Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/politics#Assessment

The scope of the project is government and politics, both current and historical, from national to local level. It includes the legislative, elections, referenda, opinion polls, the public service, the judiciary and law. Regional, city and district councils are included. People such as MPs, activists and councillors are included. In other words, all articles that are in :Category:Politics of New Zealand or any of its subcategories fall within the project scope.

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• Work on articles for likely new MPs; refer to the relevant sub-page.
• Results templates for parliamentary parties, non-parliamentary parties, and electorate results.
• Work on Candidates in the New Zealand general election 2023 by electorate and Party lists in the 2023 New Zealand general election.
• Go to campaign events, take photos, and upload them to Commons.
• Help with getting candidate photos through the parties themselves
• Add to 54th New Zealand Parliament and Sixth National Government of New Zealand articles.
• Fix broken links to electorate profiles (in "External links" sections; may be in Refs too) in electorate articles.

All MPs should eventually have Infoboxes, parlboxes and succession boxes. CatScan can be used to generate lists, and here are the links to regenerate the results, and counts at various points in time:

:

Parlboxes are all done.

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As you can see, there's a fair chunk of work yet to be done, but there's certainly movement.

Assessment results in articles are included in the above table. Article class and politics importance are the aspects to be assessed:

• Add{{tlx|WPNZ}} to the talk pages of articles that come under WikiProject New Zealand's scope.
• Articles that come under this politics task force's scope should have |politics=yes included in the WPNZ template. Importance to this task force can be defined by including and filling in the politics-importance= parameter.
• For example, for a start class article of low importance for WPNZ, but mid importance for the politics project, the full template entry would look like this: {{WPNZ|class=start|importance=low|politics=yes|politics-importance=mid}}. See WP:WikiProject New Zealand/Assessment for more information.
• All existing articles should have had the |politics=yes added to them; we achieved this through a bot run in July 2010.
• New articles created since need to have the parameters added manually.
• If you find a category where the articles fall within the scope of this project, but the politics parameters are missing, please leave a note on the project talk page.

The above table updates itself about daily. It's done by a bot, so if you have just assessed an article, the table itself will not change immediately.

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The following category stubs can be added to stub articles:

• Government {{tl|NewZealand-gov-stub}}
• Politics {{tl|NewZealand-poli-stub}}
• Politicians {{tl|NewZealand-politician-stub}}
• Labour Party politicians {{tl|NewZealand-Labour-politician-stub}}
• National Party politicians {{tl|NewZealand-National-politician-stub}}
• Liberal Party politicians {{tl|NewZealand-Liberal-politician-stub}}

Other stub types are also available.

• Party lists in New Zealand general elections

:* Party lists in the 1996 New Zealand general election

:* Party lists in the 1999 New Zealand general election; requires formatting to the same templates as the other articles

:* Party lists in the 2002 New Zealand general election; requires formatting to the same templates as the other articles

:* Party lists in the 2005 New Zealand general election

• Expand stub articles or reassess if appropriate (and if it's no longer a stub, remove the stub template).
• Complete the list of New Zealand by-elections (articles listed below have a complete list of by-elections by term that can be transferred; where this has been done, those articles are struck out):
• By-elections for 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th New Zealand Parliament's completed. By-elections for the 14th | 15th | 16th | and 17th New Zealand Parliaments are partially complete with all by-elections and dates listed – they need party affiliation, Incumbent, Cause & Winner fields to be completed.
• Using new templates for NZ electorates & by-elections — see politics talk page
• Candidates in New Zealand general elections (since 1996); new articles (see :Category:Lists of New Zealand political candidates and cf Candidates in the 1999 New Zealand general election by electorate):

