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  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
September 17, 2020 at 7:27 AM

One month to go

Kia ora John, In just 30 days’ time, New Zealanders all across the country will decide who they want to see leading our country through the next three years. It’s fair to say this has been no ordinary election year – but I’m so proud of where we’ve got to together, and most recently, of our…
  Labour Campaign HQ · [email protected]
September 16, 2020 at 5:50 AM

Brand new Labour merch available!

  Kia ora John, PRE-ORDERS ARE NOW OPEN! We’re excited to launch our latest campaign merch.     PRE-ORDER TODAY       PRE-ORDER TODAY   We’ll be placing your order with our suppliers at the end of this week, so expect you…
  Jacinda Ardern · [email protected]
September 12, 2020 at 9:26 AM

Today's announcements

  Hello John,  I’ve made no secret of the fact that I want New Zealand to be the best place in the world to be a child. It’s an aspiration I’ve held for a long time. It’s one of the reasons I entered politics back in 2008, and it’s why from day one, our Government has worked hard …
  Labour Campaign Team · [email protected]
September 10, 2020 at 8:29 AM

Income tax checker

  Kia ora John, Did you see the tax policy we announced yesterday? In case you missed it, to accompany the launch, we created a simple tool to help people find out if they’ll be affected by the income tax changes we’ll make if we’re re-elected in October. Click the link below to us…
  Labour Campaigns Team · [email protected]
September 7, 2020 at 9:44 AM

Announcement:

  Kia ora John, After pausing our election activities due to the re-emergence of COVID-19, today, we officially kicked our 2020 campaign back off with a uniquely New Zealand announcement.On her first day back on the road, Jacinda Ardern pledged that if re-elected this October, Labo…
  Jacinda Ardern · [email protected]
September 4, 2020 at 8:32 AM

Alert Level update

  Kia ora John, Today, I announced that New Zealand will remain at its current COVID-19 Alert Level settings until our next review on Monday 14 September. Sadly, today, New Zealand also experienced our 23rd death from COVID-19. This is an awful loss and serves as a stark reminder …
  Jacinda Ardern · [email protected]
August 15, 2020 at 5:14 AM

Update: COVID-19 Alert Levels

  Kia ora John, Yesterday I announced that, as we continue to go hard to stamp out COVID-19, Auckland will stay at Alert Level 3 for a further 12 days, while the rest of New Zealand will remain at Alert Level 2. We will review these settings on Friday, to check our progress. We do…
  Jacinda Ardern · [email protected]
August 8, 2020 at 9:05 AM

Our 2020 Campaign Launch

  Kia ora John, Today we officially launched Labour’s 2020 Campaign in Auckland’s Town Hall, and I’m really excited about what we can achieve together over the next six weeks. Anyone who’s ever been in a room full of Labour supporters will tell you that the energy and enthusiasm is…
  Labour Campaign HQ · [email protected]
August 8, 2020 at 1:08 AM

WATCH LIVE: Our 2020 Campaign Launch

  Yesterday I delivered the Leader’s Address at Labour’s Congress. It is the first time I’ve been privileged enough to do this as Labour Leader, and, given the global context of COVID-19, my speech - and the announcements made - were a bit different to what would normally be expect…
  Labour Campaign HQ · [email protected]
August 6, 2020 at 6:31 AM

Join Jacinda this Saturday!

  Hi John, We’re officially launching our 2020 campaign this Saturday in Auckland, where Jacinda will be delivering her first campaign speech to our people-powered movement!  For those who can’t make it - we’ll be livestreaming the whole thing so you can watch her speech as it happ…
  Grace Brennan, Labour · [email protected]
August 5, 2020 at 8:16 AM

Wow.

