Talk:New Zealand Labour Party

message: Question: It describes the leadership as mostly "non-native".  What does "non-native" mean in this context?
:Replaced "non-New-Zealand-born"  with  "British colonial immigrants".  Also added Maori before Ratana
:Technically there are no native New Zealanders, the oldest immigrants (Maori) all acknowledge that they migrated to New Zealand in their oral histories.  They are the "First Peoples" in New Zealand.  Hope this clarifies the issue. kiwiinapanic 10:50 Jan 29, 2003 (UTC)
:: The term indigenous people is a better term to describe the Maori people. -- Greaser 01:37, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "non-native"

message: Would this be better split out into a separate article? It's certainly good information to have, but it overbalances the rest of the article, and every three years or less it will change significantly. I'd suggest splitting it into Labour Party caucus in the 48th New Zealand Parliament or similar, with links from this article and from 48th New Zealand Parliament. With such a title it becomes a permanent record. Similar caucus listings for the other major parties should be treated in the same way.-gadfium 22:53, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a copy of the caucus sections of each NZ party at New Zealand Parliamentary Caucuses and MPs' responsibilities. I'll move this discussion to its talk page.-gadfium 03:36, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Caucus listing

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:DavidLange.jpg

message: This page would benefit from a section about the party's policies as with the pages for other parties New_Zealand_First, New_Zealand_National_Party, Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand etc.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drnonsense (talk • contribs) 08:55, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Policies

message: The logo you are using is a website banner.  The official logo (as in, registered with the Electoral Commission  on their register is much simpler.  I suggest you change it.  Further, Labour also has the website www.labour08.co.nz for their 2008 campaign.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.211.78.236 (talk) 22:45, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That makes sense, I've replaced the logo and added the link to the campaign website.--Sir Anon (talk) 23:21, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Labour logo 

message: Edit? If so, please place maybe a current event type tag? PoinDexta1 | Talk to Me | 10:34, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Helen Clark: Stood down. 

message: There is some dispute as to when Harry Holland assumed leadership of the Labour Party and this, in turn caused confusion as to when Helen Clark passed his record of longest serving Labour leader. The figures below show that Clark passed Holland's maximum possible term on 26 October 2008, and had passed his minimum term on 8 Feb. 2008.
The beginning of Holland's leadership is given variously as from the death of Alfred Hindmarsh (13 Nov. 1918) or upon his election as "chairman" of the party in August 1919..
Harry Holland's		minimum term,	1 Aug. 1919 - 8 Oct. 1933
Harry Holland's		maximum term,	13 Nov. 1918 - 8 Oct. 1933
Helen Clark's  		term,        	1 Dec. 1993 - 11 Nov. 2008
Fanx (talk) 21:10, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Labour Party Leadership

message: The article contains a list of party leaders. I suggest that a list of deputy leaders be added, too. Alternatively, leaders and deputy leaders could become a standalone article. Helen Clark was deputy leader 1990–93 and her predecessor is missing from the succession box. Schwede66 06:59, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice to now have a list of deputy leaders. But why not combine the leaders and deputy leaders lists into one? Schwede66 04:47, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deputy leaders 

message: If things go the way the opinion polls predict it, the Labour Party will have a number of new MPs in the 50th New Zealand Parliament.  The NZ politics task force has decided that the creation of biographies prior to the election can be assisted in the project space.  Wikipedians with an interest in possible new MPs are most welcome to work on those draft biographies, which can be found here. Please note the rules that are listed on that page. Happy editing! And if you have questions on how to go about it, simply post on an article's talk page, and somebody with more experience will come and help. Schwede66 04:40, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: If anybody is interested in contributing to new MP pages, this collaboration might interest you. Hurry – this must be finished by this Friday. Schwede66 19:43, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  New MPs 

message: Recently, I flagged a statement in the top section, which read as follows.
"The New Zealand Labour Party ... is a New Zealand centre-left[4][dubious – discuss] political party..."
Normally, I would have ignored this. But, the source listed is the Labour Party's website. That, to me, indicates some bias. Keep in mind that bias is "Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair,"http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bias as described by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.Kude90 (talk) 18:36, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious Source 