:* Candidates in the 1996 New Zealand general election by electorate

:* Candidates in the 2002 New Zealand general election by electorate

• Work on electorate articles, filling in election results from 1999 to 2008 using {{tlx|MMP election box}} and referencing from http://electionresults.govt.nz
• Fix external links to http://electionresults.govt.nz in electorate and other NZ articles – URLs such as 2008.electionresults.govt.nz are deprecated to http://electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_2008 (110 cases) – see also 2005 (46) and 2002 (6) , 1999 (2) and 1996 (2)
• Write articles about the missing referendums: NB: There are no redlinks on the New Zealand elections template but are there some redirects that require an article?
• Write articles about the missing by-elections
• Deal with [http://toolserver.org/~magnus/catscan_rewrite.php?categories=Members+of+the+New+Zealand+House+of+Representatives|5&negcats=Constitution+of+New+Zealand%0D%0AGovernment+agencies+of+New+Zealand%0D%0ALists+of+government+ministers+of+New+Zealand%0D%0ALists+of+New+Zealanders%0D%0APolitical+office-holders+in+New+Zealand&templates_any=Multiple+issues%0D%0ABLP+sources%0D%0ACleanup%0D%0ACopy+edit%0D%0AIbid%0D%0ANo+footnotes%0D%0ARefimprove&PHPSESSID=p58vrjdhc34jadjk56n012dbc6 maintenance templates]
• Write a history of the Official cash rate. There is currently information about the definition, but not how the value of cash rate changed throughout history and why.

=== MPs for New Zealand electorates by location ===

At present the category :Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives by electorate has subcategories for the South Island with further subcategories for Christchurch and Dunedin electorates, and subcategories for the North Island with a subcategory for Auckland electorates only.

• Should the Auckland category be for the Auckland Region, not Auckland as at present? Probably not?
• Should the Wellington category be for Wellington City only, or for Wellington Region (including the Hutt Valley, Kapiti and the Wairarapa?)
• Probably Wellington (City) only; in which case there should be a third North Island subcategory of MPs for Hutt Valley electorates.

Are any further subcategories required for other North Island urban areas, e.g. Hamilton. Probably not, as there have only been two Hamilton electorates (Hamilton, then Hamilton East and Hamilton West)? Hugo999 (talk) 09:52, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

=== Review articles ===

• List of electoral firsts in New Zealand, partly based on List of electoral firsts in the United Kingdom but with wider coverage of MPs and ministers generally. Hugo999 (talk) 03:40, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

We should have lists of mayors for the cities in New Zealand, and eventually for the districts and regions. The following table shows that all the city articles have been done, though some may require additions or revision. The populations given are the Statistics New Zealand estimated resident population {{NZ population data|||y|y|(|).}} A :Template:Mayors in New Zealand is included under resources below.

Some tasks have been completed. Below is a timeline of achievements:

• Jan 2010 – all electorates have their own article
• Jul 2010 – all politics articles have been identified through adding politics=yes to the WPNZ tag
• Nov 2010 – all politics articles have been [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:WP_1.0_bot/Tables/Project/New_Zealand_politics&direction=next&oldid=398545531 assessed] for importance and class
• Dec 2010 – all MPs have their own article
• Mar 2012 – all cities now have a list article for their mayors
• Dec 2012 – all MP articles have a parlbox
• Dec 2012 – all nth Parliament articles have been published
• Aug 2013 – all MLCs have their own article
• Jan 2019 – all by-elections have their own article
• Aug 2023 – all Wellington mayoral elections have their own article

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{{Main|Government of New Zealand}}

• Liberal Government of New Zealand
• Reform Government of New Zealand
• United Government of New Zealand
• United-Reform coalition Government of New Zealand
• First Labour Government of New Zealand
• First National Government of New Zealand
• Second Labour Government of New Zealand
• Second National Government of New Zealand
• Third Labour Government of New Zealand
• Third National Government of New Zealand
• Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand
• Fourth National Government of New Zealand
• Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand
• Fifth National Government of New Zealand
• Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand
• Sixth National Government of New Zealand

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See List of New Zealand ministries.

For more on media of current politicians, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Content task force#Photos of Current Politicians.

{{New Zealand Parliaments}}

{{New Zealand elections}}

Current Political Parties.

