What is New Zealand Labour Party?
[[Image:Partido Laborista NZ.png|right|250px]] The '''New Zealand Labour Party''' is a [[social democracy|social democratic]] [[List of political parties in New Zealand|political party]] in [[New Zealand]]. It is one of the two major parties in [[Politics of New Zealand|New Zealand politics]]. It was started in 1916, which makes it the oldest of New Zealand's political parties. It is currently the ruling party since 2017. From the [[New Zealand general election, 2008|2008 general elections]] through [[New Zealand general election, 2017|2017 general elections]], the Labour Party was the second largest party in the [[House of Representatives of New Zealand]] and was the [[Official Opposition (New Zealand)|official opposition]]. The current leader of the party is [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] [[Chris Hipkins]] since January 2023. [[Category:Social democratic parties]] [[Category:Political parties in New Zealand]] [[Category:1916 establishments]] [[Category:20th-century establishments in New Zealand]] [[Category:Socialist International]] {{politics-stub}} {{authority control}}