Editing New Zealand Labour Party (section)

====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>