{{New Zealand political parties}}

Parties no longer in existence. When working with parties, please refer to the page on colours and other meta attributes. And if you need to define a new party colour, there's a [http://www.december.com/html/spec/colorshades.html helpful page] that has a whole bunch of different shades. If you need a hand with that work (it's a bit complex), leave a call for help on the talk page.

{{Historic New Zealand political parties}}

Mayors in New Zealand – note that all fields needed have been created, but most is commented out, as we would otherwise have a sea of redlinks.

{{Mayors in New Zealand}}

• [http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/ New Zealand Acts As Enacted]

===Books===

• {{cite book|last= Bassett |first= Michael |authorlink=Michael Bassett |title= Three Party Politics in New Zealand 1911–1931 |year=1982 |publisher=Historical Publications |location=Auckland |isbn=0-86870-006-1 }}
• Boston, Jonathan, Stephen Levine, Elizabeth McLeay, and Nigel S. Roberts, eds. New Zealand Under MMP: A New Politics? Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1996.
• Boston, Jonathan, Stephen Levine, Elizabeth McLeay, and Nigel S. Roberts, eds. From Campaign to Coalition: New Zealand's First General Election Under Proportional Representation. Palmerston North: The Dunmore Press, 1997.
• {{cite book |last=Clifton |first=Jane |title=Political Animals: Confessions of a Parliamentary Zoologist |year=2005 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=Auckland |isbn=9780143019640 }}
• {{cite book |author-link1=Guyon Espiner |last1=Espiner |first1=Guyon |last2=Watkin |first2=Tim |title=The 9th Floor - Conversations with five New Zealand Prime Ministers |year=2017 |publisher=Bridget Williams Books |location=Wellington |isbn=9781988533223 }}
• {{cite book |last= Lipson |first= Leslie |title= The Politics of Equality: New Zealand’s Adventures in Democracy |accessdate= |edition= |origyear= 1948 |year= 2011 |publisher=Victoria University Press |location= Wellington |isbn= 978-0-86473-646-8 |oclc=}}
• Hayward, Janine, Greaves, Lara, & Timperley, Claire: Government and Politics in Aotearoa and New Zealand (2021) (7th ed.). Oxford University Press.
• McLeay, Elizabeth, ed. The 1990 General Election: Perspectives on Political Change in New Zealand. Wellington: Occasional Publication No.3, Department of Politics, Victoria University of Wellington, 1991.
• {{cite book|last=McRobie |first=Alan |authorlink= |title=New Zealand Electoral Atlas |year=1989 |publisher=GP Books |location=Wellington |isbn=0-477-01384-8}}
• {{cite book |last=Martin |first=John E. |title=The House: New Zealand's House of Representatives 1854-2004 |year=2004 |publisher=Dunmore Press |location=Palmerston North |isbn=9780864694638 }}
• {{cite book |last=Miller |first=Raymond |title=Party Politics in New Zealand |year=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Melbourne |isbn=9780195584134 }}
• {{cite book |first=Robert Stephen |last=Milne |title=Political Parties in New Zealand |place=Oxford, England |publisher=Clarendon Press |year=1966 |pages=299–303 }}
• {{cite book|last=Norton |first=Clifford |authorlink= |title=New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science |year=1988 |publisher=Victoria University of Wellington |location=Wellington |isbn=0-475-11200-8}}
• {{cite book |last=Palmer |first=Geoffrey |authorlink=Geoffrey Palmer (politician) |title=New Zealand's Constitution in Crisis |year=1992 |publisher=McIndoe |location=Dunedin |isbn=9780868681474 }}
• Siegfried, Andre. Democracy in New Zealand. Translated by E. V. Burns. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1982 [1914].
• {{cite book|last=Wilson |first=James Oakley |title=New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition=4th |origyear=First published in 1913 |year=1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location=Wellington |oclc=154283103}}
• {{cite book|last=Wolfe |first=Richard |title=Battlers Bluffers and Bully-boys: How New Zealand's Prime Ministers Have Shaped Our Nation |year=2005 |publisher=Random House, New Zealand |isbn=1-86941-715-1}}

