Left-wing activists in New Zealand
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- Sue BradfordSue BradfordSue Bradford is a New Zealand politician who served as a list Member of Parliament representing the Green Party from 1999 to 2009.- Early life :...
(ex Green Party of New Zealand, ex Unemployed Workers Movement) - Catherine DelahuntyCatherine DelahuntyCatherine Delahunty is a current New Zealand MP representing the Green Party who was first elected to parliament in 2008. she is the Green Party spokesperson on Education, Forestry, Treaty of Waitangi, Civil Defence, Disability Issues, Women's Affairs, Arts & Culture; and associate spokesperson on...
(Green Party of New Zealand) - Hone HarawiraHone HarawiraHone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira is a New Zealand Māori activist and parliamentarian. He was elected to the Parliament of New Zealand for the Māori electorate of Te Tai Tokerau in the 2005 general election as the Māori Party candidate. His resignation caused the Te Tai Tokerau by-election, held...
(ex Maori PartyMaori PartyThe Māori Party, a political party in New Zealand, was formed on 7 July 2004. The Party is guided by eight constitutional "kaupapa", or Party objectives. Tariana Turia formed the Māori Party after resigning from the Labour Party where she had been a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour-led...
) - Laila HarréLaila HarréLaila Jane Harré is a New Zealand politician and trade unionist. She was a Member of Parliament for the left-wing Alliance party, and became the party's leader for a brief period after the group experienced a schism in 2002.-Early life:...
(National Distribution UnionNational Distribution UnionThe National Distribution Union is a national trade union in New Zealand. It was formed in 1986 as the Northern Distribution Union by the merger of The Northern Drivers Union, The Northern Stores and Warehouse Union, The Auckland and Gisborne Shop Employee Union, and The Northern Butchers and...
, ex New Zealand Nurses OrganisationNew Zealand Nurses OrganisationThe New Zealand Nurses Organisation is New Zealand's largest trade union and professional organisation that represents the nursing profession, midwives and caregivers....
, Alliance Party, NewLabour PartyNewLabour Party (New Zealand)NewLabour was a left-of-centre party founded in 1989 by Jim Anderton, an MP and former President of the New Zealand Labour Party.NewLabour was established by a number of Labour Party members who left the party in reaction to "Rogernomics", the economic policies implemented by the Labour Party's...
, Labour PartyNew Zealand Labour PartyThe New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....
) - Tame ItiTame ItiTāme Wairere Iti has become well known in New Zealand as a Tūhoe Māori activist.- Early life :Born on a train near Rotorua, Tame Iti grew up with his grandparents in the custom known as whāngai on a farm near Ruatoki in the Urewera area of New Zealand...
(TuhoeTuhoeNgāi Tūhoe , a Māori iwi of New Zealand, takes its name from an ancestral figure, Tūhoe-pōtiki. The word tūhoe literally means "steep" or "high noon" in the Māori language...
, Mana MaoriMana Maori MovementThe Mana Māori Movement was a New Zealand political party. It advocated on behalf of the Māori people. It was founded by Eva Rickard, a prominent Māori activist. Rickard was originally a member of Mana Motuhake, another Māori party, but quit when Mana Motuhake joined the Alliance...
, ex Communist Party of New ZealandCommunist Party of New ZealandThe Communist Party of New Zealand was a Communist political party in New Zealand from the 1920s to the early 1990s. It never achieved significant political success, and no longer exists as an independent group, although the Socialist Worker organisation is considered organisationally continuous...
) - Jane KelseyJane KelseyElizabeth Jane Kelsey is a professor of law at the University of Auckland and a prominent critic of globalisation.Jane Kelsey has an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of Auckland. She has worked at the University of Auckland since 1979 and was appointed to a...
- Matt McCartenMatt McCartenMatthew "Matt" McCarten is a New Zealand political organiser. He has been involved with several leftist or centre-left political parties, and is also active in the trade-union movement...
(Unite UnionUnite UnionThe Unite Union is a trade union in New Zealand. It is the sponsor of the campaign directed towards improving working conditions for fast food workers in the country, in addition to representing other hospitality and retail workers...
, ex Alliance Party, NewLabour Party, Labour Party) - John MintoJohn MintoJohn Minto is a New Zealand based political activist known for his involvement in various left-wing groups and causes, most notably Halt All Racist Tours. A 2005 documentary on New Zealand's top 100 history makers listed him as number 89. Today he is involved with the protest group Global Peace...
(Unite Union, Workers' CharterWorkers' CharterWorkers' Charter was a broad-based, left-wing movement active in New Zealand, which produced a monthly newspaper of the same name. The paper's editor is well known New Zealand socialist and anti-racist John Minto, and its contributors range across the left wing spectrum- anarchists, revolutionary...
(Editor), Quality Public Education Coalition (Spokesperson), Halt All Racist ToursHalt All Racist ToursHalt All Racist Tours was a protest group set up in New Zealand in 1969 to protest against rugby union tours to and from South Africa.-Chronology:...
, Global Peace and Justice AucklandGlobal Peace and Justice AucklandGlobal Peace and Justice Auckland describes itself as "a network of people who provide a platform for individuals and groups to discuss and organise co-operatively on peace and justice issues." They are well known for organising the Auckland component of the global February 15, 2003 anti-war...
