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In 1978 Moore moved to Christchurch and was selected as Labour's candidate for the north Christchurch electorate of [[Papanui (New Zealand electorate)|Papanui]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Labour's Papanui Choice |work=[[The Press]] |date=19 November 1977 |page=1 }}</ref> Expecting to lose once again (due to interference from party head office) Moore told party president and vice-president [[Arthur Faulkner]] and [[Joe Walding]] he did not want to stand in the seat and had only accepted nomination there to test the lengths that the hierarchy would go to stop him. He also told them he was intending to use his acceptance speech to tell the members and media that the party hierarchy 'could stick their nomination up their arses'. During his walk to the podium Moore changed his mind and accepted the candidature as the now relieved Faulkner and Walding looked on.{{sfn|Parussini|2020|p=92}}
He defeated [[Bert Walker (politician)|Bert Walker]] to win the seat at the {{NZ election link|1978}}. He held the electorate until his retirement in 1999:<ref name="ZB obituary"/> as Papanui until 1984, as [[Christchurch North (New Zealand electorate)|Christchurch North]] until 1996, and as [[Waimakariri (New Zealand electorate)|Waimakariri]] thereafter.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=221}} Shortly after his re-election in 1978 he was elevated to Labour's shadow cabinet by leader [[Bill Rowling]]. Initially he was passed over for a position, however after fellow MP [[Richard Prebble]] refused to join the shadow cabinet, in protest of being given portfolios he did not want, it resulted in Moore taking his place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Political Career May Be Hurt |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=15 December 1979 |page=1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shand |first=G. G. |title=Papanui MP Could Fill Gap In Labour Team |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=15 December 1979 |page=1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mr Moore is new man in shadow cabinet |work=[[Auckland Star]] |date=5 February 1980 |page=3 }}</ref> Labour leader [[Bill Rowling]] gave Moore three associate shadow portfolios Social Welfare, Health and Education.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Heads of Labour Posts Named |date=15 December 1979 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |page=12 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=The Team |date=15 December 1979 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |page=12 }}</ref> In March 1981 Moore was promoted to the front bench and was designated Shadow Minister of Housing and Shadow Minister for the Environment.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Labour's shadow line-up |date=13 March 1981 |work=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]] |page=4 }}</ref> In a February 1982 reshuffle he retained Housing though lost Environment but was given Customs instead.<ref>{{Cite news |title=How They Line-up |date=20 February 1982 |work =[[The New Zealand Herald]] |page=3 }}</ref>
In [[1983 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election|1983]] Moore stood for the deputy leadership of the party. In a three-way contest, in which all candidates were from Christchurch to reflect geographical proportionality, Moore won the first ballot. [[Lyttelton (New Zealand electorate)|Lyttelton]] MP [[Ann Hercus]] was eliminated and on the second ballot almost all of her supporters voted for [[Christchurch Central (New Zealand electorate)|Christchurch Central]] MP [[Geoffrey Palmer (politician)|Geoffrey Palmer]], who beat Moore by one vote.<ref name="Deputy">{{cite news |title=Palmer By One |work=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]] |author=Garnier, Tony |date=4 February 1983 |page=4 }}</ref> Leader [[David Lange]] later expressed relief at Palmer's success thinking that Moore would have been an un-reassuring deputy due to his inherent ambition.{{sfn|Lange|2005|p=150}} Nevertheless, Lange saw fit to promote Moore to number 3 in the party rankings and appointed him shadow minister of overseas trade and tourism.{{sfn|Bassett|2008|pp=81–83}}
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