  Hello John,  Thank you, you guys are incredible! Yesterday was the anniversary of the launch of Labour’s 2017 campaign slogan, and to mark this moment I set our supporters a bit of a fundraising challenge. I asked if you could dig deep and help us raise $11,300 - the amount suppo…
  Grace Brennan, Labour · [email protected]
August 4, 2020 at 9:24 AM

Let’s do this

  Hello John,  Three years ago today, Jacinda Ardern unveiled our 2017 election slogan: Let’s do this. With those three words, Labour promised to bring positive change to New Zealand, and thanks to the supporters who campaigned their hearts out to help us form a Government, we have…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
August 4, 2020 at 5:08 AM

Fwd: You’re invited: Campaign launch with Jacinda

  Hello John, I’m sending you a quick email to make sure you received your invitation to Labour’s 2020 Campaign Launch with Jacinda in Auckland this Saturday? John, it’s going to be a great event, with Jacinda delivering her first speech of the 2020 election campaign. Tickets are f…
  Jacinda Ardern · [email protected]
August 1, 2020 at 4:28 AM

Three years ago today

  John,  Three years ago today, I became the Leader of the Labour Party, and life changed pretty dramatically. Overnight, I went from being an opposition MP to preparing for televised debates, and from representing my wonderful electorate of Mount Albert to being privileged enough …
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
July 30, 2020 at 7:32 AM

53%

  John - did you see the new poll out tonight? Tonight's 1 News Colmar Brunton poll showed exactly what we’d hope: that we’re tracking in the right direction, with our vote share increasing to 53%, and National’s falling to 32%. But as TVNZ political editor Jessica Mutch McKay said…
  Labour Campaigns Team · [email protected]
July 29, 2020 at 2:58 AM

Labour's 2020 campaign launch!

  Kia ora John, Next weekend we’re officially launching Labour’s 2020 Campaign! This is a big moment and is an awesome opportunity for our supporters, members and volunteers to come together to keep building our campaign momentum, so we can keep New Zealand moving. Join Jacinda Ard…
  Labour Campaigns Team · [email protected]
July 26, 2020 at 4:43 AM

Watch: Message from Jacinda

  Kia ora John,Earlier this month, Labour volunteers came together after one of our first big campaign moments - our 2020 Congress. After Jacinda’s Leader’s Address, volunteers got together for a nation-wide day of action where we got on the phones and the doors to connect with vot…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
July 22, 2020 at 8:18 AM

Have you seen them?

  Hello John,  Hopefully, this week you'll have noticed our election hoardings popping up and delivering our people-powered message to communities across the country.  Thanks to the incredible generosity of people like you, we've raised over $78,000 so far - meaning we’ve covered t…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
July 19, 2020 at 6:43 AM

Campaign Update: Two months to go

  John,  A few months back, when I shared Labour’s campaign strategy - Our Plan to Win - I set out the three things we needed to do to get re-elected in September: run a positive and uplifting campaign, grow our grassroots movement across New Zealand, and raise enough money to comp…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
July 12, 2020 at 4:50 AM

Hoardings: Update

  John, Last week I emailed you asking if you’d help us boost the number of hoardings within your community this election, by chipping in and sponsoring one. A staggering 952 of you have already sponsored one (or more!), and that means there’ll be thousands more Labour hoardings ac…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
July 9, 2020 at 8:45 AM

Hoardings

  Hi John,One of the first stages of any election campaign is the putting up of hoardings. These billboards are put up in local communities to highlight our candidates and provide what election strategists call ‘layering’ of our message. The key to this layering being successful is…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
July 6, 2020 at 9:46 AM

Yesterday

  Yesterday I delivered the Leader’s Address at Labour’s Congress. It is the first time I’ve been privileged enough to do this as Labour Leader, and, given the global context of COVID-19, my speech - and the announcements made - were a bit different to what would normally be expect…
  Labour Campaigns Team · [email protected]
July 5, 2020 at 1:40 AM

LIVE: Jacinda's speech

  Hi John,  Jacinda has just gone on stage to deliver her 2020 Congress speech. Jacinda will be in touch later today with more details of her announcements, but for now, you can: Click here to watch her speech live Click here to read her speech Thanks for everything you do, Labour …
  Labour Campaign HQ · [email protected]
July 4, 2020 at 7:16 AM

Get your 2020 campaign t-shirt now

  Hello John, This morning, Jacinda launched our 2020 slogan - ‘Let’s Keep Moving’ - our rallying call for September’s election. We’re really excited about using it over the next 77 days, and, with your support, making it a reality for the next three years! To celebrate this import…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
July 3, 2020 at 11:05 PM