• {{cite book |last=Bassett |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Bassett |title=The Third Labour Government: A personal history |year=1976 |publisher=Dunmore Press |location= |isbn=0-908564-35-X }}
• {{cite book |last=Bassett |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Bassett |title=Tomorrow Comes the Song: A life of Peter Fraser |year=2000 |publisher=Penguin |location=Auckland |isbn=0-14-029793-6 }}
• {{cite book |last=Bassett |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Bassett |title=Working with David: Inside the Lange Cabinet |year=2008 |publisher=Hodder Moa |location=Auckland |isbn=1-86971-094-0 }}
• {{cite book |first=Peter |last=Bates |title=Labour 40 years on : New Zealand Labour Party 1935-1975 |place=Wellington |publisher=INL Print |year=1975 |oclc=2543410 }}
• {{cite book |first=Bruce |last=Brown |title=The Rise of New Zealand Labour: A history of the New Zealand Labour Party |place=Wellington |publisher=Price Milburn |year=1962 |oclc=5464338 }}
• {{cite book |editor-last1=Clark |editor-first1=Margaret |editor-link=Margaret Clark (academic) |title=Peter Fraser: Master Politician |year=1998 |publisher=Dunmore Press |location=Palmerston North |isbn=9780864693235 }}
• {{cite book |editor-last1=Clark |editor-first1=Margaret |editor-link=Margaret Clark (academic) |title=Three Labour Leaders: Nordmeyer, Kirk and Rowling |year=2001 |publisher=Dunmore Press |location=Palmerston North |isbn=9780864693945 }}
• {{cite book |editor-last1=Clark |editor-first1=Margaret |editor-link=Margaret Clark (academic) |title=Lange and the Fourth Labour Government |year=2005 |publisher=Dunmore Press |location=Wellington |isbn=9781877399107 }}
• {{cite book |last= Cullen |first= Michael |authorlink=Michael Cullen (politician) |title= Labour Saving: A memoir |year=2021 |publisher=Allen and Unwin |location=Sydney, Auckland |isbn=978-1-98854-785-5 }}
• {{Cite book |first=Brian |last=Edwards |authorlink=Brian Edwards (broadcaster) |title=Helen: Portrait of A Prime Minister |place = Auckland, [N.Z.] |publisher=Exisle Publishing |year=2001 |isbn=0-908988-20-6 }}
• {{cite book |last1=Franks |first1=Peter |last2=McAloon |first2=Jim |title=Labour: The New Zealand Labour Party 1916-2016 |year=2016 |publisher=Victoria University Press |location=Wellington |isbn=978-1-77656-074-5 }}
• {{cite book |last=Freer |first=Warren |author-link=Warren Freer |title=A Lifetime in Politics: the memoirs of Warren Freer |year=2004 |publisher=Victoria University Press |location=Wellington |isbn=0-86473-478-6 }}
• {{cite book |last1=Garnier |first1=Tony |last2=Kohn |first2=Bruce |last3=Booth |first3=Pat |author-link3=Pat Booth (journalist) |title=The Hunter and the Hill : New Zealand politics in the Kirk years |year=1978 |location=Auckland |publisher=Cassell |oclc=5288883 }}
• {{cite book |last=Gee |first=David |title=Our Mabel |year=1977 |publisher=Millwood Press |location=Wellington |isbn=9780908582020 }}
• {{cite book |last=Gee |first=David |title=My Dear Girl: A biography of Elizabeth and James McCombs |year=1993 |publisher=Treehouse |location=Christchurch |isbn=0-473-02084-X }}
• {{cite book |last=Grant |first=David |title=The Mighty Totara: The life and times of Norman Kirk |year=2014 |publisher=Random House |location=Auckland |isbn=9781775535799 }}
• {{cite book |last=Grant |first=David |title=Anderton: His Life and Times |year=2022 |publisher=Te Herenga Waka University Press |location=Wellington |isbn=9781776920563 }}
• {{cite book |first=Barry |last=Gustafson |authorlink=Barry Gustafson |title=Labour's path to political independence: The Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900–19 |place=Auckland, New Zealand |publisher=Auckland University Press |year=1980 |isbn=0-19-647986-X}}
