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Labour pitches to help the homeless, again

It was 14 years ago when Helen Clark posed for the cameras and unveiled a plaque at Monte Cecilia House which sits on a street surrounded by former and current state houses in Mangere.

Cartoon: Labour Party turns 100

Claire Trevett: Housing crusade fits well with Labour's history

Today is Labour's centenary, which the party intends to celebrate by releasing its 2016 housing manifesto.

Andrew Little: Is he ready to be king?

On the streets of Lincoln in Canterbury, Dunsandel apprentice electrician Michael Wallace, 25, is not impressed with the Labour leader.

'I think Labour may have lost the plot'

The Herald asked a number of Labour voters - past and present - in downtown Auckland how they felt about the party and why they continued to back Labour or had decided to change their support.

Cartoon: Labour Party struggle with contact

100 not out: Labour fights for its future

As Labour Party turns 100, we looks at its efforts to shake off the tribulations of the past and rebuild as a strong force for next year's election.

Labour plans big hit on housing

Labour will mark its 100th anniversary this week with a hat-trick of announcements on housing.

Labour's potency blunted by devotion to past

COMMENT: The gravitational force Savage exercises on Labour's adherents is still evident eight decades on.

Andrew Little: Govt should attack housing crisis, not families in need

COMMENT: House prices are rising at 30 times the rate of inflation. 16,000 houses are year are being bought by foreign speculators. Record numbers are living in cars and garages, writes Andrew Little.

Rodney Hide: Marriage of convenience

COMMENT: I am pleased for Labour and the Greens. Truly I am. They have tied the knot. They have announced they're together.

Secret Diary of The Labour-Green pact

COMMENT: People all over New Zealand come up to me on the street and say, "Do I know you? You look familiar. Are you famous?"

Claire Trevett: Labour-Greens creation offers something for all

COMMENT: Like a good piece of art, the one-page agreement between Labour and the Greens had something in it for everyone.

Labour MP won't endorse Greens' deal

Labour's West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor won't say whether he supports the new agreement between Labour and the Greens.

Cartoon: Things you do to get noticed

Editorial: Labour's bond proposal makes sense

The Labour Party surprised many people last week by advocating the complete abolition of boundaries on urban expansion.

Govt cheats workers: Little

Little's pre-Budget speech claiming NZ workers have been cheated out of $50 a week has been dismissed by National as a "list of slogans".

Claire Trevett: Mixed messages in Little's pre-Budget speech

If your leader is about to deliver a speech on the plight of the homeless compared to the "wealthy few", don't kick it off with a tale about Bluff oysters, writes Claire Trevett.