Editing New Zealand Labour Party (section)

====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>