Wellington.Scoop Wellington economist Craig Renney has today been chosen as Labour Party candidate for the new Wellington ...

The Labour Party will campaign “vigorously” to win back the Māori seats, with leader Chris Hipkins expressing no concern if that means Te Pāti Māori is des ...

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The latest political poll shows the Labour Party rising to 38% and likely holding the balance of power, were the results to be reflected at an election. The Talbot Mills/Anacta Poll, reported by The ...

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The Labour Party has lodged a member's bill to repeal the coalition's controversial Regulatory Standards Act. Last week New Zealand First leader Winston Peters vowed to campaign on repealing the ...

The phoney populist statements by Labour’s Chris Hipkins are driven by fear that working class anger over inequality, pay ...

Labour’s Duncan Webb has lodged a member’s bill to repeal the Regulatory Standards Act, saying Christopher Luxon has given ...

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Renney is currently the Economist and Director of Policy, at the CTU. He's also was adviser for former Finance Minister Grant Robertson, from 2017 to 2020. Labour lost the seat, currently called ...

New Zealand's Labour Party is imitating Anthony Albanese's campaign win, pledging a Kiwi "Medicard" in a major policy announcement ahead of the 2026 poll. The NZ opposition has adopted one of Mr ...