• {{cite book |first=Barry |last=Gustafson |authorlink=Barry Gustafson |title=From the Cradle to the Grave: A biography of Michael Joseph Savage |place=Auckland, New Zealand |publisher=Reed Methuen |year=1986 |isbn=0-474-00138-5 }}
• {{cite book |last=Hayward |first=Margaret |title=Diary of the Kirk Years |year=1981 |publisher=Reed/Cape Catley |location=Auckland/Christchurch |isbn=0-589-01350-5 }}
• {{cite book |last=Henderson |first=John |author-link= |title=Rowling: The Man and the Myth |year=1981 |publisher=Fraser Books |location=Christchurch |isbn=0-908620-03-9 }}
• {{cite book |last=Hobbs |first=Leslie |author-link= |title=The Thirty-Year Wonders |year=1967 |publisher=Whitcombe & Tombs |location=Christchurch |oclc=459718 }}
• {{cite book |last=Jamieson |first=Rosemary |author-link= |title=In Command: Minesweeper captain & Labour parliamentarian Phil Connolly |year=2009 |publisher=Steele Roberts |location=Wellington |isbn=978-1-877448-81-2 |oclc= }}
• {{cite book |last=Lange | first=David |author-link=David Lange | title=My Life | edition= | origyear= | year=2005 | publisher=Viking | location=Auckland | isbn=0-670-04556-X | oclc=}}
• {{cite book |last=Logan |first=Mary |author-link= |title=Nordy: Arnold Nordmeyer: A Political Biography |year=2008 |publisher=Steele Roberts |location=Wellington |isbn=978-1-877448-33-1 }}
• {{cite book |last=Mackenzie |first=Craig |title=Walter Nash, Pioneer and Prophet |publisher=Dunmore Press |year=1975 |oclc=2491395 }}
• {{cite book |first=P.J. |last=O'Farrell |authorlink = Patrick O'Farrell | title = Harry Holland: Militant Socialist |place=Canberra |publisher=Australian National University Press |year=1964 |oclc=5576697 }}
• {{cite book |last=Parussini |first=Peter |title=Believer: Conversations with Mike Moore |year=2020 |publisher=Upstart Press |location=Auckland |isbn=978-1-990003-04-2 }}
• {{cite book |last=Paul |first=J.T. |author-link=Tom Paul (politician) |title=Humanism in Politics; New Zealand Labour Party retrospect |year=1946 |publisher=NZ Working Printing & Publishing |location=Wellington |oclc=4362774 }}
• {{cite book |last= Phillips |first= Hazel |title= Wild Westie: the incredible life of Bob Harvey |year= 2014 |publisher=Penguin |location= Auckland |isbn=9780143569770 }}
• {{cite book |last=Pope |first=Margaret |authorlink= |title=At the turning point: my political life with David Lange |year=2011 |publisher=AM Publications |location=Auckland |isbn= 978 0 473 190255 }}
• {{cite book |last=Sinclair |first=Keith |author-link=Keith Sinclair |title=Walter Nash |year=1976 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Auckland |isbn=0-19-647949-5 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Thorn |first=James |authorlink=Jim Thorn |title=Peter Fraser: New Zealand's Wartime Prime Minister |year=1952 |publisher=Odhams Press |location= London }}
• {{cite book |last=Welch |first=Denis |title=Helen Clark: A Political Life |publisher=Penguin Books |location=Auckland |year=2009 |isbn=9780143202417 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=Margaret |authorlink=Margaret Wilson |title=Activism Feminism Politics and Parliament |year=2021 |publisher=Bridget Williams Books |location=Wellington |isbn=9781988587844 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=Margaret |authorlink=Margaret Wilson |title=Labour in government, 1984-1987 |year=1989 |publisher=Allen and Unwin/Port Nicholson Press |location=Wellington |isbn=9780046410490 }}
• {{cite book |last=Wishart |first=Ian |author-link=Ian Wishart (journalist) |title=Absolute Power: the Helen Clark years |location=Auckland |year=2008 |isbn=978-0958240130 }}

