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Alliance underwhelmed by Fisher and Paykel's token
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 12:51 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance co-leader and candidate for Dunedin South Kay Murray says she is “underwhelmed” by Fisher and Paykel’s announcement that they will be setting up a 40 person global call centre in Dunedin in April next year. More >>
Richard Wallis supports North Shore Principals
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 9:26 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance education spokesperson Richard Wallis says that he fully supports the fifteen North Shore principals who are refusing to have anything to do with Schools Plus until the dire underfunding of schools is addressed. More >>
Alliance Party blasts bureaucrats media blackout
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party has blasted a media shutdown by a Government-run free trade roadshow. More >>
Don't tell those on the coalface to keep quiet
Friday, 30 May 2008, 11:11 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance party education spokesperson Richard Wallis says Secretary of Education Karen Sewell does not have the right to tell teachers to stop asking for more funding for education. More >>
National plan to cut medical student loans only
Friday, 30 May 2008, 11:09 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance tertiary education spokesperson Richard Mitchell says that Opposition leader John Key is right to be concerned about the number of qualified New Zealanders leaving the country, but the idea of bonding students shows that National is not serious ... More >>
National Not Serious About Dealing With Debt
Thursday, 29 May 2008, 11:02 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance tertiary education spokesperson Richard Mitchell says that Mr Key is right to be concerned about the number of qualified New Zealanders leaving the country but the idea of bonding then shows that National is not serious about dealing with ... More >>
Alliance Welcomes Extra Tertiary Funding
Friday, 23 May 2008, 9:53 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party of New Zealand has welcomed an announcement by the Minster for Tertiary Education the Hon. Pete Hodgson that the tertiary education sector will receive $900 million additional funding of the next four years. More >>
Alliance backs schools quest for proper funding
Monday, 5 May 2008, 2:01 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance party education spokesperson Richard Wallis says that it comes as no surprise that Northcote College principal Vicki Barrie says her school is in need of increased funding. More >>
Alliance Party Supports Students
Friday, 29 February 2008, 4:34 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party is today reiterating its call for urgent action on student debt by supporting the New Zealand Union of Students' Association's student debt campaign. More >>
Alliance calls for abolition of student loans
Monday, 28 January 2008, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray says the only way to deal with student debt is to scrap the current scheme altogether. More >>
Alliance Party calls for capital gains tax
Monday, 28 January 2008, 12:10 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party has called for the introduction of a capital gains tax to tackle unaffordable house prices. More >>
Alliance says school fee collections a shocker
Monday, 21 January 2008, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance says it is offensive and wrong that underfunded state schools are taking on debt collectors to retrieve "donations" when the government continues to sit on a large financial surplus. More >>
Alliance says no answers to housing crisis
Monday, 21 January 2008, 11:22 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance says New Zealand's housing crisis is getting worse while the Labour Government refuses to deal with the problem – and the National Party continues to put the interests of big business before the public good. More >>
Alliance says Govt free trade position dishonest
Monday, 10 December 2007, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says that Trade Minister Phil Goff's comments on free trade deals highlight a Labour Government that will ignore any social and environmental concerns in its haste to sign the dotted line at any cost. More >>
Alliance supports calls for rethink of SIT Funding
Friday, 7 December 2007, 9:44 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party is supporting the call from the Southern Institute of Technology in Invercargill for the Tertiary Education Commission to reconsider its recent funding decisions. More >>
Feilding High offer highlights education needs
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 10:22 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says a decision by Feilding High School to offer incentives to entice teachers to their school highlights a lack of political will to deal with problems in the education sector. More >>
Alliance welcomes rejection of terror laws
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 4:37 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party has welcomed news that the Solicitor-General has decided he is unable to charge 12 people under the Terrorism Suppression Act. More >>
United approach needed by education unions
Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 10:13 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says education unions should be working together to push for more funding for the education of New Zealand's children and young people. More >>
Cildrens problems a reflection of wider issues
Monday, 5 November 2007, 4:23 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says there are no surprises following a new report that shows there was more aggression from children in the classroom. More >>
Alliance Attacks School Funding Changes
Wednesday, 31 October 2007, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Party education spokesperson Richard Wallis says the decision to cut funding to a large number of schools will have a detrimental affect on the education of the affected students. More >>
