] but came third place.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wellington City Council: 2022 Triennial Elections |url=https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/your-council/elections/2022/wellington-city-council-2022-triennial-elections---final-stv-result.pdf |publisher=[[Wellington City Council]] |access-date=17 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020062552/https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/your-council/elections/2022/wellington-city-council-2022-triennial-elections---final-stv-result.pdf |archive-date=20 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Daran Ponter]] of the Wellington City ward on the [[Greater Wellington Regional Council]] was the only councillor to have been re-elected on a Labour ticket during the 2022 Wellington local election.<ref>{{cite web|title=2022 Election Results and Returns |url=https://www.gw.govt.nz/your-council/elections/2022-election-results-and-returns/ |access-date=17 November 2022 |publisher=[[Greater Wellington Regional Council]] |date=16 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018043018/https://www.gw.govt.nz/your-council/elections/2022-election-results-and-returns/ |archive-date=18 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Campbell Barry]] has been the [[Mayor of Lower Hutt|mayor]] of [[Lower Hutt]] since 2019 and was re-elected on the Labour ticket along with Wainuiomata ward councilor Keri Brown during the 2022 Hutt City Council elections.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hutt City Council: 2022 Triennial Elections |url=https://hccpublicdocs.azurewebsites.net/api/download/587890ba7b2542ef8532867346c3a343/_extcomms/fe7471f91425bbb04fe4894402092c56192d |publisher=[[Hutt City Council]] |access-date=17 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015114044/https://hccpublicdocs.azurewebsites.net/api/download/587890ba7b2542ef8532867346c3a343/_extcomms/fe7471f91425bbb04fe4894402092c56192d |archive-date=15 October 2022 |date=13 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Boyack |first1=Nicholas |title=Campbell Barry wins Hutt City mayoralty |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-body-elections/130111565/campbell-barry-wins-hutt-city-mayoralty |access-date=17 November 2022 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023160503/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-body-elections/130111565/campbell-barry-wins-hutt-city-mayoralty |archive-date=23 October 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Whanganui====
In Whanganui, Labour member [[Hamish McDouall]] served two terms as [[Mayor of Whanganui|mayor]] until he was defeated by Andrew Tripe during the 2022 local elections.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Moana |title=McDouall out: Whanganui backs first-timer as new mayor |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/manawatu-top-stories/300708428/mcdouall-out-whanganui-backs-firsttimer-as-new-mayor |access-date=8 November 2022 |work=[[Manawatu Standard]] |publisher=[[Stuff (company)|Stuff]] |date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027180527/https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/manawatu-top-stories/300708428/mcdouall-out-whanganui-backs-firsttimer-as-new-mayor |archive-date=27 October 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> McDouall had previously contested the [[Whanganui (New Zealand electorate)|seat of Whanganui]] for the party. McDouall ran on an independent ticket.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11329145 |last=MacDonald |first=Anne-Marie|date= 22 September 2014|title= McDouall rues 'side issues' |work= [[Wanganui Chronicle]] |publisher=[[NZME]] |access-date=9 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014130123/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11329145|archive-date=14 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>