• {{cite book |last=Belshaw |first=Sheila M. |title=Man of Integrity: A Biography of Sir Clifton Webb |year=1979 |publisher=Dunmore Press |location=Palmerston North |isbn=0908564414 }}
• {{cite book |last=Bolger |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Bolger |title=Bolger: A View from the Top |year=1998 |publisher=Viking |location=Auckland |isbn=0-670-88369-7 }}
• {{cite book |last=Bridges |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Bridges |title=National Identity: Confessions of an Outsider |year=2021 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=Auckland |isbn=9781775541967 }}
• {{cite book |editor-last1=Clark |editor-first1=Margaret |editor-link=Margaret Clark (academic) |title=Keith Holyoake: Towards a Political Biography |year=1997 |publisher=Dunmore Press |location=Palmerston North |isbn=9780864692917 }}
• {{cite book |editor-last1=Clark |editor-first1=Margaret |editor-link=Margaret Clark (academic) |title=Holyoake's Lieutenants |year=2003 |publisher=Dunmore Press |location=Palmerston North |isbn=9780864694362 }}
• {{cite book |editor-last1=Clark |editor-first1=Margaret |editor-link=Margaret Clark (academic) |title=Muldoon Revisited |year=2004 |publisher=Dunmore Press |location=Palmerston North |isbn=9780864694652 }}
• {{cite book |editor-last1=Clark |editor-first1=Margaret |editor-link=Margaret Clark (academic) |title=The Bolger Years: 1990–1907 |year=2008 |publisher=Dunmore Press |location=Wellington |isbn=9781877399336 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Collins |first=Judith |authorlink=Judith Collins |title=Pull no punches : memoir of a political survivor |location=Auckland |publisher=Allen & Unwin |year=2020 |isbn=9781988547510 }}
• {{cite book |last=Doughty |first=Ross A. |title=The Holyoake Years |year=1977 |publisher= |location=Fielding |isbn= |oclc=4464822 }}
• {{cite book |last=Finlayson |first=Chris |authorlink=Chris Finlayson |title=Yes, Minister: An Insider’s Account of the John Key Years |year=2022 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location= |isbn=9781991006103 }}
• {{cite book |last=Gustafson |first=Barry |authorlink=Barry Gustafson |title=The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party |year=1986 |publisher=Reed Methuen |location=Auckland |isbn=0-474-00177-6}}
• {{cite book |last=Gustafson |first=Barry |authorlink=Barry Gustafson |title=His Way: A Biography of Robert Muldoon |year=2002 |publisher=Auckland University Press |location=Auckland |isbn=978-1-86940-236-5}}
• {{cite book |last=Gustafson |first=Barry |authorlink=Barry Gustafson |title=Kiwi Keith: A Biography of Keith Holyoake |year=2008 |publisher=Auckland University Press |location=Auckland |isbn=978-1-86940-400-0}}
• {{cite book |last=James |first=Colin |authorlink=Colin James (journalist) |title=National at 80 : the story of the New Zealand National Party |year=2016 |publisher=Bateman |isbn=9781869539818 |oclc=1015320124 }}
• {{cite book |ref={{sfnRef|Bob Jones|1997}}|first=Bob|last=Jones|authorlink=Bob Jones (businessman)|title=Memories of Muldoon|location=Christchurch|publisher=Canterbury University Press|isbn=0-908812-69-8|year=1997}}
• {{Cite book |last=Goldsmith |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Goldsmith (politician) |title=Brash: A Biography |year=2005 |publisher=Penguin |location=Auckland |isbn=0-14-301967-8 }}
• {{cite book |last=Marshall |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Marshall |title=John Marshall Memoirs Volume One: 1912–1960 |year=1983 |publisher=Collins |location=Auckland |isbn=978-0-00-217202-8 |oclc= }}
• {{cite book |last=Marshall |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Marshall |title=John Marshall Memoirs Volume Two: 1960–1988 |year=1989 |publisher=Collins |location=Auckland |isbn=1-86950-003-2 |oclc= }}
• {{cite book |last=Muldoon |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Muldoon |title=The Rise and Fall of a Young Turk |date=1974 |location=Wellington |publisher=Reed |isbn=978-0589008734}}
• {{cite book |last=Muldoon |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Muldoon |title=Muldoon: by Muldoon |year=1977 |publisher=Reed |location=Auckland |isbn=0-589-01087-5 }}
• {{cite book |last=Muldoon |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Muldoon |title=My Way |year=1981 |publisher=Reed |location=Auckland |isbn=0-589-01385-8 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Tattersfield |first=Brad |title=Bill Birch: Minister of Everything |publisher=Mary Egan Publishing |year=2020 |isbn=9780473501976 }}
• {{cite book |last=Templeton |first=Hugh |authorlink=Hugh Templeton |title=All Honourable Men: Inside the Muldoon Cabinet 1975–1984 |year=1995 |publisher=Auckland University Press |location=Auckland |isbn=1-86940-128-X}}
• {{cite book |last=Vance |first=Andrea |title=Blue Blood : The Inside Story of the National Party in Crisis |year=2022 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=9781775542155 }}
• {{cite book |last=Watts |first=Gwen |title=A Husband in the House |year=1969 |publisher=Whitcombe and Tombs |location=Christchurch |oclc=100303 }}
• {{cite book|last=Zavos |first=Spiro |authorlink=Spiro Zavos |title=The Real Muldoon |location=Wellington |year=1978 |publisher=Fourth Estate Books |oclc=5288861 }}

