- Pete Hodgson
Peter Colin Hodgson (1950 -) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. Hodgson was born in Whangarei, and received a Bachelor's degree in veterinary science from Massey University. He was worked as a veterinarian, a high school teacher, and a fruit and vegetable retailer. Hodgson joined the Labour Party in 1976, and shortly afterwards became the manager for Stan Rodger's successful campaign in the Dunedin North seat.
- Sandra Lee-Vercoe
Sandra Rose Te Hakamatua Lee-Vercoe (née Lee) QSO (8 August 1952 -) is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat. She served as deputy leader (and briefly leader) of the Alliance party, and was later High Commissioner to Niue.
- Annette King
Annette Faye King (born 13 September 1947) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the governing Labour Party, and currently serves in Cabinet as Minister of Police, Minister of Food Safety, Minister of Transport and Minister of State Services. King was born in Murchison, a town in the West Coast region of the South Island. After receiving primary and secondary education in Murchison, she attended the University of Waikato and gained a BA degree.
- Trevor Mallard
Trevor Colin Mallard (born 17 June 1954) is a New Zealand politician. He is currently a member of Cabinet, the Minister of Economic Development, the Minister of Industry and Regional Development, the Minister of State Owned Enterprises, the Minister of Sport and Recreation and Minister for the Rugby World Cup. He is also the associate Minister of Finance.
- Winston Peters
Winston Raymond Peters, PC, (born April 11, 1945) is a New Zealand politician and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs, outside cabinet. He is also the leader of the New Zealand First political party.
- William Fox
Sir William Fox, KCMG (1812 - 23 June 1893) served as Premier of New Zealand on four occasions in the 19th century, while New Zealand was still a colony. He was known for his eventual support of Māori land rights, his contributions to the education system (such as establishing the University of New Zealand), and his work to increase New Zealand's autonomy from Britain. He has been described as determined and intelligent, …
- Mark Burton
Richard Mark Burton (known as Mark Burton) (born 16 January 1956) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party, and currently serves as Minister of Justice; Minister of Local Government; Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations; Deputy Leader of the House; Minister Responsible for the Law Commission.
- Phil Goff
Philip Bruce Goff (born 22 June, 1953), generally known as Phil Goff, is the current Minister of Defence of New Zealand. He also serves as Minister of Trade, Disarmament and Minister of Pacific Island Affairs.
- Ruth Dyson
Ruth Suzanne Dyson (born 11 August 1957) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party. Dyson was born in Lower Hutt. Her father served in the New Zealand Army, and so Dyson's family frequently moved around the country. Dyson joined the Labour Party in Westport in 1979, and worked as a campaign organiser for Labour MP Kerry Burke in the 1981 and 1984 elections.
- Rick Barker
Richard John Barker (27 October 1951 -) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party, and currently serves as a middle-ranking cabinet minister at number 13 on the party list. Barker was born in the town of Greymouth, on New Zealand's West Coast. He attended Greymouth High School and then Otago University. After working as a shop assistant, bartender, storeworker, farmhand, driver, factory worker, and quarrier, he became involved in the trade unions, …
- Marian Hobbs
Marian Leslie Hobbs (18 December 1947 -) is a New Zealand politician and Labour MP for the Wellington Central electorate. Before entering politics, Hobbs worked as a teacher and as a school principal. She is also a former Communist and helped to establish the Chippenham commune in Christchurch. She is a practising Quaker
- Kerry Burke
Sir Thomas Kerry Burke (born March 24 1942) served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1987 to 1990. He was a member of the Labour Party, and served throughout the second term of the Fourth Labour Government. Burke was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 1960, he began three years of study at the University of Canterbury, after which he studied for a year at the Christchurch College of Education.
- Jim Anderton
James Patrick Anderton, (born 21 January 1938) almost always referred to as Jim Anderton, is leader of the Progressive Party, a political party in the New Zealand Parliament. He has served in Parliament since 1984. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002.
- Steve Maharey
Steven (Steve) Maharey (born 3 February, 1953) serves as New Zealand's Minister of Education, Minister of Broadcasting, Minister of Research, Science and Technology, Minister for Crown Research Institutes and Minister responsible for the Education Review Office. In recent times he has also been Minister of Social Development and Employment, Minister of Housing, and Minister of Youth Affairs. He is a member of the governing Labour Party.
- Apirana Ngata
Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language
- Lockwood Smith
Dr. Alexander Lockwood Smith (13 November 1948 -) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the National Party. He has been the MP for first Kaipara and then Rodney since the 1984 elections, and has held a number of Cabinet positions, including Minister of Education, Minister of Agriculture, Minister for International Trade, and Associate Minister of Finance. Before entering politics, he was a lecturer at Massey University, …
- David Benson-Pope
David Henry Benson-Pope (born 1950) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party, and is currently a cabinet minister. Benson-Pope was born in Dunedin and educated at the University of Otago and at the Christchurch College of Education. While studying education, he served as President of the Students' Association at the college, and National President of the Student Teachers' Association of New Zealand.
- David Cunliffe
David Richard Cunliffe is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party, and the sitting member of parliament for New Lynn, West Auckland.
- Parekura Horomia
Parekura Tureia Horomia (9 November 1950 -) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. Horomia was born in Tolaga Bay of Ngati Porou, Te Aitanga Hauiti, Ngati Kahungunu and Ngai Tahu descent. He initially worked as a manual labourer and then as a printer in the newspaper industry. Later, Horomia became involved in the Department of Labour's work schemes on the East Coast and was gradually appointed to supervisory positions in the programme.
- Bill English
Simon William "Bill" English is a New Zealand politician, and former leader of the National Party from October 2001 to October 2003. On November 27, 2006, he became deputy leader under John Key. English also served as the New Zealand Minister of Finance.
