A group of 85 Labour Party interns flew to New Zealand from around the world expecting lectures from Helen Clark and real world campaign experience.
They arrived to a cramped dormitory, no pay, no lectures, and a broken shower.
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Instead they have been working phone banks and living in a cramped dormitory in an Auckland marae, a report in Politik claims.
The scheme was run by former Labour Auckland head Matt McCarten, who left his job a fortnight ago.
The good news is that the party has stepped in to try and make things right, but its still not a good look. While international volunteering is a long and valuable political tradition, using foreign student volunteers to campaign against foreign students is simply hypocritical. And failing to treat your volunteers properly? That's stupid as well as wrong.
Once again, Labour have fucked up something they should have easily got right. They look like muppets. And if they can't organise an election campaign properly, how are they supposed to govern if they win?