33rd High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2023
Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern Chris Hipkins Christopher Luxon
Preceded by
Bede Corry
2nd Mayor of Auckland
In office 1 November 2016 – 8 October 2022
Deputy
Bill Cashmore
Preceded by
Len Brown
Succeeded by
Wayne Brown
32nd Leader of the Opposition
In office 19 November 2008 – 13 December 2011
Prime Minister
John Key
Deputy
Annette King
Preceded by
John Key
Succeeded by
David Shearer
13th Leader of the Labour Party
In office 11 November 2008 – 13 December 2011
Deputy
Annette King
Preceded by
Helen Clark
Succeeded by
David Shearer
35th Minister of Defence
In office 19 October 2005 – 19 November 2008
Prime Minister
Helen Clark
Preceded by
Mark Burton
Succeeded by
Wayne Mapp
25th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 10 December 1999 – 19 October 2005
Prime Minister
Helen Clark
Preceded by
Don McKinnon
Succeeded by
Winston Peters
43rd Minister of Justice
In office 10 December 1999 – 19 October 2005
Prime Minister
Helen Clark
Preceded by
Tony Ryall
Succeeded by
Mark Burton
37th Minister of Education
In office 14 August 1989 – 2 November 1990
Prime Minister
Geoffrey Palmer Mike Moore
Preceded by
Geoffrey Palmer
Succeeded by
Lockwood Smith
9th Minister of Employment
In office 6 April 1987 – 14 August 1989
Prime Minister
David Lange
Preceded by
Kerry Burke
Succeeded by
Annette King
14th Minister of Housing
In office 26 July 1984 – 26 August 1987
Prime Minister
David Lange
Preceded by
Tony Friedlander
Succeeded by
Helen Clark
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
In office 6 November 1993 – 12 October 2016
Preceded by
Gilbert Myles
Succeeded by
Michael Wood
Constituency
Roskill (1993-96) New Lynn (1996-99) Mount Roskill (1999-2016)
In office 28 November 1981 – 27 October 1990
Preceded by
Arthur Faulkner
Succeeded by
Gilbert Myles
Constituency
Roskill
Personal details
Born
Philip Bruce Goff
(1953-06-22) 22 June 1953 (age 71) Auckland, New Zealand
Political party
Labour
Spouse
Mary Ellen Goff
(m. 1979)
Children
3
Residence(s)
London, United Kingdom
Profession
Lecturer
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Philip Bruce GoffCNZM[1] (born 22 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician and diplomat. He currently serves as High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom since 2023. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2016. He served as leader of the Labour Party and leader of the Opposition between 11 November 2008 and 13 December 2011.
During the Fifth Labour Government, in office from 1999 to 2008, Goff was a senior minister in a number of portfolios, including Minister of Justice, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Minister of Defence, and Associate Minister of Finance.[2]
Goff was elected mayor of Auckland in 2016, and served two terms, before retiring in 2022.
^Gower, Patrick (12 November 2008). "A Labour of love for new leader Phil Goff". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
^"Ministerial List for Announcement on 31 October 2007" (Press release). New Zealand Government. 31 October 2007. Archived from the original (DOC) on 1 October 2008.
Philip Bruce Goff CNZM (born 22 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician and diplomat. He currently serves as High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United...
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position, and PhilGoff won with 49% of the vote, against Victoria Crone, John Palino, and Chlöe Swarbrick. In the 2019 mayoral election, Goff won re-election...
social-democratic roots, while those on the right-wing of Labour (such as Goff) were intent on retaining the deregulation and free trade policies of the...
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John Key of the National Party, and as leader of the Labour Party by PhilGoff. Clark resigned from Parliament in April 2009 to become the first female...
on 8 October, as part of the 2016 Auckland local government elections. PhilGoff was elected. Len Brown, previously the Mayor of Manukau City, was elected...
seats short of holding a majority. The opposing Labour Party, led by PhilGoff, lost ground winning 27.5% of the vote and 34 seats, while the Green Party...
November 2008 to choose the twelfth Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. PhilGoff, who had served continuously as an MP since the 1993 election, unanimously...
November 2008 election, Helen Clark stood down as leader of the party – PhilGoff succeeded her (serving from 2008–2011). Labour had a relatively high turnover...
cabinet minister in New Zealand history, being just eight days older than PhilGoff was when he became Minister of Housing after the 1984 election. Van Velden...
this election include future Labour Party leader and mayor of Auckland PhilGoff, the first Māori Speaker of the House Peter Tapsell, future Finance Minister...
Incumbent Mayor PhilGoff won the election with 48% of the vote to secure a second term. PhilGoff was the incumbent mayor of Auckland. Goff became mayor...
Labour leader PhilGoff, who had known about the complaint for two weeks, initially refused the resignation but changed his mind a day later. Goff announced...
the 2016 mayoral election, and was succeeded by successful candidate PhilGoff in October 2016. Twenty councillors comprise the remainder of the Auckland...
graduating from university, she spent time working in the offices of PhilGoff and of Helen Clark as a researcher. After a period of time in New York...
special caucus meeting on 11 November 2008, replacing Michael Cullen. PhilGoff, another senior Labour Party member, became the Leader of the Labour Party...
Following the Labour Party's loss in the 2011 general election, leader PhilGoff and deputy leader Annette King resigned, prompting the leadership election...
then passed on to the Ministry of Justice. In 2000, Justice Minister PhilGoff said the investigation had shown that "a number of errors" may have occurred...
This is a summary of the electoral history of PhilGoff, Mayor of Auckland (2016–present), Leader of the Labour Party (2008–2011). He was a Member of...
council in a landslide, receiving over 18,000 votes. The Mayor of Auckland, PhilGoff, appointed her as the deputy chair of the finance and performance committee...
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