News & Achievements  

Early voting for the election got underway yesterday (Wednesday) with David Cunliffe making history as the first Labour leader to cast an advance vote.

Graham Wolf talks about being a Labour Party volunteer and early voter. He is one of the many extraordinary Labour volunteers working hard #forabetterNZ this election. He also has some great tips on hoardings. Click here to watch his video

Exactly four years on from the first Christchurch earthquake Poto Williams is sitting in the Red Zone’s Wainoni Methodist Church for a cuppa and a singalong with some 60 or so locals.

In Wainuiomata dozens of Labour activists from across the Hutt Valley turned up en masse to be among the first to cast their early votes at Wainuiomata Library - and triggered a social media challenge.

Step aside Temuera Morrison and Sam Neill – there’s a new Kiwi star of the screen and he’s urging “young voters and male men” to get out and vote

This election I’ve been able to provide a special service for my electorate.  My new van which serves as a mobile electorate office has a wheelchair hoist and today I put it to good use.

Jerome Mika was just dashing home on Friday for a quick change prior to the launch of Labour’s Pasifika policy at Auckland’s oldest bilingual pre-school, A'oga Fa’a Samoa at Richmond Road Primary School. 

He likes the choice of venue: all levels of education are vital, he says, especially given the demographics of the Pacific population in New Zealand which has a median age of 23 compared to 38 for the population at large.

Getting our supporters out to vote during is something veteran Labour volunteers are familiar with – but it’s something every Labour supporter can help with too, even those who have so far not been able to be actively involved with the campaign. 

When are we pleased to see the Aussies? Certainly when we’re beating them at rugby and definitely when they are supporting Labour’s election campaign.

Bryce Roney, who works for Labor in Tasmania, has been seconded to Fraser House by the Australian Labor Party and is helping with a range of campaign projects.