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Dam not out of doldrums yet
Thursday, 28 April 2016, 9:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Ruataniwha Dam promoters Hawke’s Bay Regional Investment Company (HBRIC) still has hurdles to clear and a lot of work to do before ratepayers and taxpayers will have confidence in the scheme, says Labour’s MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti Meka Whaitiri. More >>
New study shows Smith’s insulation fails Kiwi kids
Thursday, 28 April 2016, 9:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A new Otago University study shows Nick Smith’s inadequate insulation standards will see hundreds of children unnecessarily hospitalised for housing-related illnesses every year, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. More >>
Government out of touch on foreign trusts
Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s poor handling of the foreign trusts issue is starkly revealed in a poll today which shows the majority of Kiwis are worried about the country being a tax haven and almost half think the issue has been badly managed, Labour’s Finance ... More >>
Biggest trade deficit for 7 years a warning for Govt
Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 2:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Grant Robertson MP for Wellington Central Finance Spokesperson MEDIA STATEMENT 27 April 2016 Biggest trade deficit for 7 years a warning for Govt The biggest trade deficit for seven years shows the Government can’t be so complacent about the economy ... More >>
Government’s record on climate change under fire
Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 11:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Royal Society’s latest report on climate change has made it clear that it believes the Government’s current approach to climate change is inadequate, says Labour’s spokesperson on Climate Change Megan Woods. More >>
Mainfreight director agrees with Labour on rail funding
Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 10:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party
David Parker Labour List MP SOEs Spokesperson MEDIA STATEMENT 27 April 2016 Mainfreight director agrees with Labour on rail funding Richard Prebble – in the past accused of ruining rail and now a director of Mainfreight – agrees with Labour that secure ... More >>
John Key’s land tax could push up rents
Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil Twyford MP for Te Atatū Housing Spokesperson MEDIA STATEMENT 26 April 2016 John Key’s land tax could push up rents A land tax proposed by John Key as the answer to the housing crisis could push up rents and risks having no effect on skyrocketing ... More >>
Government should just ban foreign speculators
Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 11:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Prime Minister’s musings about a land tax on non-resident buyers is just more tinkering, and the Government should just ban foreign speculators as the Australian Government has done, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Government must protect Pharmac as promised
Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 9:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key must tell New Zealanders that he will not bow to pressure from wealthy drug companies or their US negotiators and put Kiwi lives at risk, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Action not words, needed on housing speculation
Sunday, 24 April 2016, 8:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key should be taking action to crack down on speculation in our overheated housing market, instead of random musings on land tax, Labour Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford said. "John Key suggested today on TVNZ's Q and A programme that a land tax ... More >>
Buying Lotto is not an arts funding strategy
Sunday, 24 April 2016, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Buying Lotto is not an arts funding strategy The Government must rethink the way the arts are funded after falling Lotto sales has left the sector with declining resources and increasingly vulnerable, Labour’s Arts, Culture and Heritage spokesperson ... More >>
Scientists 'gasping for oxygen' under National
Saturday, 23 April 2016, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Scientists 'gasping for oxygen' under National Steven Joyce's claims to be creating a science and innovation hub in New Zealand are a sham based on PR fluff, says Labour's Science and Innovation Spokesperson David Cunliffe. “A damning critique of the ... More >>
Clare Thinking: Hospital Meals, Flood Report
Friday, 22 April 2016, 5:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
You may have noticed that community frustration is increasing around the declining standard of hospital meals in Dunedin Hospital. More >>
Thousands of invalid votes likely after rule change refused
Friday, 22 April 2016, 12:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s refusal to make it easier to enrol and vote could result in tens of thousands of votes continuing to be ruled invalid at general elections, Labour’s Justice spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
Big jump in benefit numbers in Christchurch as rebuild slows
Friday, 22 April 2016, 12:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Christchurch rebuild seems to be stalling with a 20% increase in people on the jobseeker benefit since March last year, says Labour’s Canterbury spokesperson Megan Woods. More >>
Fewer cops on the beat as police cuts bite
Friday, 22 April 2016, 9:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s cuts to the police budget have led to big reductions in foot patrols and police struggling to cover the same ground with less resource, says Labour’s acting Police spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>
Social Development stats don’t add up
Thursday, 21 April 2016, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s figures released by the Ministry of Social Development show that despite a drop in the number of beneficiaries, fewer people are going into paid employment or study, says Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni. More >>
Coleman’s ‘efficiencies’ strangling health
Thursday, 21 April 2016, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand’s district health boards have made ‘efficiencies’ of more than $672 million over the past five years at the expense of everything from new drugs to elective surgery, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King. More >>
Record debt to income ratio shows economy out of balance
Thursday, 21 April 2016, 10:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s complacent attitude to debt to income ratios rising above pre-financial crisis levels will be a concern to many New Zealanders and the Government must take action to rebalance the economy, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
Government’s tinkering will leave Kiwis cold
Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s tinkering which will only require some houses to be insulated to 1978 standards will leave many families in rental properties cold, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. More >>
