Labour Party Summer School 2003
Media release - NZ Young Labour
Wed 29 January 2003

Labour Party Summer School 2003

“A welcome forum for debate,” is how Jordan Carter, Young Labour President, is describing this weekend’s Labour Party Summer School, to be held on the Wairarapa Coast at Riversdale Beach.

In response to Labour Party members’ desire for a relaxed setting for in-depth political debate, Young Labour has organised the inaugural Labour Party Summer School which has so far attracted over forty registrations from around the country, including ministers, MP’s and Labour activists.

“Our aim is to get Labour Party members together for the kind of in-depth discussion and debate, on a national level, which the standard Conference programme and pressures preclude,” said Jordan Carter.

“This is a calmer forum for activists to share experiences, talk about social democratic politics – and, most importantly, talk about the ideas that will drive Labour-led Governments in the long term.

“Like all Party forums, a depth of experience is available. We’ve put together a varied and useful programme of political debate and education that will leave all participants with a deeper – and shared – understanding of what social democracy in our country means today,” said Jordan Carter.

The programme kicks off on Friday morning with a presentation from Labour Party General Secretary, Mike Smith, and will conclude with a challenge speaker from the Green Party, co-Convenor Catherine Delahunty, on the Sunday morning.

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