Philip Bruce Goff 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.
Goff in 2018
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
Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party
The leader of the Labour Party is the highest-ranked political position within the New Zealand Labour Party, who serves as the parliamentary leader and leading spokesperson of the party. The current leader is Chris Hipkins, after Jacinda Ardern resigned.
Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party
Image: Alfred Hindmarsh
Image: Harry Holland (1925)
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