Princes Street Labour is a branch of the New Zealand Labour Party in Auckland. Founded on 1 March 1960, the Auckland Central University branch is one of the University's oldest clubs. It ran regular talks, lectures, and debates. This was a live event organised by the Princes Street branch, and recorded by Professor Robert Chapman from the Department of Political Studies.

  • 1Dr Michael Bassett Dr Michael Bassett, candidate for North Shore, talks about the effectiveness of the campaign there, the issues, cost of living, Vietnam, the Harbour Bridge, the effect of the local newspaper and the North Shore as an affluent electorate.

    • Start 0 : 00 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 17 : 45
    • Duration 17 : 45
    Speakers
    • Michael Bassett (Candidate, North Shore, Labour Party)
    Locations
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2Jonathan Hunt Jonathan Hunt, MP, New Lynn, talks about being in a safe seat; analysis of the parties voting patterns and booths and the issues.

    • Start 0 : 17 : 45
    • Finish 0 : 29 : 05
    • Duration 11 : 20
    Speakers
    • Jonathan Coleman MP (Labour Party, New Lynn)
    Locations
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 3Colin Moyle Colin Moyle, MP, Manukau, talks about his electorate, Social Credit's rise; National's drop and an analysis of booths; and that the reasons for their poor results were poor candidates and organisation.

    • Start 0 : 29 : 05
    • Finish 0 : 36 : 12
    • Duration 07 : 07
    Speakers
    • Colin Moyle MP (Labour Party, Manukau)
    Locations
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 4Phil Amos Phil Amos MP, Manurewa, talks about the factors influencing the result, his opponent farmers; Pacific Island non - vote; vote analysis; special votes.

    • Start 0 : 36 : 12
    • Finish 0 : 39 : 53
    • Duration 03 : 41
    Speakers
    • Phil Amos MP (Labour Party, Manurewa)
    Locations
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 5Norman Douglas Norman Douglas, MP, Auckland Central talks about the difficulty of contacting people and voting

    • Start 0 : 39 : 53
    • Finish 0 : 43 : 22
    • Duration 03 : 29
    Speakers
    • Norman Douglas MP (Labour Party, Auckland Central)
    Locations
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 6Chris Pickett Chris Pickett, candidate for Rodney talks about; support for Social Credit is support for right-wing politics.

    • Start 0 : 43 : 22
    • Finish 0 : 45 : 19
    • Duration 01 : 57
    Speakers
    • Chris Pickett (Candidate, Labour Party, Rodney)
    Locations
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 7Labour's Election Results Professor Chapman discusses Labour's election results; where it did well; reasons for Labour's failure; persuading people to go and vote; leadership policy; organisation; the threat of Social credit.

    • Start 0 : 45 : 19
    • Finish 1 : 27 : 54
    • Duration 42 : 35
    Speakers
    • Professor Robert Chapman (Department of Political Studies, The University of Auckland)
    Locations
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 8Norman Douglas' response to Professor Chapman and questions from the floor.

    • Start 1 : 27 : 54
    • Finish 2 : 08 : 27
    • Duration 40 : 33
    Speakers
    • Norman Douglas MP (Labour Party, Auckland Central)
    Locations
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Analysis of 1966 Election
Date Broadcast
  • December 1966
Duration
  • 128:58
Episode
  • 1
Channel
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcaster
  • The University of Auckland Library
Programme Description
  • Princes Street Labour is a branch of the New Zealand Labour Party in Auckland. Founded on 1 March 1960, the Auckland Central University branch is one of the University's oldest clubs. It ran regular talks, lectures, and debates. This was a live event organised by the Princes Street branch, and recorded by Professor Robert Chapman from the Department of Political Studies.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Radio
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Politics
Speakers
  • Chris Pickett (Candidate, Labour Party, Rodney)
  • Colin Moyle MP (Labour Party, Manukau)
  • Jonathan Coleman MP (Labour Party, New Lynn)
  • Michael Bassett (Candidate, North Shore, Labour Party)
  • Norman Douglas MP (Labour Party, Auckland Central)
  • Phil Amos MP (Labour Party, Manurewa)
  • Professor Robert Chapman (Department of Political Studies, The University of Auckland)
Locations
  • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
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