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New Zealand Young Labour
Young Labour (Māori: Ngā Rangatahi ō Te Rōpū Reipa) is the combined youth wing and student wing of the New Zealand Labour Party. It hosts an annual conference and holds a range of additional national events, including fringe sessions at the Labour Party's annual conference. All Labour Party members aged between 15 and 29 years old are members of Young Labour.
Young Labour has worked on issues ranging from climate change and improved rental housing standards to liquor law reform and to opposing voluntary student membership.[citation needed] On the 15th of February 2022, the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill passed its third and final reading. The Bill was brought to Parliament as a result of a joint petition presented by Young Labour and the Young Greens on the 14th of August, 2018. That petition initially resulted in a Members Bill placed in the ballot by Labour MP Marja Lubeck.
Although Young Labour is not an organisation which necessarily leads to a political career in Parliament, many of the Fifth Labour Government's Cabinet, including former Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Labour Party leader Phil Goff began their political activism in Young Labour, as did Sixth Labour Government prime ministers Jacinda Ardern and Chris Hipkins.
The Young Labour Conference, held annually, and doubling as the sector's annual general meeting, is the highest decision-making body of Young Labour. It elects the executive, alters the constitution and decides the sector's policy priorities for the current year. The conference also functions as a social and activism highlight on the Young Labour calendar, with addresses from Members of Parliament and activities such as canvassing commonly being a part of the programme.
Each year Young Labour selects a number of policy priorities at its conference. These become the target for Young Labour members to ensure their passage at the annual conference of the Labour Party. These are advanced by Young Labour members playing an active role in debates at the regional and annual conferences of the party. In addition, Young Labour elects a representative to the Party's policy council who plays a role in ensuring Young Labour members' policy ideas are heard in the party.
Young Labour is an important part of the Labour Party's volunteer base at national and local elections. Young Labour members are involved in canvassing, election-day volunteering, and campaign managing across the country. Young Labour also runs public campaigns on certain political or policy issues that the sector deems important to young people. In addition, Young Labour runs an annual campaign leadership school to train members in the skills of executing successful political campaigns, and a summer school (open to the wider party) to have discussions and workshops on the wider direction of Labour in government and in opposition.
The executive committee is elected annually at the Young Labour Conference. The executive committee is made up of a President, Māori Vice President, Women's vice president, Regional Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Communications Officer, International Secretary, Policy and Campaigns Officer, Policy Council Representative, and Youth vice president. The Youth vice president is an ex officio role on the committee, and sits on the Labour Party's governing body, New Zealand Council. The role is voted on by the party's membership at its annual conference.
The regional committee is elected annually at the Young Labour Conference and is made up of representatives from every region, as well as branch chairs from across the country. It is chaired by the regional vice president.
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New Zealand Young Labour
Young Labour (Māori: Ngā Rangatahi ō Te Rōpū Reipa) is the combined youth wing and student wing of the New Zealand Labour Party. It hosts an annual conference and holds a range of additional national events, including fringe sessions at the Labour Party's annual conference. All Labour Party members aged between 15 and 29 years old are members of Young Labour.
Young Labour has worked on issues ranging from climate change and improved rental housing standards to liquor law reform and to opposing voluntary student membership.[citation needed] On the 15th of February 2022, the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill passed its third and final reading. The Bill was brought to Parliament as a result of a joint petition presented by Young Labour and the Young Greens on the 14th of August, 2018. That petition initially resulted in a Members Bill placed in the ballot by Labour MP Marja Lubeck.
Although Young Labour is not an organisation which necessarily leads to a political career in Parliament, many of the Fifth Labour Government's Cabinet, including former Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Labour Party leader Phil Goff began their political activism in Young Labour, as did Sixth Labour Government prime ministers Jacinda Ardern and Chris Hipkins.
The Young Labour Conference, held annually, and doubling as the sector's annual general meeting, is the highest decision-making body of Young Labour. It elects the executive, alters the constitution and decides the sector's policy priorities for the current year. The conference also functions as a social and activism highlight on the Young Labour calendar, with addresses from Members of Parliament and activities such as canvassing commonly being a part of the programme.
Each year Young Labour selects a number of policy priorities at its conference. These become the target for Young Labour members to ensure their passage at the annual conference of the Labour Party. These are advanced by Young Labour members playing an active role in debates at the regional and annual conferences of the party. In addition, Young Labour elects a representative to the Party's policy council who plays a role in ensuring Young Labour members' policy ideas are heard in the party.
Young Labour is an important part of the Labour Party's volunteer base at national and local elections. Young Labour members are involved in canvassing, election-day volunteering, and campaign managing across the country. Young Labour also runs public campaigns on certain political or policy issues that the sector deems important to young people. In addition, Young Labour runs an annual campaign leadership school to train members in the skills of executing successful political campaigns, and a summer school (open to the wider party) to have discussions and workshops on the wider direction of Labour in government and in opposition.
The executive committee is elected annually at the Young Labour Conference. The executive committee is made up of a President, Māori Vice President, Women's vice president, Regional Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Communications Officer, International Secretary, Policy and Campaigns Officer, Policy Council Representative, and Youth vice president. The Youth vice president is an ex officio role on the committee, and sits on the Labour Party's governing body, New Zealand Council. The role is voted on by the party's membership at its annual conference.
The regional committee is elected annually at the Young Labour Conference and is made up of representatives from every region, as well as branch chairs from across the country. It is chaired by the regional vice president.