Political parties -- New Zealand

Scope and Contents These papers were donated to the University Library in 1985 by Dr. Barry Selwyn Gustafson, senior lecturer in Political Studies. They consist of material accumulated by him in the course of his activities as doctoral candidate, and as office bearer, parliamentary candidate, and historian of the New Zealand Labour Party. The materials therefore are of mixed provenance, having come to Dr Gustafson from a number of sources as follows:1. as a result of research for his...

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Collection includes a questionnaire conducted by Dr Barry Gustafson, minutes of A.R.C. meetings and miscellaneous newsletters.

Scope and Contents This collection was donated by Bert Roth (socialist, historian, and former Deputy University Librarian at the University of Auckland) in 1990. Box 1 contains internal documents of the Communist Party of New Zealand (CPNZ), dating from 1957 to 1979, collected by Roth. These papers document fierce ideological debates within the party concerning its relationships with the Soviet Union and China, and internal disputes, including the expulsions of Wilfred (Bill) McAra and Diana Wislie...

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Includes: 1963 pre-conference discussion bulletins; address by Vic Wilcox to Indonesian comrades, 1963; Report by Wilcox to National Committee, 15 March 1974...[concerning Wilfred McAra].

Scope and Contents The records in this collection were donated to the University Library by M.P. Helen Clark formerly a senior lecturer in the Political Studies Department of the University. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, reports and memos of Auckland University Labour Club, Princes Street Branch of the New Zealand Labour Party and the Auckland Regional Council (Labour Party), as well as material relating to Labour youth organisations, such as the Auckland Labour Youth Council and the New...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of papers of the New Zealand Labour Party Auckland Regional Council from May 1973 to 1979 (with gaps); policy material for the New Zealand Labour Party general election campaign in 1975 and local body election campaign papers for 1974. The material in this collection was collated by Dr John Prebble who served as a member of the New Zealand Labour Party Auckland Regional Council Committee from 1973 to 1978 and in 1974 stood as a Labour Party candidate for the Auckland...

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Minutes, correspondence, editorial material (including drafts of articles), membership and subscription details "Labour Network", "keeping activists in touch with Labour principles and policies" was a publication to "provide a forum for debate within the Labour Party". Folders 1-13 as given by donor; folders 14-15 created from loose files; folder 16 is a survey of "Labour Network" readers.

Scope and Contents The papers in this collection include letters, press releases, copies of newspaper clippings, notes, etc. covering the period of Malcolm Douglas's candidacy for the seat of Hunua in 1978, his six months as MP, during which the Election Petition was presented, his loss to Winston Peters in 1979, and the Court of Appeal hearing of 1980 relating to the judgment in the Electoral Court. They have been left in the order in which they were received, except that a set of 'Notes of Evidence' from the...

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Papers collected by an Auckland delegate to the 60th conference of the New Zealand Labour Party. Includes agenda, financial statements, committee reports and remits for discussion.

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Collection contains a minute book for the Mangere Branch of the New Zealand Labour Party. The minute book covers two periods, 1929 - 1941 and 1949 - 1950.

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Unprocessed materials.

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The earliest material in this collection is from the Waitemata Labour Representation Committee and includes correspondence proposing its formation in 1935, a report of its inaugural meeting in 1939, and reports of subsequent meetings. The collection also includes minutes of meeting, etc. from other Labour Representation Committees: Waitakere, North Shore, Rodney, and a small amount of material from Wellington, Dunedin and Manurewa.

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Collection includes minutes, correspondence, conference papers, and material relating to the Wellington Labour Representation Committee and Auckland Labour Representation Committee.

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Contains records of New Zealand Labour Party. Mt Albert Labour Electorate Committee, 1985-1987; and other Mt Albert Labour Party material, 1985-1987.

Scope and Contents Chapman was a meticulous collector of almost every record of his life and has left an extraordinarily rich legacy in his papers. One example gives a sense of the depth of material contained in this collection: in the folder relating to the NZUSA 14th Congress at Curious Cove in 1952 (series 14, item 617), we find correspondence relating to Chapman’s literary contribution, speech notes and clippings about the event, and even a photograph of the attendees. In another we find letters and poems...