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MMP is Rod Donald’s lasting legacy
Monday, 7 November 2005, 8:32 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Aotearoa Left mourns today the loss of Green Party co-leader Rod Donald whose lasting legacy is MMP, for which he campaigned long and hard. More >>
Cullen washes his hands of Air NZ job losses
Thursday, 20 October 2005, 9:06 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Labour Government should step in as the major shareholder of one of the most important strategic assets in this country and take control of Air New Zealand before the privatisers wreck the company - as they did before. More >>
Labour's true colours are not "Red"
Tuesday, 18 October 2005, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
This Government is not the one the workers of South Auckland voted for, nor Maori, when they overwhelmingly gave their party votes to Labour. More >>
Right suffers defeat at hands of the working class
Monday, 19 September 2005, 9:06 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Election 2005 saw the defeat of the most concerted, open attempt by the extreme right to govern New Zealand that we have ever seen, the Alliance says. More >>
Party vote for Alliance sends signal for future
Monday, 12 September 2005, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
It is important that people who support Alliance policies vote Alliance with their Party vote as a signal that workers’ rights, living standards and public services matter. More >>
Alliance Supports Strike By Health Workers
Monday, 12 September 2005, 9:02 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party today came out in support of the proposed week-long strike by support staff in the hospital system who did not benefit from the nurses’ recent 30% catch-up pay rise. More >>
Workers' rights 'gone by lunchtime' if Nats get in
Monday, 12 September 2005, 8:54 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
If National gets in, it will be back to the 1990s when a previous National Government tried to destroy unions and attacked workers’ rights to create a low-wage economy. More >>
Surprising to see Exclusive Brethrens on TV
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 9:44 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Can this be the same Exclusive Brethrens who refused to let TV cameras film the Employment Relations Bill Select Committee hearing in Christchurch in 2000? More >>
Market rents mean misery for the poor
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 10:32 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Under the cynical rubric of “equity” National is planning to drive tens of thousands of the poorest people in New Zealand deeper into poverty and misery by re-introducing the 1991 Ruth Richardson policy of “market rents”, says Alliance Housing Spokesperson, ... More >>
Decent housing an impossible dream
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 8:46 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
For most young families the Kiwi dream of owning their own home is an impossible one. More >>
Alliance Says Youth rates unfair
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 8:44 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance increased the minimum wage during its term in Government and scrapped youth rates for 18 and 19 year olds. More >>
Time to take our electricity back
Monday, 5 September 2005, 10:34 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance says the corporate games of the electricity industry are out of control after a billion dollar plus purchase was forgotten about by the Government agency responsible for approving foreign ownership of New Zealand companies. More >>
Alliance media release re Contact Energy
Monday, 5 September 2005, 8:23 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Time to take our electricity back from power-mad corporates and dim bulb bureaucrats, says Alliance Party More >>
Down with Fees
Friday, 2 September 2005, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The onslaught of neo-liberalism has brought about a commericalised and marketised public education system that is being increasingly dominated by business, and their interests. New Zealand does not have a fully funded public education system. This ... More >>
Government should support a democratic Tonga
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 9:48 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance is calling for the replacement of the Tongan monarchy by a democratically elected parliament. More >>
National's tax cuts: a massive employer subsidy
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 9:39 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Instead of confronting the chronic problem of low wages, National's tax cuts amount to a $4 billion annual subsidy to employers. Wages will stay low while taxpayers pay for their own income rise with cuts to public services and through borrowing ... More >>
Not all parents in paid work
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 8:45 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Labour’s “Working for Families” package emphasises work as the way out of poverty, but it ignores the fact that not all parents can work fulltime or earn enough to feed and clothe their families, the Alliance says. More >>
Take back the power to save the environment
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 8:42 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Democratically directed “people power” is the key to resisting growing corporate greed that threatens our natural environment and precious resources, the Alliance says. More >>
Labour backs Kentucky Free Childcare
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 8:39 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Labour has backed down on its promise to deliver free public pre-school education with its announcement that it will put public money into private childcare. More >>
Alliance Minimum Wage $15ph Best And Fairest Way
Monday, 22 August 2005, 12:16 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“The Alliance believes that to be a liveable rate, the minimum wage should be $15 per hour,” said Paul Piesse, Alliance co-leader today. He was commenting on the huge gaps created by the tax cuts policies of both Labour and National, saying they were ... More >>