) - Grant MorganGrant MorganGrant Morgan is a political activist from Auckland, New Zealand.Morgan is a leading member of Socialist Worker, and the chairperson of the Residents Action Movement. He was also the first Secretary of the Solidarity Union, and the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of New Zealand.-...
(Socialist Worker (Aotearoa)Socialist Worker (Aotearoa)Socialist Worker is a socialist organisation based in Aotearoa/New Zealand.SW evolved out of the group known as the Socialist Workers Organization, the successor organisation of the Communist Party of New Zealand...
, Residents Action MovementResidents Action MovementThe Residents Action Movement was a political party in New Zealand. RAM described itself as a broad left coalition, stretching from social liberals, community activists and former National Party members to social democrats, democratic socialists and left-wing radicals...
, Workers' Charter) - Simon OostermanSimon OostermanSimon Oosterman is a New Zealand political activist, trade unionist, and anarchist. He is best known for coordinating the Unite Union campaign Supersizemypay.com which targeted the fast food industry and contributed to the abolition of youth rates, a $12 minimum wage and the , and for his...
(brother to Jonathan, Save Happy Valley CampaignSave Happy Valley CampaignThe Save Happy Valley Coalition is an environmental activist movement formed with the express purpose of preventing the Cypress mine, an open cast coal mine on the West Coast of New Zealand, from proceeding....
, ex Supersizemypay.com, ex Unite Union, National Distribution UnionNational Distribution UnionThe National Distribution Union is a national trade union in New Zealand. It was formed in 1986 as the Northern Distribution Union by the merger of The Northern Drivers Union, The Northern Stores and Warehouse Union, The Auckland and Gisborne Shop Employee Union, and The Northern Butchers and...
) - Jill OvensJill OvensJill Ovens is a New Zealand Unionist and former political candidate.-Union leader:She previously had a long history involved in New Zealand Unions, having served as the president of the Association of Staff in Tertiary Education and was heavily involved in the CTU Women’s Council Convenor and...
(Service & Food Workers UnionService & Food Workers UnionThe Service & Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota is a trade union in New Zealand. It is affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.The SFWU is organised into five industry sectors:*Age Care, Disability, Health & Community Services...
, Alliance Party) - Dean ParkerDean ParkerDean Parker is a screenwriter, playwright, journalist and political commentator based in Auckland, New Zealand.Parker has worked as a writer for much of his life and been prominent in his union, the NZ Writer's Guild...
(Workers' Charter) - Nandor TanczosNandor TanczosNándor Steven Tánczos , a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1999 to 2008, represented the Green Party as a list MP. He briefly lost his seat in the 2005 General Election, but returned to Parliament following the sudden death of Rod Donald just prior to the first sitting of Parliament, as he...
(Green Party of New Zealand, ex Wild GreensWild GreensWild Greens are a youth movement of the Greens, usually associated with one of the Green Parties.It began in 1997 as a semi-autonomous wing of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, committed to direct action and taking risks of bodily harm to protect the environment. The Green Party's youth arm...
, Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis PartyAotearoa Legalise Cannabis PartyThe Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party is a political party in New Zealand. It is dedicated to removing or reducing restrictions on the use of cannabis and similar substances...
, McGillicuddy Serious PartyMcGillicuddy Serious PartyThe McGillicuddy Serious Party operated as a satirical political party in New Zealand politics during the late 20th century. Between 1984 and 1999, McGillicuddy Serious provided "colour" to New Zealand politics to ensure that citizens not take the political process too seriously...
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- Bill AndersenBill AndersenBill Andersen was a New Zealand communist and trade union leader. He was one of the participants in the 1951 Waterfront Lockout and the president of the Northern Drivers' Union and later the National Distribution Union....
(National Distribution Union, Northern Drivers Union, Socialist Party of Aotearoa, Socialist Unity PartySocialist Unity Party (New Zealand)The Socialist Unity Party was one of the better-known communist parties in New Zealand. It had a certain amount of influence in the trade union movement, but never won seats in Parliament....
, Communist Party of New ZealandCommunist Party of New ZealandThe Communist Party of New Zealand was a Communist political party in New Zealand from the 1920s to the early 1990s. It never achieved significant political success, and no longer exists as an independent group, although the Socialist Worker organisation is considered organisationally continuous...
) - Hone HekeHone HekeHone Wiremu Heke Pokai was a Māori rangatira and war leader in Northern New Zealand and a nephew of Hongi Hika, an earlier war leader of the Ngāpuhi iwi. Hone Heke is considered the principal instigator of the Flagstaff War....
- Pat KellyPat Kelly (trade unionist)Pat Kelly was a New Zealand trade unionist.Kelly was an official of the Drivers' Union, a secretary of the Cleaners' Union and president of the Wellington Trades Council during his career. He was also active in the anti-Vietnam-war, anti-apartheid, anti-nuclear, and peace movements.He was 75 years...
(trade unionist) - Eva RickardEva RickardEva Rickard rose to prominence as an activist for Māori land rights activist and for women’s rights within Māoridom. Her methods included public civil disobedience and she is best known for leading the occupation of Raglan golf course in the 1970s.-Biography:Eva Rickard was most notably regarded...
(Mana Maori, Mana MotuhakeMana MotuhakeMana Māori Motuhake was a Māori political party in New Zealand. The name is difficult to translate accurately, but essentially refers to Māori self-rule and self-determination — mana, in this context, can be understood as "authority" or "power", while motuhake can be understood as...
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