Cunliffe quick to demand loyalty
Cunliffe quick to demand loyalty
Labour MPs will be given less than two days to pledge their loyalty to newly-elected leader David Cunliffe or face reassignment of their duties.
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Cunliffe seizes the day
Cunliffe seizes the day
Grant Robertson was the overwhelming sentimental favourite when he staked his claim in Dunedin yesterday to become the leader of the Labour Party, but David Cunliffe was seen as the most impressive at the podium.
Labour's leadership challenge
Labour's leadership challenge
Leadership of the Labour Party has been under media scrutiny since former prime minister Helen Clark resigned as party leader after the 2008 election defeat.
Leadership vacuum as Labour drifts
Leadership vacuum as Labour drifts
On the face of it, Labour would seem deserving of much applause for rule changes which now make the election of the party's leader a far better exercise in democracy.
Jones to stand for Labour leadership
Jones to stand for Labour leadership
Labour MP Shane Jones is entering the Labour leadership race, saying he believes he can attract blue-collar workers back to Labour and take on ''the $50 million dollar gorilla'', Prime Minister John Key.
The Labour leadership
The Labour leadership
The lead-up to next year's general election suddenly looks like it could hold some real excitement.
Cunliffe tipped for role
Cunliffe tipped for role
The Labour Party caucus may have to swallow its collective pride and support David Cunliffe as the next party leader as the MPs consider how to save their jobs at the 2014 general election.
Leadership race: city connections
Leadership race: city connections
David Cunliffe and Grant Robertson are seen as the most likely of all Labour MPs to become leader and deputy leader of the party, after David Shearer announced his resignation after 20 months in the top job.
A day out fishing at risk
A day out fishing at risk
Snapper cuts are part of a smelly trend, writes the Labour Party's Fisheries spokesman David Cunliffe.
Infighting: how to self-destruct
Infighting: how to self-destruct
The New Zealand Labour Party needs only to look across ''the ditch'' to find evidence of the devastating fallout of political infighting.
Labour decried over Forrester Heights Bill
Labour decried over Forrester Heights Bill
The Waitaki Concerned Citizens and Ratepayers Association yesterday accused the Labour Party of abandoning Oamaru's natural heritage after MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of a controversial Bill to confirm land at Forrester Heights as endowment land.
Exemptions for unions no longer sought
Exemptions for unions no longer sought
The Labour Party has announced it will no longer be seeking an exemption for trade unions from the Lobbying Disclosure Bill.
Economy, environment not mutually exclusive
Economy, environment not mutually exclusive
Labour deputy leader and environment spokesman GrantRobertson rejects Chris Trotter's interpretation of one of his recent speeches.
Best showing yet by Shearer with 'zero Budget' censure
Best showing yet by Shearer with 'zero Budget' censure
OPINION: David Shearer delivered his strongest speech yet as leader of the Labour Party, when he yesterday launched a broadside at the Government's prediction for a "zero Budget" to be delivered on Thursday.
Opinion: Plan for Hillside prompts searching questions
Opinion: Plan for Hillside prompts searching questions
OPINION: Brilliant autumn sunshine shone on my old alma mater last Monday as Dunedin South MP Clare Curran and I visited Hillside Workshops.
Lawyer new chief of staff for Shearer
Lawyer new chief of staff for Shearer
Labour leader David Shearer has appointed lawyer and NZ Aids Foundation chairman Alastair Cameron as his new chief of staff after the resignation of Stuart Nash.
Week in Politics: Shearer steels himself to do things his way
Week in Politics: Shearer steels himself to do things his way
Scanning the packed upstairs function room in Wellington's Wellesley Hotel on Thursday morning, a newspaper photographer with long experience of the habits of politicians summed up what was going on with a pithy observation: this was not your typical Labour Party audience.
MP articulates his vision of social justice
MP articulates his vision of social justice
A Christian upbringing has instilled a strong sense of social justice in Dunedin North MP David Clark, who yesterday pledged to fight for greater equality for New Zealanders.
Labour leader on a mission to 're-engage'
Labour leader on a mission to 're-engage'
He has run the biggest humanitarian aid camp in Somalia, worked for the United Nations in war-torn countries Liberia, Rwanda and Afghanistan and handled a $2 billion budget when he was head of the UN's reconstruction programme in Iraq.
Wreckers move in to red zone
Wreckers move in to red zone
Residents forced to sell and leave earthquake-wrecked red zones in Christchurch cannot expect to be told when their former homes will be demolished, the Government says.