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Civil Union Act 2004
The Civil Union Act 2004 is a New Zealand act of parliament legislating civil unions. It was passed into law on Thursday 9 December 2004 by a final vote of 65–55 in the New Zealand Parliament. The New Zealand Herald, 9 December 2004 The act makes it legal for those in same-sex as well as heterosexual relationships to enter into a civil union. The act is still in force, despite New Zealand providing Same-sex marriage, same-sex marriages since 19 August 2013, under the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013. Vote Attitudes of political parties The act was opposed by religious groups, including the Catholic Church. Then New Zealand National Party leader Don Brash opposed the bill, but only as he believed it should be put to a refer ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Parliament
The New Zealand Parliament () is the unicameral legislature of New Zealand, consisting of the Monarchy of New Zealand, Sovereign and the New Zealand House of Representatives. The King is usually represented by his Governor-General of New Zealand, governor-general. Before 1951, there was an upper chamber, the New Zealand Legislative Council. The New Zealand Parliament was established in 1854 and is one of the oldest continuously functioning legislatures in the world. It has met in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, since 1865 and in its Parliament House, Wellington, current building since 1922. The House of Representatives normally consists of 120 members of Parliament (MPs), though sometimes more due to overhang seats. There are 72 MPs elected directly in New Zealand electorates, electorates while the remainder of seats are assigned to list MPs based on each List of political parties in New Zealand, party's share of the total party vote. Māori people, Māori were represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lianne Dalziel
Lianne Audrey Dalziel (; born 7 June 1960) is a New Zealand politician and former Mayor of Christchurch. Prior to this position, she was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for 23 years, serving as Minister of Immigration, Commerce, Minister of Food Safety and Associate Minister of Justice in the Fifth Labour Government. She resigned from Cabinet on 20 February 2004 after apparently lying about a leak of documents to the media, but was reinstated as a Minister following Labour's return to office after the 2005 election. She resigned from Parliament effective 11 October 2013 to contest the Christchurch mayoral election. The incumbent, Bob Parker, decided not to stand again. She was widely regarded as the top favourite and won with a wide margin to become the 46th Mayor of Christchurch. Early life Dalziel was born in 1960, raised in Christchurch and attended Canterbury University. She graduated with a law degree and was admitted to the Bar in 1984. She served as the le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Hughes
Darren Colyn Hughes (born 3 April 1978) is a New Zealand former Member of Parliament between 2002 and 2011, first elected at the age of 24. He represented the Labour Party and was a Minister outside Cabinet in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand. In 2011, Hughes resigned from Parliament and in 2012, he relocated to the United Kingdom to become the Campaigns and Research Director of the Electoral Reform Society. In 2017, Hughes became Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform Society, based in South London. Early life and education Hughes attended Coley Street Primary School in Foxton, St Josephs and then Horowhenua College in Levin. While at school Hughes was involved in the school and wider community including a three-year stint as Student Representative on the Board of Trustees. In 1994, Hughes was a Youth MP. He was the first Youth MP to later be elected to Parliament. Hughes attended Victoria University of Wellington, and was a member of Vic Labour, where he com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parekura Horomia
Parekura Tureia Horomia (9 November 1950 – 29 April 2013) was a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Māori Affairs between 2000 and 2008. Early life Horomia was born in Tolaga Bay of Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga Hauiti, Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Tahu descent. He had seven brothers and sisters. As a schoolboy he used to walk five kilometres to school and back without shoes. In his early life, he worked as a manual labourer, then as a printer in the newspaper industry. Later, Horomia became involved in the Department of Labour's East Coast work schemes and was appointed to supervisory positions—rising to general manager of the Community Employment Group by 1992. At the same time, he began to take on a number of prominent positions with Māori community organisations. In 1990, Horomia was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. Member of Parliament In the 1999 election, Horomia stood as the Labour Party candidate for the Ikaroa- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Hodgson
Peter Colin Hodgson (born 13 June 1950) is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party and Member of Parliament for Dunedin North from 1990 to 2011. Early life Hodgson was born in Whangārei, and received a Bachelor's degree in veterinary science from Massey University. He has worked as a veterinarian, a high school teacher, and a fruit and vegetable retailer. Member of Parliament Hodgson joined the Labour Party in 1976, and shortly afterwards became the manager for Stan Rodger's successful campaign in the Dunedin North seat. After holding a number of other Labour Party roles, including that of marginal seats organiser, he was himself nominated to replace Rodger in the 1990 election. He was successful, and became the MP for Dunedin North. In November 1990 he was appointed as Labour's spokesperson for Science & Technology and Planning by Labour leader Mike Moore. When the Labour Party formed a government after the 1999 election, Hodgson was appointed to C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Hobbs
Marian Leslie Hobbs (born 18 December 1947) is a New Zealand politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1996 to 2008. She was initially a list MP and then (from 1999) represented the electorate. She served as Minister for the Environment and, later, as one of two Assistant Speakers of the House of Representatives. She represented the Dunedin constituency of the Otago Regional Council from 2019 to 2021. Early life Hobbs was raised in Christchurch and was educated at St Dominic's College, Dunedin. Before entering politics, Hobbs worked as a teacher at Aranui High School and was the principal of Avonside Girls' High School in Christchurch. She helped to establish the Chippenham commune in Christchurch and is by religious affiliation a Friend (Quaker). In 1993, Hobbs was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal. After leaving school, Hobbs renounced her Catholic beliefs, later becoming a Quaker. At university she was a student radical and joined the Commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Hereora
