Mr Goff announced to waiting media he had the "full and utter" support of his front bench colleagues. His words were backed up with cheers of "here, here" from a very vocal deputy leader, Annette King.
There was speculation Mr Goff might be rolled as leader after his handling of the Darren Hughes incident.
Mr Hughes, a list MP, quit on Friday after it was revealed an 18-year-old man made a complaint to police about an alleged sexual incident after a night out drinking.
Mr Goff knew about the alleged incident two weeks before it was leaked to the media but decided not to take action at the time.
Mr Goff said today's meeting had been tough.
He denied the meeting had been called to question his leadership, saying it was planned three weeks ago.
Mr Goff said he had unanimous support from his front bench and, when asked if that was voted on, front benchers answered: "No. We told him."
Anyone who thought the episode would weaken the party was wrong.
"(It has) only made us stronger," a defiant Mr Goff said.
The situation with Mr Hughes had been discussed at length and had led to a discussion about how to deal with difficult situations. When asked if he would do things differently, he said "hindsight was a good thing".
There were always better ways of dealing with situations but Mr Goff said he could sleep at night because he had not sacrificed Mr Hughes.
"I didn't believe that would have been right."
He criticised some media for spreading stories which were not true and said they had created a trial by media.
Labour wanted to be focusing on the budget, Working for Families and the earthquake recovery, not Mr Hughes, Mr Goff said.
