42nd New Zealand Parliament

{{Short description|Term of the Parliament of New Zealand}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox legislative term

| name = 42nd Parliament of New Zealand

| image = File:Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand (50).JPG

| image_size =

| caption = Parliament House, Wellington

| body = New Zealand Parliament

| election = 1987 New Zealand general election

| government = Fourth Labour Government

| opposition =

| term_start = 16 September 1987

| term_end = 6 September 1990

| before = 41st Parliament

| after = 43rd Parliament

| website =

| chamber1 = House of Representatives

| chamber1_image = File:42nd New Zealand Parliament Seating.png

| chamber1_image_size =

| chamber1_alt =

| membership1 = 97

| control1 =

| chamber1_leader1_type = Speaker of the House

| chamber1_leader1 = Kerry Burke

| chamber1_leader2_type = Leader of the House

| chamber1_leader2 = Jonathan Hunt

| chamber1_leader3_type = Prime Minister

| chamber1_leader3 = Mike Moore
— Geoffrey Palmer until 3 September 1990
— David Lange until 8 August 1989

| chamber1_leader4_type = Leader of the Opposition

| chamber1_leader4 = Jim Bolger

| chamber2 = Sovereign

| chamber2_image =

| chamber2_image_size =

| chamber2_alt =

| membership2 =

| control2 =

| chamber2_leader1_type = Monarch

| chamber2_leader1 = Elizabeth II

| chamber2_leader2_type = Governor-General

| chamber2_leader2 = Paul Reeves

| session1_start = 16 September 1987

| session1_end = 12 December 1989

| session2_start = 14 February 1990

| session2_end = 6 September 1990

}}

The 42nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. Its composition was determined by the 1987 election, and it sat until the 1990 election.

The 42nd Parliament was the second (and final) term of the controversial fourth Labour Party government. Initially, the only other party in the 42nd Parliament was the National Party, with the Democratic Party having lost the two seats it held in the 41st Parliament. Later, a dissident Labour MP, Jim Anderton, would found the NewLabour Party in 1989.{{cite web |title=Hon Jim Anderton |url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/mpp/mps/former/49PlibMPsFormerJimAnderton1/anderton-hon-jim |publisher=New Zealand Parliament |access-date=4 February 2014 |page=26 November 2011 |archive-date=25 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525121141/http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/mpp/mps/former/49PlibMPsFormerJimAnderton1/anderton-hon-jim |url-status=dead }} Due to internal disputes within the Labour Party, there were three Prime Ministers during the 42nd Parliament: David Lange, Geoffrey Palmer, and Mike Moore.

The 42nd Parliament consisted of ninety-seven representatives. At the time, this was the highest number of representatives that Parliament had had, although it would later be exceeded. All of these representatives were chosen by single-member geographical electorates, including four Māori electorates.