New Zealand Labour Party Elects New Leader After Election Defeat
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New Zealand’s main opposition Labour Party elected its fourth leader in six years as it seeks to recover from an historic election defeat.
Andrew Little, 49, narrowly beat former deputy leader Grant Robertson for the top job after David Cunliffe resigned in the wake of Labour’s worst election result since 1922. Little, a lawyer who headed New Zealand’s largest private-sector union for 11 years, needed the support of Labour’s affiliated unions to win the leadership ballot.