The New Zealand Socialist Party was founded in 1901, promoting the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The group, despite being relatively moderate when compared with many other socialists, met with little tangible success, but it nevertheless had considerable impact on the development of New Zealand socialism. It was one of the parties that united in 1916 to form the New Zealand Labour Party. Current Labour Party logo The New Zealand Labour Party formed as a political party in 1916, bringing together socialist groups advocating proportional representation and the Recall of Members of Parliament, as well as the nationalisation of production and of exchange. ...
The party was founded by members of the 'Clarionettes', a group of about 190 English Socialist immigrants recruited through William Ranstead's weekly publication. The original goal was to establish a socialist colony, though the colony was never organized. The Wellington branch of the party was founded on 28 July 1901, and the Christchurch branch in January 1902. Some of the most prominent leaders of the party were Frederick Cooke, E. J. Howard, and Tom Mann. By 1903, Robert Hogg was publishing a party journal called the "Commonweal" in Wellington. Membership had increased to 3,000 by April 1908.
A different group, the Socialist Party of New Zealand, was founded in 1930 and became the World Socialist Party (New Zealand). The World Socialist Party of New Zealand is a political party in New Zealand. ...
Peter Fraser (1884-1950) was a prominent socialist and Labour party politician of NewZealand.
Both NewZealand and Australia came to realize that the strategic and military role of the United States was as crucial in their area as it had been in Europe; and both accepted the challenge to participate in bringing about an improved postwar pattern in the Pacific.
John A. Lee, a notable socialist within the Party, vehemently disapproved of the party's perceived drift towards the political centre, and strongly criticised Savage and Fraser.
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