I wanted you to know first:

  Kia ora John,I’ve got an exciting campaign update that I wanted to share with our Labour members, volunteers and supporters before anyone else.  Almost 3 years ago now, we said ‘Let’s do this’, and together, we did. Now, for 2020, we’ve got a new rallying call: watch this video t…
  Labour Campaigns Team · [email protected]
July 3, 2020 at 7:03 AM

Don't miss Jacinda's speech

  Hi John,  This Sunday, Jacinda will deliver her Leader’s Address at the Labour Party Congress in Wellington, where she’ll be making some important announcements. Do you want to be one of the first to hear the details of her speech?  Sign up here and we’ll send it straight to your…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
July 1, 2020 at 8:08 AM

Phenomenal

  Hi John,Last month, Jacinda and I both reached out to ask for your help to re-start our 2020 Campaign. It was our first full month back in campaign mode and I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who got behind us!The generosity, messages of encouragement and the many pe…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 6:09 AM

Budget update

  Hi John, I hope you had a good weekend. I just wanted to check in following my email on Friday with a bit of an update. Your response has been nothing short of amazing! With the money we’ve raised over the last few days, I’ve been able to instruct our digital team to increase the…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 2:35 AM

Did you see the 6 o'clock news?

  Hello John,Last night a new poll was released by TVNZ. And while it showed that if their numbers were repeated on Election Day, Labour could still form a government alone, the gap with National has closed a lot. Will you donate to our election campaign and help us cement - and th…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
June 22, 2020 at 5:10 AM

Hayden gave me an update

  Hey there John, I caught up with Hayden to get an update on how the campaign is going since we restarted last month. He let me know how many of you had contributed to our 2020 campaign fund, and how much of a difference it’s going to make to our campaign to secure a second term f…
  Labour Campaigns Team · [email protected]
June 20, 2020 at 12:48 AM

Tell us why

  Hey John,  Are you voting Labour this year? If so, we’d like to know why - will you take our 2-minute survey?   I'm voting Labour - I'll tell you why   I'm not voting Labour   We're keen to share stories of why people are planning to vote Labour this election on…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
June 11, 2020 at 6:30 AM

100 days to go

  Hello John, Today marks 100 days until people across New Zealand get to decide who they want to see leading our country through the next three years.  We’ve always believed that putting people and our shared futures at the heart of everything we do is the only way to run a Govern…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
June 9, 2020 at 8:02 AM

Just a quick message

  Hi John - just a quick message. This past week, I’ve been emailing you about the extra funding our Opposition received through the Electoral Commission’s 2020 broadcasting allocations. I reached out to our grassroots movement and asked for your help to make up the difference so w…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
June 8, 2020 at 8:03 AM

Two bits of good news

Good evening John,There are two pieces of good news that I’m happy to be able to share with you today. First, there are now no active cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. Second, we announced today that as of midnight tonight, New Zealand will move down from Alert Level 2 to Alert Lev…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
June 7, 2020 at 3:18 AM

Fwd: $82,915 (I’ve just looked at the numbers...)

  John, did you see my last email? I’ve got an exciting update! In just 48 hours, because of people like you donating to Labour, we’re nearly two-thirds of the way to making up the $82,915 broadcasting allocation advantage National was given last week! So far, the response has been…
  Labour Campaigns Team · [email protected]
June 5, 2020 at 6:33 AM

For our people and our planet 🌏

  Kia ora John,We know the health and wellbeing of our people and our economy relies on a healthy environment. As we start to move into a new, safer normal here in New Zealand, we’re determined to use this moment to reflect on how we can do things a bit differently, especially when…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
June 4, 2020 at 8:10 AM

$82,915

  The National Party has been allocated an $82,915 advantage. Will you help us make up the difference by donating to Labour today?Hi John, Last Friday, the Electoral Commission announced the broadcasting allocations for the 2020 Election, and the news wasn’t good: National received…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
May 28, 2020 at 6:28 AM

