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Mental Health Staff And Patients At Risk Without Plan
Monday, 14 April 2025, 11:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“The Government has failed to provide a plan to support mental health workers, patients and other staff when people detained under the Mental Health Act are brought into emergency departments." More >>
Driver Licensing Proposal Doesn’t Put Safety First
Monday, 14 April 2025, 11:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“According to the AA, 70 people under 25 die on the roads each year. Chris Bishop can’t put this evidence to one side, he needs to put safety first." More >>
Students Struggling As Govt Sits On Hands
Friday, 11 April 2025, 12:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
With unemployment rapidly increasing, Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds and Minister for Universities Shane Reti both should have known that enrolments would increase but failed to ensure that support systems were in place. More >>
More Must Be Done To Stop Children Going Hungry
Friday, 11 April 2025, 11:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“I’m worried about children in this country, who seem to be becoming more and more of an afterthought by the day,” Labour child poverty reduction spokesperson Jan Tinetti said. More >>
Longer Wait For Treatment Under National
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 9:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“By underfunding GPs the National Government is just kicking the can down the road for many New Zealanders who will get sicker or need more urgent care without being able to see a doctor in the community,” Labour health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall ... More >>
Chris Hipkins Speech: Treaty Principles Bill Second Reading
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 5:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
This is a grubby little bill, born of a grubby little deal. It has had a colossal impact on the fabric of our nation, and this bill will forever be a stain on our country. More >>
End To The Treaty Principles Bill, But Challenges Remain Ahead For Aotearoa
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 5:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“While this Bill was officially defeated in Parliament today, it was defeated in the hearts and minds of people long before today,” Chris Hipkins said. More >>
Bill To Make Trading Laws Fairer Passes First Hurdle
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 12:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“This Bill is about the sale and supply of alcohol – and that’s it. It only focuses on businesses that can already open and workers that will already be working. It will allow bars, restaurants, and supermarkets to serve or sell alcohol as they ... More >>
Labour Bill Aimed To Protect Well-Paying Jobs
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 5:14 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Well-paid jobs would have been protected under this bill, by ensuring fairer conditions for workers in sectors like construction, cleaning, and healthcare, where labour hire is more common, and workers are often left out of collective agreements. More >>
Reserve Bank Acts While Govt Shrugs
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“New Zealanders are rightfully nervous about their jobs, mortgages, and KiwiSaver right now, yet all they’re getting from their Government is ‘we’ve got this.’ That’s not a plan, that’s complacency." More >>
Property Law Amendment Bill Pulled From Ballot
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 2:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“This simple Bill aims to protect people buying a new home from the small number of property vendors who would choose to rip up a contract in bad faith, for a bit of extra cash,” Ingrid Leary said. More >>
More Children At Risk Of Losing Family Connections
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 6:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“These reckless changes will discourage the search for the wider family of children in care and risks isolating them from their whakapapa and cultural identity,” Labour children’s spokesperson Willow-Jean Prime said. More >>
David Parker Made A Difference – Hipkins
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David has achieved an awful lot in his time here. No one’s work in politics is ever finished and I’m sure he steps away with that same sense. More >>
David Parker To Step Down From Parliament
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Long-serving Labour MP and former Minister David Parker has today announced his intention to leave Parliament. David Parker will deliver a valedictory speech in early May. A date will be confirmed once agreed with the Business Committee. More >>
Flaws In Govt’s Climate Strategy Will Cost Us Money
Monday, 7 April 2025, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“The Government needs to come clean on how it is going to ensure we not only reach our Paris Agreement obligations, but also how we are going to meet our domestic net zero 2050 target,”Labour climate spokesperson Deborah Russell said. More >>
Abortion Care Quietly Shelved Amid Staff Shortage
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Assistance is offered to other people needing to travel for pregnancy care on the Whakatāne Hospital website – but not for those accessing abortion care. More >>
Govt Guts Kāinga Ora, Third Of Workforce Under Axe
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 3:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
If today’s proposal comes to fruition, it will take the total number of jobs cut from Kāinga Ora to a staggering 1,213 in less than a year, Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty said. More >>
Thousands Of Submissions Excluded From Treaty Principles Bill Report
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 12:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour sought an extension of time so that all submitters could be heard and their submissions put on the permanent record. Instead, the Justice Select Committee has rammed it through with outrageous haste, Labour justice spokesperson Duncan Webb ... More >>
Uncertainty Remains Over The Impact Of Tariffs
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 11:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
While the announcement has provided clarity on the percentage of tariffs, the impact on the US economy collectively including the impact on prices in the US market will take a long time to be fully realised. More >>
Worst February For Building Consents In Over A Decade
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 1:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Statistics released today show 33,595 new homes were consented in Aotearoa New Zealand in the year ended February 2025, down 7.4 percent compared with the year ended February 2024. More >>
