Labour Leader makes senior appointments

Wednesday, 21 September 2016, 4:43 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party

Andrew Little
Leader of the Opposition

MEDIA STATEMENT

21 September

Labour Leader makes senior appointments

Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little has today appointed Neale Jones as Chief of Staff and Mike Jaspers as Chief Press Secretary.

Neale Jones presently works in the Leader’s Office as Political Director.

Mike Jaspers currently works for New Zealand Rugby in a senior communications role. He previously worked for Sir Michael Cullen as press secretary and before that worked in the Parliamentary Press Gallery for TVNZ.

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