David Murray Hereora (9 August 1956 – 5 August 2014) was a New Zealand trade unionist and politician. He was a list MP for the Labour Party from 2002 to 2008. Early life Hereora was born in 1956. He was a worker at Affco Meatworks and became a trade union organiser. Political career Hereora was first elected to Parliament in the 2002 election, standing against National's Judith Collins in Clevedon but nevertheless entering Parliament as a list MP. He was Māori Vice-President of the Labour Party. Hereroa served until 2008 as Chair of the Māori Affairs Select Committee. In 2008, Judith Collins won the Papakura electorate. After leaving Parliament Hereora returned to union organising, working with the Service & Food Workers Union in mediation talks at the Papakura Griffin Foods manufacturing plant. He died on 5 August 2014. Labour leader David Cunliffe David Richard Cunliffe (born 30 April 1963) is a New Zealand management consultant and former politician who was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hawkins (politician)
George Warren Hawkins (born 1946) is a New Zealand local government politician and former Labour Party Member of Parliament. Hawkins held public office for 36 years. He was Mayor of Papakura from 1983 to 1992, the Member of Parliament for Manurewa from 1990 to 2011, and a member on the Manurewa and Papakura local boards from 2010 to 2019. Between 1999 and 2005, he served as Minister of Police, Minister of Civil Defence, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Minister of Ethnic Affairs in the Fifth Labour Government. Early life and family Hawkins was born on 15 May 1946 in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden. He has two brothers. He attended Dominion Road Primary School, Mount Albert Grammar School (1960–1963) and then Auckland Teachers' College. Before entering politics, he was an art teacher at Rosehill College and had also been a photographer for the ''Auckland Star'' newspaper. He later became a company director. Hawkins met his wife, Jan, at teacher's college. They h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Hartley
Margaret Ann Hartley (née Thompson; 23 September 1942 – 20 December 2024) was a New Zealand politician. She was a New Zealand Labour Party, Labour member of parliament between 1999 and 2008, and served as the mayor of North Shore City from 1989 to 1992. Early life and education Margaret Ann Thompson was born in Warkworth, New Zealand, Warkworth on 23 September 1942, the daughter of June Margaret and William Forsyth Thompson. She was educated at Orewa College, Orewa District High School from 1956 to 1960. Career Early career From 1966 to 1975, Hartley was a full-time mother. In the early 1980s, she worked for the Mental Health Foundation and later managed the Child Abuse Prevention Centre. From 1980 to 1986, she was a member of the Birkenhead, New Zealand, Birkenhead City Council, a member of the Child Abuse Prevention Society from 1983 to 1986 and a member of the Education in New Zealand#History, Auckland Education Board from 1984 to 1989. In the 1990s, she worked as a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Gosche
Mark James Gosche (born 2 December 1955) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He was born in Auckland to Samoan parents, and has been active in New Zealand's Pasifika community. Biography Early life and career Gosche was born in 1955 to German-Samoan parents. He was raised and educated in South Auckland. He was a full-time official with the Hotel, Hospital & Restaurant Workers Union later the Service & Food Workers Union − or SFWU) for 15 years. He was later a union secretary with the SFWU for 7 years. This led him to join the Labour Party in 1981. Gosche founded the Union Health Centres (four low cost medical centres for union members, doctors and nurses) and was the original director of the organisation. He was a trustee of the Union Law Centre and a member of the national executive of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU). He was also on several boards including the Trade Union Authority and New Zealand Tourism Council. Member of Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Goff
Philip Bruce Goff (born 22 June 1953) is a New Zealand retired politician and former diplomat. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2016. He served as Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand), leader of the Opposition between 11 November 2008 and 13 December 2011. During the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand, Fifth Labour Government, in office from 1999 to 2008, Goff was a senior minister in a number of portfolios, including Minister of Justice (New Zealand), Minister of Justice, Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Minister of Defence (New Zealand), Minister of Defence, and Associate Minister of Finance (New Zealand), Associate Minister of Finance. Goff was elected mayor of Auckland in 2016 Auckland mayoral election, 2016, and served two terms, before retiring in 2022. In 2023 he took up a diplomatic post as L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Gallagher
Martin Owen Gallagher (born 11 February 1952) is a former New Zealand politician and was member of Parliament representing the Hamilton West (New Zealand electorate), Hamilton West electorate from 1993 until 1996, as well as, from 1999 until 2008. A member of the New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party. He went on to serve as a Hamilton City Council (New Zealand), Hamilton City Councillor for the West Ward as well as Deputy Mayor of Hamilton from 1988 to 1993, and again under Andrew King (mayor), Andrew King from 2016 to 2019. Early life Gallagher was educated at Hamilton Boys' High School, and the University of Waikato where he completed a Bachelor of Social Science degree. He is a qualified teacher. Political career Member of Parliament He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 New Zealand general election, 1993 election, when he won the Hamilton West (New Zealand electorate), Hamilton West electorate. In the 1996 New Zealand general election, 1996 election, how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
