It was 14 years ago when Helen Clark posed for the cameras and unveiled a plaque at Monte Cecilia House which sits on a street surrounded by former and current state houses in Mangere.

Today is Labour's centenary, which the party intends to celebrate by releasing its 2016 housing manifesto.

On the streets of Lincoln in Canterbury, Dunsandel apprentice electrician Michael Wallace, 25, is not impressed with the Labour leader.

The Herald asked a number of Labour voters - past and present - in downtown Auckland how they felt about the party and why they continued to back Labour or had decided to change their support.

Labour will mark its 100th anniversary this week with a hat-trick of announcements on housing.

As Labour Party turns 100, we looks at its efforts to shake off the tribulations of the past and rebuild as a strong force for next year's election.

COMMENT: The gravitational force Savage exercises on Labour's adherents is still evident eight decades on.

Labour leader Andrew Little says he will not apologise to John Shewan for making false claims about the tax expert.

Death of British politician is 'attack on our democracy', says Labour's Phil Twyford.

An overweight character in the new Disney film Moana perpetuates negative stereotypes and is unacceptable, a Labour MP says.

Labour leader Andrew Little says he will withdraw New Zealand troops from Iraq if his party is elected to power next year.

The Labour Party has selected Michael Wood as its new Mt Roskill candidate to take over from longstanding MP Phil Goff.

The Labour Party has selected its first election candidate, picking Michael Wood to take over from longstanding MP Phil Goff as its new Mt Roskill candidate.

COMMENT: House prices are rising at 30 times the rate of inflation. 16,000 houses are year are being bought by foreign speculators. Record numbers are living in cars and garages, writes Andrew Little.

COMMENT: I am pleased for Labour and the Greens. Truly I am. They have tied the knot. They have announced they're together.

COMMENT: People all over New Zealand come up to me on the street and say, "Do I know you? You look familiar. Are you famous?"

The Labour Party surprised many people last week by advocating the complete abolition of boundaries on urban expansion.

Little's pre-Budget speech claiming NZ workers have been cheated out of $50 a week has been dismissed by National as a "list of slogans".

If your leader is about to deliver a speech on the plight of the homeless compared to the "wealthy few", don't kick it off with a tale about Bluff oysters, writes Claire Trevett.

There were no new policy announcements in Andrew Little's pre-Budget speech, which focused mainly on criticising National's record.

COMMENT: It's hard for Little to win some media coverage - especially when up against a popular PM who has stolen your policies and wears your clothes.

COMMENT: Hallelujah. The political fix at national level on Auckland housing has finally been made.

Labour's push for the Government to abolish Auckland's city limits to get people out of cars, caravans, garages and tents has riled critics but gained support from a business lobby group.

Andrew Little attempted to show reporters an overcrowded house yesterday - but it backfired when the owner insisted it was only being renovated.

COMMENT: It is not often that the big surprise in a Budget is something that will not be in it at all.

Labour leader Andrew Little will tomorrow make a bid to raise minimum standards of heating and insulation for rental properties.

Annette King is a veteran politician who has achieved that rare thing: respect from both sides of the house. Nicholas Jones reports.