Editing Talk:New Zealand Parliament (section)

== Crossbench ==

I'm considering the labelling of the parties on the infobox as 'cross-bench', as far as I am aware parties not in government are almost always referred to as being part of the opposition, regardless of whether those opposition parties work together. There have definitely been isolated instances where media coverage has labelled parties non-aligned with either the major party in government or opposition as on the cross-benches, but as far as I am aware this isn't really used commonly, and in technicality all parties not in government are part of the Official Opposition.

Just wondering if anyone has any particular thoughts on this? Currently it just feels incorrect from my perspective. I'll also note that NZ has a section in [[Crossbencher#New Zealand]] also only notes that they are "sometimes" referred to as that, and only provides two references that back this up from the early-mid 2010s, and the rest remains unsourced. [[User:Carolina2k22|<b style="text-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #8e24aa; color: #8e24aa;">Carolina2k22</b>]] • [[User talk:Carolina2k22|<span style="color: #8e24aa;">(talk)</span>]] 05:20, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
:Interesting question. Not sure what I think. But, on a matter of fact, the [[Official Opposition (New Zealand)|Official Opposition]] is always only either Labour or National. Other parties may be opposition parties, but not part of the Official Opposition. [[User:Nurg|Nurg]] ([[User talk:Nurg|talk]]) 09:49, 2 March 2026 (UTC)