Philip North Holloway CMG (22 March 1917 – 28 May 2003) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

His father was an Anglican parson and he received his secondary education at Waitaki Boys' High School.

[1] He then became a public circuit lecturer in the United States before returning to London and briefly became an assistant to prominent Labour MP Sir Stafford Cripps from 1938 to 1939.

[3] He stood in the 1946 election in the Manawatu electorate, but was defeated by the incumbent, Matthew Oram of the National Party.

[2] Holloway had one of the largest majorities of any member of Parliament when he surprisingly decided he would not seek re-election in the 1960 election.

In Truth (NZ) Ltd v Holloway, he sued the tabloid newspaper New Zealand Truth for libel after an article in its 24 March 1959 issue which featured an article "This Ex-Russian's Export Licences Should Be Investigated" which demanded an immediate government inquiry into dealings between Henry Judd, an émigré importer, and Warren Freer, Labour MP for Mt Albert.

Holloway vehemently denied the suggestion and sued the paper for libel and sought £15,000 in damages.

The court case that lasted 14 months, and eventually he was awarded £11,000 in damages and a further £800 in costs, a record sum for the times.

Privately he lamented the fact that neither caucus or party member meetings had energy or enthusiasm any more.

[10][11] In 1973, following the election of the Third Labour Government, Holloway was appointed as Ambassador to Italy (with cross-accreditation to Yugoslavia, Egypt and Iraq) and High Commissioner to Malta from 1973 to 1976.