• {{cite book |last=Bassett |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Bassett |title=Sir Joseph Ward: A Political Biography |edition= |origyear= |year=1993 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Auckland |isbn=1-86940-079-8 |oclc= }}
• {{Cite book |last=Brooking| first=Tom | title=Richard Seddon: King of God's Own| publisher=Penguin| year=2014| location=Auckland|isbn=9780143569671}}
• {{Cite book |last=Burdon| first=Randal Mathews | authorlink=Randal Mathews Burdon | title=King Dick: A Biography of Richard John Seddon| publisher=Whitcombe and Tombs| year=1955| location=Christchurch|isbn=}}
• {{cite book |first = Frederick G. |last = Hall-Jones |authorlink = Fred Hall-Jones |title = Sir William Hall-Jones, The Last of the Old Liberals |place = Invercargill |publisher = Hall-Jones and Sons |year = 1969}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hamer |first=David A. |author-link=D. A. Hamer |title=The New Zealand Liberals: The Years of Power, 1891–1912 |year=1988 |place=Auckland |publisher=Auckland University Press |isbn=1 86940 014 3 |oclc=18420103 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/newzealandlibera0000hame }}
• {{cite book |last=Loughnan |first=Robert Andrew |year=1929 |title=The Remarkable Life Story of Sir Joseph Ward: 40 Years a Liberal |url= http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=3VtsGQAACAAJ |location= |publisher=New Century Press |authorlink=Robert Loughnan |isbn=}}
• {{cite book |last=McIvor |first=Timothy |author-link= |title=The Rainmaker: A Biography of John Ballance |edition= |origyear= |year=1989 |publisher=Reed |location=Auckland |isbn=0-7900-0024-5 |oclc= }}
• {{cite book | last=Seddon | first=T.E.Y. | authorlink=Tom Seddon | title=The Seddons, An Autobiography| publisher=Collins|location=Auckland, London| year=1968}}
• {{cite book |last=Sinclair |first=Keith |author-link=Keith Sinclair |title=William Pember Reeves: New Zealand Fabian |year=1965 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Auckland |isbn= |oclc= }}
• {{cite book |last=Sinclair |first=Keith |author-link=Keith Sinclair |title=The Liberal Government, 1891–1912: First Steps Towards a Welfare State |year=1967 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Auckland |isbn= |oclc= }}

