outside britain, the term "post-war consensus" is used for an era of new zealand political history, from the first new zealand labour party government of the 1930s until the election of a fundamentally changed labour party in 1984, following years of mostly new zealand national party rule. as in the uk, it was built around a 'historic compromise' between the different classes in society: the rights, health and security of employment for all workers would be guaranteed, in return for co-operation between unions and employers. the key ideological tenets of governments of the period were keynesian economic policy, heavy interventionism, economic regulation and a very powerful welfare state.