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Nats true colours revealed in ‘achieves nothing’ claim
Monday, 1 February 2016, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s true attitude to the post-school education has been revealed by Steven Joyce’s claim that Labour’s plan to bring in three free years ‘achieves absolutely nothing’, says Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins. More >>
Key should be ashamed over student debt
Monday, 1 February 2016, 12:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key should be ashamed for overseeing a 50 per cent blowout in student loan debt on his watch, says Labour Leader Andrew Little. More >>
Little: Backing The Kiwi Dream
Monday, 1 February 2016, 9:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The reason I wanted to open with that is our economy is a bit like that story – the machine’s started, there’s nothing we can do to stop it, it’s coming towards us and we’ve got to decide what to do about it. More >>
Three years free education for the 21st century economy
Monday, 1 February 2016, 9:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Working Futures Plan will provide three years of free post-school education across a person’s life so New Zealanders can thrive in the 21st century economy, Opposition Leader Andrew Little announced today. More >>
Ruth Dyson: Vulnerable Women the Victims of Govt Inaction
Sunday, 31 January 2016, 1:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s failure to address the housing crisis and its refusal to take steps to raise wages have led to vulnerable women being exploited, Labour’s spokesperson for Women Ruth Dyson says. “Reports today that women are being offered free rent ... More >>
Shearer’s apology accepted
Saturday, 30 January 2016, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Opposition Leader Andrew Little has instructed David Shearer to apologise to the caucus after accepting his remorse for comments he made to media about the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. More >>
Labour mourns Bob Tizard
Friday, 29 January 2016, 12:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Bob played a major role in the Party over many years. A Deputy Parliamentary Leader under Bill Rowling, he also held numerous portfolios in government. He was active in the wider Party and was an important contributor to the revitalisation of the ... More >>
Arms Control a priority for the Pacific
Friday, 29 January 2016, 10:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Pacific Island Affairs spokesperson Su’a William Sio and Chair of New Zealand’s Parliamentarians for Global Action says his priority will be getting the Pacific to sign up to the Arms Trade Treaty after being appointed by the PGA ... More >>
National must listen to Maori TPPA concerns
Friday, 29 January 2016, 9:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government must listen to the widespread opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) if it is to retain credibility with Māori, says Labour’s Maori Development spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>
Bob Tizard’s passing an end of an era
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Andrew Little has expressed his deepest condolences to the family of former Labour MP and Deputy Prime Minister Bob Tizard who died this afternoon. More >>
Differing view on TPPA agreed
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 1:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Opposition Leader Andrew Little has given dispensation to MP Phil Goff to take his own position on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement due to his historic involvement in negotiating its predecessor, the P4. More >>
Scandalous Saudi sheep saga rolls on
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 1:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It is scurrilous that the Government is pushing ahead with plans to spend many millions of taxpayer money on an abattoir in Saudi Arabia without knowing who’ll end up owning it, Labour MP David Parker says. More >>
Joyce destroys Government rail link certainty
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 12:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Infrastructure Minister Steven Joyce has destroyed the certainty the Prime Minister gave private sector investors in his State of the Nation announcement on the City Rail Link, Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford says. More >>
Pasifika caucus visit as Kiribati water crisis deepens
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 11:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Water supplies are deteriorating in Kiribati as Labour’s Pasifika climate change task force prepares to head there and Tuvalu, says Labour’s Pacific Climate Change Spokesperson Su’a William Sio. More >>
Milk payout drop: Govt must take action on economy
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 9:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National must take urgent action to diversify the economy after Fonterra slashed its forecast milk solids payout in a move that will cost farmers tens of thousands of dollars this year, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
New TPPA study at odds with Govt report
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 9:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A new US study on the impacts of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement casts doubt on the Government’s analysis of its impact and highlights the need for a truly open debate on the controversial deal, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
NZ loses squeaky clean corruption-free reputation
Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 5:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A second consecutive drop in a global transparency index busts the notion that New Zealand would remain corruption-free, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
Key last to board the City Rail Link
Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s five-year-late commitment to fund Auckland’s desperately need City Rail Link shows the short-term thinking his Government is known for, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
National can’t ignore economic warnings
Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 10:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Fitch ratings agency’s warnings of the worsening economic outlook is yet another signal that National needs to diversify the economy and take action to prepare New Zealand for a volatile year ahead, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson. ... More >>
Secret Lobbying Shows Disregard for Transparency
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Meka Whaitiri Labour MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti Spokesperson for Local Government Revelations that Environment Canterbury's (ECan) commissioners secretly lobbied the Government to retain their special powers - including blocking appeals to the Environment Court ... More >>