- Clayton Cosgrove
Clayton James Cosgrove (born 31 October 1969, Nelson, New Zealand) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party.
- Matt Robson
Matthew Peter (Matt) Robson (5 January 1950 -) is a New Zealand politician. He is deputy leader of the Progressive Party, and served in the Parliament from 1996 to 2005, first as a member of the Alliance, then as a Progressive. Robson was born in Brisbane, Australia. He attained an MA (Hons) in Political Studies and later studied law, and worked both as a lawyer and a teacher. He also spent three years in the Netherlands as a technical editor.
- Chris Carter
Christopher Joseph Carter is a New Zealand politician and a member of Cabinet. He currently serves as Minister of Conservation, Minister of Housing, and Minister of Ethnic Affairs. He is the member of parliament for the Te Atatu electorate, where he was first elected in 1993. He did not win re-election in 1996, but won an expanded seat in 1999.
- Murray McCully
Murray McCully (b. Whangarei, 1953) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the National Party. McCully first entered Parliament as MP for East Coast Bays (in the northern part of Auckland city) in the 1987 elections, and became MP for the new seat of Albany in the 1999 elections. In the 2002 elections he returned as MP for the reconstituted East Coast Bays seat.
- Nanaia Mahuta
Nanaia Cybelle Mahuta is a New Zealand politician and a member of the Labour Party. She has strong links to the Te Kingitanga (Māori King Movement), being the daughter of Robert Mahuta, who was the adopted son of King Korokī and the elder brother of Māori Queen Te Atairangikaahu.
- Paul East
Paul Clayton East, CNZM QC (born August 4, 1946) is a former New Zealand politician. Paul East was educated at King's College and The University of Auckland He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1978 to 1999, representing the National Party.
- William Rolleston
William Rolleston (September 19, 1831 - February 8, 1903) was a New Zealand politician, public administrator, educationalist and Canterbury provincial superintendent.
- Damien O'Connor
Damien Peter O'Connor is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 elections, recapturing the West Coast seat after the upset victory of National's Margaret Moir in the 1990 elections. He retained his seat in the 1993 elections, and then won the reconfigured West Coast-Tasman seat in the 1996 elections. He has remained MP for that electorate since then.
- John Banks
John Archibald Banks QSO (born 2 December 1946) is a New Zealand politician. For three years (2001 - 2004), he served as Mayor of Auckland, and is a former Cabinet Minister for the National Party.
- Bob Semple
Robert Semple was a union leader and later Minister of Public Works for the first Labour Government of New Zealand. He was born in Sofala, New South Wales, Australia. He started working at an early age as gold miner in Australia. In 1903 he was involved in a miner’s strike in Victoria Australia. The strike was defeated and Semple ended up being blacklisted. To avoid the black list Semple moved to the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
- Mark Gosche
Mark James Gosche (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 Pacific Islander community. He was first elected to Parliament as a list MP in the 1996 elections, and has been MP for the Auckland seat of Maungakiekie since the 1999 elections. He has held a number of Cabinet posts, including Minister of Corrections, Minister of Housing, Minister of Transport, …
- Doug Kidd
Douglas Lorimer Kidd, DCNZM (Born 12 September 1941) is a former New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1978 to 2002, representing the National Party. He served for three years as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- Paul Swain
Paul Swain (1951 -) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He became the MP for the seat of Eastern Hutt in the 1990 elections, and has been the MP for Rimutaka since the 1996 elections. Swain has held a number of ministerial portfolios, including Minister of Commerce, Minister of Statistics, and Associate Minister of Finance. He is currently Minister of Immigration, Minister of Labour, Minister of Corrections, Minister for Information Technology, …
- Clem Simich
Clement Rudolph (Clem) Simich is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the National Party. He was born in Te Kopuru, Northland on 2 June 1939. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1992 by-election in Tamaki, which followed the retirement of former Prime Minister Robert Muldoon. He remained as MP for Tamaki until 2005, when he stepped down to stand as the National candidate for Mangere. He is now a List MP, having not succeeded in winning the Labour safe seat.
- Laila Harré
Laila Jane Harré is a New Zealand politician and trade unionist. She was a Member of Parliament for the left-wing Alliance party, and later became the party's leader after the group experienced a schism. Harré was born in 1966, and was educated in Auckland. At university, she gained both a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics and a Bachelor of Laws degree.
- James Carroll
Sir James Carroll, KCMG, (20 August 1857-18 October 1926), known to Māori as Timi Kara, was a New Zealand politician of Irish and Ngati Kahungunu (Māori) descent. Beginning his career as an interpreter and land agent, Carroll was elected to the Eastern Māori seat in 1887. He was the first Māori to hold the cabinet position of Minister of Native Affairs, which he held between 1899 and 1912.
- Jim McLay
James Kenneth McLay, CNZM, QSO (born 21 February 1945), generally known as Jim McLay, is a former New Zealand politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister, leader of the National Party and Leader of the Opposition for a short time.
- Henry Sewell
Henry Sewell (1807 - 1879) was a prominent 19th century New Zealand politician. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand self-government, and is generally regarded as having been the country's first Premier.
- Warren Cooper
Warren Cooper QSO (21 February 1933 -) is a former New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1975 to 1996, representing the National Party. He has also served as Mayor of Queenstown. Cooper was born in Dunedin, but later moved to Queenstown. He worked as a retailer, a signwriting contractor, and a motel manager, and also became involved in local politics. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1975 elections as MP for Otago, …
- Basil Arthur
Sir Basil Malcolm Arthur, 5th Baronet (18 September 1928-1 May 1985) served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1984 to 1985. He was a member of the Labour Party.