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George Groombridge
George Groombridge (9 February 1928 – 26 March 2022) was a New Zealand politician and social worker. He was president of the New Zealand First Party between 2006 and 2010. Groombridge was a senior social worker from Masterton. He became vice-president of New Zealand First in 2004 and subsequently replaced Dail Jones as president in 2006. He stepped down from the role in 2010. He was the New Zealand First candidate for Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate), Wairarapa at the 1996 New Zealand general election, 1996 general election. In the 1983 New Year Honours (New Zealand), 1983 New Year Honours, Groombridge was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service. Groombridge died in Masterton on 26 March 2022, at the age of 94. References *''Wairarapa Times-Age'' 2 November 2004 page 3 *''New Zealand Listener'' 11 June 1998 pages 24–27 & 2 August 2008 pages 18–21 {{DEFAULTSORT:Groombridge, George 1928 births 2022 deaths New Zealand First politicians People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand First
New Zealand First ( mi, Aotearoa Tuatahi), commonly abbreviated to NZ First, is a nationalist and populist political party in New Zealand. The party formed in July 1993 following the resignation on 19 March 1993 of its leader and founder, Winston Peters, from the then-governing New Zealand National Party, National Party. Peters had been the sitting Member of Parliament for Tauranga (New Zealand electorate), Tauranga since 1984 and would use the electorate as the base for New Zealand First until consecutive defeats by National Party candidates in Tauranga (New Zealand electorate)#2005 election, 2005 and Tauranga (New Zealand electorate)#2008 election, 2008. His party has formed coalition governments with both major political parties in New Zealand: first with the National Party from 1996 to 1998 and then with the New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party from 2005 to 2008 and from 2017 to 2020. Peters has served on two occasions as Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, deputy prime m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