message: I've added to the list of presidents in the party template, but not in the article itself. I've added names whenever I came across another one. Surely, somebody must have a book that lists them all? Schwede66 22:19, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Added to article from p224 of Bruce Brown's 1962 book, so have noted the list as complete. So after "Big Jim" Roberts it is Arnold Nordmeyer 1950 to 1955 then Michael Moohan 1955 to 1960. This also means Martyn Finlay started in 1960 (acc. to Brown) not 1958. Hugo999 (talk) 12:30, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Good stuff, Hugo. The list shows a four-year break in the early 1970s; I appreciate that Brown's book won't cover that period. Did the Labour Party not have presidents during that time? If so, that should definitely be explained in the text above the table. Or else, the table isn't complete after all. Schwede66 18:24, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Just acquired a Labour Party Journal from their 50th jubilee which has a list of Presidents, VP's and secretaries up until 1966. The list matches what we have now.Kiwichris (talk) 07:05, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Good work! Schwede66 07:29, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of presidents 

message: "While the formal ties between unions and the party have dwindled, there are still six unions that are directly affiliated to the party and pay affiliation fees."
I believe this is an outdated statement, if somewhat misleading seeing as Unions now have a pretty major stake in leadership contests and are major donators. Could do with a change. Benner9 (talk) 02:00, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Links between unions and Labour

message: "Labour has had a relatively high turnover of four leaders during this term in opposition, attributed in part to changes within public media and the political environment.[34]"
Unless I hear otherwise in the next few days, I will edit this out. They all resigned after either election loses or in-fighting within the party
Thanks
--Chris Wellington (talk) 03:28, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, what does Hager have to do with this? Schwede66 06:03, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Hager's book Dirty Politics is the reference. Since there isn't a page number, I'm not inclined to re-read the book to determine how appropriate it is.-gadfium 06:14, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hager influenced Labour leader turn-over? 

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thread_title:  External links modified (February 2018) 

message: I would like to reopen the issue of describing the Labour Party as 'social liberal' party. Making New Zealand's Pop Renaissance: State, Markets, Musicians is a somewhat spurious source (grasping at straws?), since it's not a political commentary; it makes references to Labour's "social liberal aspirations" and is very much a contextual piece, describing the policies of the fourth Labour government. Neither of the two sources comprehensively assess the Labour Party as a whole. Neither source suggest that the party is inherently liberal, or that it might be described as social liberal as it stands today.
 I am inclined to agree that we can describe the party as having "embraced social liberal policies" (the exact wording we might use can be discussed; this description can be placed in the 'Ideology' section), but I know I'm not alone in objecting to the label 'social liberal' in the infobox, which implies that the ideological make-up of the contemporary party is significantly influenced by social liberalism. It is too prominent a location. We are falsely stating that Labour is a liberal party, not a party rooted in socialism and social democracy.--Hazhk (talk) 15:29, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not too keen on having social liberalism listed in the Infobox. While the party – like most social-democratic parties – has been influenced by social liberalism, the party's history and international affiliation(s) describe a social-democratic party, not a liberal party. (Also, we should look at the referenced texts again to see if they refer to social liberalism as described in the en.wiki article, and not accidentally using the term as a synonym for cultural liberalism or progressivism.)--Autospark (talk) 22:05, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

text: This seems fair, I am fine with social liberalism being left out of the infobox but kept elsewhere on the page.--Jay942942 (talk) 23:52, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Social liberalism' revisited 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion 

message: The Rainbow Labour article has many problems, and I wonder if it would be better to delete it, and merge the contents into New Zealand Labour Party#Organisation. What is everyone's thoughts? Nauseous Man (talk) 03:25, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Please note the conversation has now moved to Wikipedia:New Zealand Wikipedians' notice board#Rainbow_Labour_into_New_Zealand_Labour_Party. Nauseous Man (talk) 06:52, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rainbow Labour