Hayden Munro was campaign manager for the Labour Party’s historic 2020 election victory.
Hayden Munro, campaign manager for the Labour Party’s historic 2020 election victory, has joined Capital Government Relations to boost the company’s public relations and campaigns practice, Capital managing director Neale Jones has announced.
“Hayden is one of the best campaign professionals in the country today. He managed the most successful political campaign in modern New Zealand history, [which resulted in] re-electing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and winning an outright majority for the first time under MMP.
“Hayden brings a wealth of campaigning and public relations experience across political campaigns, ministerial offices and corporate clients. He has wide connections across the political spectrum, as well as throughout the New Zealand media. Hayden has worked with some of the country’s most competitive and complex industries and brings a clear understanding of the intersection of politics, media, government and business.”
Munro says: “Capital [is] one of New Zealand’s leading government relations and corporate affairs firms and I’m looking forward to helping expand and grow the public relations and campaigns practice and helping our clients tell their stories.”
Prior to his most recent campaign manager role, Munro worked as a press secretary for the Minister for Housing, Energy and Resources, Greater Christchurch Recovery, and Research, Science and Innovation.
He previously worked as senior communications advisor for the Leader of the Opposition and was campaign manager and then principal adviser for the former mayor of Wellington. He has spent a decade working on various campaigns for corporate clients, NGOs, and the New Zealand Labour Party.
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