Internship in New Zealand

The New Zealand Labour Party has recently launched a fellowship program for international students. Our election is on September 23rd this year. Fellows will not be compensated financially, but it should prove an interesting experience and it will be a boon for their CVs. Fellows will be expected to stay for a minimum of six weeks, at any time between mid-May and election day itself. Fellows may stay for longer should they wish. We can provide housing free-of-charge for fellows, in addition to basic groceries. We will also pay for all fellowship-related travel.

Fellows will also receive lectures from:

1) NZLP Leader and Deputy Leader

2) Former NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark

3) Current ambassadors to NZ

4) Senior NZLP stakeholders and party staff, including the President and the Chief of Staff

5) Teleconferences with senior Democratic Party and UK Labour Party staff (my colleague and I previously worked for these organisations)

As I'm sure you appreciate, it is quite hard to get a career in politics, and this fellowship offers able students the chance to get a foot in the door. I personally studied Psychology at a British university and then interned on a campaign in Australia, and it was thanks to the latter that I ultimately got a job working in a foreign policy think tank and subsequently for a political party.