Philip Bruce Goff is a New Zealand retired politician and former diplomat. 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 Labou
Goff in 2024
Goff and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates walk into the Pentagon, 11 May 2007.
Goff at the Progressive Governance Conference 2009, at Viña del Mar, Chile
Goff and his wife, Mary (left), with Wellington mayor Celia Wade-Brown (right) in September 2015
David James Shearer is a New Zealand United Nations worker and politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 2009 to 2016, serving as Leader of the Opposition fro
Phil Goff
…since the ousting of Arnold Nordmeyer in 1965, to leave the Labour Party leadership without serving as prime minister. Goff was succeeded as leader by David Shearer, who designated him Labour's spokesperson on foreign affairs. Goff continued in that role until 2013, when he was demoted to be an associate spokesperson…
Shearer in the Mount Albert electorate, May 2009
Shearer speaking to University of Otago academic Bryce Edwards in November 2011
Shearer addresses NetHui, July 2012