Labour Party delegates rally in Auckland ahead of election year

Saturday 29 November 2025 · 5 outlets · 4 reports · updated Sat 29 Nov 2025, 3:48pm

In this story Labour Party, National Party, Te Pāti Māori, Chris Hipkins, Council of Trade Unions

Labour Party members gathered at Auckland's ASB Waterfront Theatre for their annual conference. While union leader Sandra Grey called for different economic choices, finance spokeswoman Barbara Edmonds emphasised the need for fiscal discipline. The event comes as recent polling shows the party tracking ahead of National on several issues.

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1. The Press via The PostSat 29 Nov 2025, 12:10pm

   Barbara Edmonds tells Labour it ‘can’t say yes to everything’ (opens in new tab)

2. 1News via RNZSat 29 Nov 2025, 12:53pm

   'Believe we can win': Labour rallies party faithful (opens in new tab)

   Also on RNZ (opens in new tab)

3. Otago Daily TimesSat 29 Nov 2025, 1:11pm

   Labour talk up unity, belief as election year approaches (opens in new tab)

4. StuffSat 29 Nov 2025, 3:48pm

   Union head tells Labour party faithful ‘the rich’ have eaten up our ‘pavlova paradise’ (opens in new tab)