New Zealand Labour Party
Centre-left political party in New Zealand
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| 2024 | Three veteran Labour MPs - Kelvin Davis, Rino Tirikatene, and Grant Robertson - resigned from Parliament, allowing Shanan Halbert, Tracey McLellan, and Glen Bennett to re-enter Parliament via the party list. |
| November 29 2024 | At the Labour Party's annual conference, Chris Hipkins announced that under a Labour government, New Zealand would not be a part of AUKUS, pledging to 'restore New Zealand's proudly independent foreign policy'. |
| April 2024 | Labour called for New Zealand to recognise Palestinian statehood. |
| February 2024 | Two Labour MPs questioned New Zealand's potential involvement in the non-nuclear component of the AUKUS alliance, with foreign affairs spokesperson Phil Twyford describing it as an 'offensive warfighting alliance against China'. |
| 2023 | The New Zealand Labour Party maintained institutional links with 11 affiliated trade unions, with unions paying a party levy based on their membership size. |
| 2023 | Labour lost its majority to the National Party and returned to Opposition. |
| November 2023 | Chris Hipkins was re-elected as leader of the Labour Party, and Carmel Sepuloni was elected as deputy leader. |
| November 27 2023 | Sixth Labour Government ends as the new National-led coalition government is sworn in. |
| November 27 2023 | The new National-led coalition government was sworn into office, marking the end of the Labour Government's term. |
| October 14 2023 | Labour lost its majority in the New Zealand general election, with its share of the popular vote declining to 26.91% and Parliamentary seats dropping to 34. |
| October 14 2023 | General election held, with Labour losing its majority to the opposition National Party. |
| October 14 2023 | Labour Party lost the 2023 New Zealand general election, with the party's parliamentary seats dropping from 64 to 34, and Chris Hipkins conceding to Christopher Luxon. |
| April 1 2023 | The minimum wage was raised from NZ$21.20 to NZ$22.70 per hour. |
| February 1 2023 | Prime Minister Hipkins announced $718 million in 'cost of living' support measures, including extending fuel excise and half-price public transport subsidies. |
| January 31 2023 | Hipkins announced a wider reshuffle of portfolios, including replacing Andrew Little as Health Minister with Ayesha Verrall, assigning Michael Wood the new Minister of Auckland portfolio, and making several other ministerial changes. |
| January 25 2023 | Chris Hipkins and Carmel Sepuloni were formally sworn in as Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister respectively, succeeding Ardern and Grant Robertson. |
| January 25 2023 | Chris Hipkins succeeded Jacinda Ardern as prime minister, with a minor cabinet reshuffle to reallocate portfolios and Carmel Sepuloni appointed as deputy prime minister. |
| January 25 2023 | Chris Hipkins succeeds Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party. |
| January 22 2023 | Chris Hipkins was confirmed as the new Labour leader, succeeding Ardern. |
| January 19 2023 | Jacinda Ardern announced her resignation as party leader and prime minister. |
| January 19 2023 | Jacinda Ardern confirmed her resignation as Prime Minister, Labour Party leader, and MP for the Mount Albert electorate before the 2023 New Zealand general election. |
| January 19 2023 | Jacinda Ardern announces her resignation and decision not to stand for re-election in the 2023 general election. |
| January 1 2023 | Continued governing with Chris Hipkins as Prime Minister into the final year of their second term. |
| 2022 | Phil Goff completed his second and final term as mayor of Auckland. |
| 2022 | Hamish McDouall, a Labour Party member, was defeated in the Whanganui local elections by Andrew Tripe after serving two terms as mayor. McDouall subsequently ran on an independent ticket. |
| 2022 | Four Labour Party councillors were elected in the Wellington local elections: Ben McNulty (Northern Ward), Rebecca Matthews (Onslow-Western Ward), Teri O'Neill (Eastern Ward), and Nureddin Abdurahman (Southern Ward). |
| 2022 | Jill Day becomes Labour Party president, serving from 2022 to present. |
| 2022 | Campbell Barry was re-elected as mayor of Lower Hutt, along with Labour ticket councillor Keri Brown for the Wainuiomata ward. |
| 2022 | Steve Chadwick resigned from her position as mayor of Rotorua after serving three terms. |
| 2022 | Daran Ponter was re-elected as the only Labour councillor on the Greater Wellington Regional Council. |
| 2022 | Labour Party contested the Auckland local body elections alongside City Vision, resulting in four Labour councillors and 26 Labour candidates elected to local community boards in Auckland. |
| 2022 | Labour MP Paul Eagle contested the Wellington City mayoral election, finishing in third place. |
| 2022 | Lianne Dalziel completed her third and final term as mayor of Christchurch. |
| 2022 | Lorna Johnson was re-elected to the Palmerston North City Council, while Zulfiqar Butt was defeated in the local elections. |
| 2022 | Steve Walker was re-elected to the Dunedin City Council, while Labour candidate Joy Davis failed to win a seat in the local elections. |
| 2022 | Introduced free doctors' visits for all children under 14 years old. |
| 2022 | Centralized all 20 District Health Boards into one national public health service, Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, and established the Te Aka Whai Ora - the Māori Health Authority. |
| 2022 | Introduced legislation to legalise medical cannabis. |
| 2022 | Implemented significant fuel-related tax policy changes, including cutting fuel excise by 25 cents, reducing road user charges, and halving public transport fares in response to increasing inflation. |
| 2022 | Passed a bill banning smoking in cars with children present. |
| 2022 | Legalised pill testing at summer festivals. |
| 2022 | Re-established the Mental Health Commission and created Te Hiringa Mahara following a ministerial inquiry into mental health. |
| December 5 2022 | Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a royal commission of inquiry into the government's COVID-19 pandemic response. |
| September 2022 | Government scrapped the COVID-19 Protection Framework, ending face-mask wearing, isolation requirements, and most vaccine mandates. |
| August 2022 | Trevor Mallard was set to resign as Speaker of the House to assume a diplomatic post in Europe, with Adrian Rurawhe designated as his successor. |
| August 1 2022 | Government launched the 'cost of living payment' support programme, with the first NZ$116 payment released. |
| July 19 2022 | Government extended the 25-cent fuel tax cut and half-price public transportation subsidy until late January 2023. |
| June 13 2022 | A third cabinet reshuffle occurred, with Kris Faafoi resigning from Parliament. His immigration, justice, and broadcasting portfolios were assumed by Michael Wood, Kiri Allan, and Willie Jackson respectively. |
| May 2022 | New Zealand government reopened borders to work, visitor, and student visa holders. |
| May 2022 | Government launched a fast-tracked residence policy for addressing national skills shortage, controversially excluding nurses, teachers, and dairy farm managers. |
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