A small challenge

  Kia ora John,  In my last message, I said to expect to hear a bit more from me and the team as we begin to restart our campaign for this year’s general election - so hello again! I know it’s only been a few days, but today marks a significant milestone in the run-up to the 2020 e…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
May 25, 2020 at 5:58 AM

Labour Campaign update

  We’re restarting our 2020 election campaign today. Will you donate now and help us re-elect Jacinda and the Labour team? Click here to donate. Hi John, A lot has happened since I was last in touch with you about Labour’s campaign strategy. During Alert Levels Four and Three we ma…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
May 24, 2020 at 6:49 AM

Thank you

  Kia ora John,I’m going to keep this email brief, as I’m aware the last few that I’ve sent have been pretty information heavy.  I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you and acknowledge the incredible job you’ve all done to stay home, break the chain of transmission and save…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
May 13, 2020 at 9:58 AM

Tomorrow

Kia ora John,  When we wake up tomorrow, the country will be at COVID-19 Alert Level 2. As we start the day, we’ll see a lot more of our country getting back to work. Shops, cafes, restaurants, and playgrounds will all be open once again, and we’ll be able to see friends and famil…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
April 27, 2020 at 8:10 AM

Tomorrow

Kia ora John,When you wake up tomorrow (Tuesday 28 April), New Zealand will officially be at COVID-19 Alert Level 3. Because of the extraordinary sacrifices New Zealanders have made to this point, we’ve managed to get on top of COVID-19, and countless lives have been saved.We shou…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
April 20, 2020 at 8:42 AM

Update: COVID-19 Alert Level

Kia ora John,  When faced with the threat of COVID-19 spreading across New Zealand, we believed that decisive action - going hard and going early - would give us the very best chance to stamp out the virus. And the evidence shows it’s working.So far, thanks to our collective effor…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
April 9, 2020 at 8:42 AM

COVID-19: Alert Level 4 update

Kia ora John,  As we reach the halfway point of our country’s lockdown, I wanted to send a quick message to you all to say thank you. Thank you for staying in your homes. Thank you for sticking to your bubbles. And thank you for helping us to save lives. I also wanted to update y…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
March 25, 2020 at 8:41 AM

At 11.59 pm tonight we will go into self-isolation

Kia ora John,At 11.59 pm tonight, New Zealand will move to the highest COVID-19 Alert Level of 4, and as a nation, we’ll go into self-isolation. The reason we’re doing this is simple: It will save lives.It’s likely that COVID-19 has already started to pass from person to person in …
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
March 18, 2020 at 3:15 AM

Update: COVID-19

  Kia ora John,After a week of major announcements regarding COVID-19, I wanted to send an email to update you all on the wide-ranging actions this Government has taken to further protect the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders and slow the virus in New Zealand. As a warning, i…
  Hayden Munro, Labour Party · [email protected]
March 5, 2020 at 4:20 AM

Our 2020 campaign strategy

Hi John, Normally in political campaigns, election strategies are a tightly guarded secret. But ours is different. We’re committed to running a winning, positive and open campaign that’s powered by our grassroots supporters. That’s why I asked you to help me finalise Our Plan to …
  Labour Campaigns Team · [email protected]
March 3, 2020 at 4:01 AM

Will 200 of you do this?

Hey John, there are just 200 days to go until the 2020 election! That means we have 200 days to recruit and train thousands of volunteers, get our message of progress in front of as many voters as possible and run a positive, uplifting campaign in line with our shared Labour valu…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
February 25, 2020 at 6:46 AM

What the latest stats show

Hi John,  This is going to be a long email, so I want to put the news right up top: Today, Stats NZ released the latest child poverty figures — and these figures show our work to reduce child poverty is making a difference. More than 18,000 children have been lifted out of pover…
  Jacinda Ardern, Labour · [email protected]
February 20, 2020 at 5:24 AM

Social justice

Hi John, Today is the World Day of Social Justice, and this year’s theme is about closing the inequalities gap - a subject I know is important to many of us within our movement. I want to take a few moments today to reflect on the work we’ve done in Government to close this gap h…