• {{cite book |last=Bassett |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Bassett |title=Coates of Kaipara |edition= |origyear= |year=1995 |publisher=Auckland University Press |location=Auckland |isbn=1-86940-117-4 |oclc= }}
• {{cite book |first = William Downie |last = Stewart | authorlink= William Downie Stewart Jr|title = The Right Honourable Sir Francis H.D. Bell, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C. : his life and times |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher=Butterworth |year = 1937}}
• {{cite book |first = Bruce |last = Farland |title = Farmer Bill: William Ferguson Massey & the Reform Party |place = Wellington |publisher = First Edition Publishers. |year = 2009}}
• {{cite book |first = Bruce |last = Farland |title = Coates' tale: war hero, politician, statesman, Joseph Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925–1928 |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = B. Farland |year = 1995 |isbn = 0-473-03182-5}}
• {{cite book |first = Guy H. |last = Scholefield |title = The Right Honourable William Ferguson Massey, M.P., P.C., Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1912–1925: a personal biography |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Harry H. Tombs |year = 1925}}
• Watson, James, and Lachy Paterson, eds. A Great New Zealand Prime Minister? Reappraising William Ferguson Massey (2010), essays by scholars

• {{cite book |last=Browning |first=Clare |title=Beyond today : a Values story |location=Wellington |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-47320-955-1 }}
• {{cite book |last=Chamberlain |first=Jenny |title=Constant radical : the life and times of Sue Bradford |location=Masterton, New Zealand |publisher=Fraser Books |year=2017 |isbn=9780994136008 }}
• {{cite book |last=Hughes |first=Gareth |author-link=Gareth Hughes (politician) |title=A gentle radical : The life of Jeanette Fitzsimons |location=Auckland |publisher=Allen & Unwin |year=2022 |isbn=9781988547831 }}

• {{cite book |last=Hames |first=Martin |title=Winston First: The Unauthorised Account of Winston Peters' Career |location=Auckland |publisher=Random House |year=1995 |isbn=1869412575 }}
• {{cite book |last=Wishart |first=Ian |author-link=Ian Wishart (journalist) |title=Winston: the story of a political phenomena |location=Auckland |year=2014 |isbn=978-0994106414 }}

====Social Credit====

• {{cite book|last=Bryant |first=George |author-link=George Bryant (New Zealand politician) |title=Beetham |location= Palmerston North |year=1981 |publisher=The Dunmore Press |isbn= 0-908564-73-2}}
• {{cite book|last=Sheppard |first=Michael |title=Social Credit Inside and Out |location=Dunedin |year=1981 |publisher=Caveman Publications |isbn=0-908562-56-X }}
• {{cite book|last=Zavos |first=Spiro |authorlink=Spiro Zavos |title=Crusade: Social Credit's drive for power |location=Lower Hutt |year=1981 |publisher=INL Print |isbn=0-86464-025-0 }}

• Boston, Jonathan, Stephen Church, and Hilary Pearse. "Explaining the Demise of the National-New Zealand First Coalition." Australian Journal of Political Science 39, no. 3 (2004): 585-603.
• James, Colin. "Comment: Ten Prime Ministers." Political Science 56, no. 2 (2004): 5–10.

A number of other countries have similar articles to which we can compare to.

• Australia – articles such as First Howard Ministry list Cabinet ministers etc., but have little else. There is substantial information on the actual policies etc. at John Howard#Prime Minister.
• United States of America – substantial articles such as George W. Bush's first term as President of the United States. Major outlay of policy, election, scandals, responses to international events.
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – No article equivalent, instead major detail on each PMs page (see Tony Blair for instance) and a separate list of ministers (see Blair Ministry for instance).

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