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Accounts Confirm Time for Action From Mr. Complacent
Friday, 19 February 2016, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Grant Robertson Labour Finance Spokesperson The latest Government accounts show it’s time for Bill English to stop being so complacent and take action on the economy, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson. “Not only is the deficit ... More >>
Key must now work to restore reciprocal rights
Friday, 19 February 2016, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David Shearer Foreign Affairs Spokesperson 19 February 2016 Key must now work to restore reciprocal rights Giving some New Zealanders an easier path to citizenship in Australia is a step in the right direction but John Key must now work hard to ... More >>
Accounts confirm time for action from Mr Complacent
Friday, 19 February 2016, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The latest Government accounts show it’s time for Bill English to stop being so complacent and take action on the economy, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson. “Not only is the deficit almost $100m lower than forecast, creating ... More >>
Damning Auditor-General report on Defence Force
Friday, 19 February 2016, 3:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil Goff Defence Spokesperson 19 February 2016 Damning Auditor-General report on Defence Force The Auditor-General has found the Defence Force failed to follow the rules when it hired a company -- run by its own personnel – to service its life ... More >>
Report slams Nats ‘openness’ and ‘transparency’
Friday, 19 February 2016, 12:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government has sullied New Zealand’s international reputation for openness and transparency, leaving us exposed to widespread criticism in a damning report released today, says Labour’s Open Government spokesperson Clare Curran. More >>
Botched EQC repair numbers keep rising
Friday, 19 February 2016, 11:28 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The numbers of Cantabrians needing fix up jobs done on their shoddy EQC repairs is still rising and is now well above government forecasts, says Labour’s Canterbury spokesperson Megan Woods. More >>
Australia and Singapore fought harder for foreign buyers ban
Thursday, 18 February 2016, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government did not fight as hard as other countries to strengthen the right to restrict and ban foreign buyers from purchasing their farms and homes, says Labour’s Trade and Export Growth spokesperson David Clark. “The Government claims no other ... More >>
Orchardists should look in their own back yards
Thursday, 18 February 2016, 2:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government should work with Hawke’s Bay orchardists who are struggling to find workers to promote jobs to New Zealanders before looking to any relax immigration rules, Labour’s Workplace Relations and Immigration spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway ... More >>
National set to pass charter for corruption
Thursday, 18 February 2016, 12:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National is today set to pass a law giving its Ministers extraordinary and unprecedented powers in a bid to salvage its disastrous state house sell-off, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. “This charter for corruption will exempt Ministers ... More >>
John Key must stand up for Kiwis in Australia
Thursday, 18 February 2016, 11:23 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Prime Minister has a great opportunity to stand up for the rights of New Zealanders in Australia when he meets his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull tomorrow, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
Minister speaks with forked tongue
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 4:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Jonathan Coleman was economic with the truth when he told Cantabrians this morning their District Health Boards only has to ask for more money for services such as mental health, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King. More >>
Beekeepers need one hive to keep industry buzzing
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 4:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Damien O’Connor MP for West Coast-Tasman 17 February 2016 MEDIA STATEMENT Beekeepers need one hive to keep industry buzzing Beekeepers need to endorse a proposal to combine two organisations into a single and effective industry body, Labour’s Primary Industry ... More >>
Commissioner fears for children in residences
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 2:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Children’s Commissioner today admitted the current monitoring and inspection of Child, Youth and Family residences is insufficient and could be putting children at risk, Labour’s Children’s spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
Student debt killing hopes of home ownership
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 2:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New analysis shows the home ownership rate among Kiwis under 40 has plummeted since student loans were introduced, putting long-term financial security at risk and shutting a generation of New Zealanders out of the Kiwi dream, Andrew Little says. More >>
Housing crisis makes life a misery for many Aucklanders
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 12:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s out-of-control housing crisis has made life a misery for many in what is supposed to be the world’s most liveable city, Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford says. “In their latest State of the Nation report, the Salvation Army ... More >>
Govt should hang head in shame over report
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 11:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is deliberately manipulating statistics around poverty, crime and hardship and is putting pressure on the public sector to participate in its charade, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
Why is CYFs investigating less child abuse?
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 10:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Child, Youth and Family needs to explain why it is investigating 12 per cent less child abuse cases when notifications haven’t fallen, Labour’s Children’s spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
KiwiRail security fail: tickets available for free
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 10:11 am | New Zealand Labour Party
KiwiRail’s amateur cyber security left a test website open to the public where it was possible to book train and ferry tickets for free, says Labour’s Open Government spokesperson Clare Curran. “KiwiRail left its test website open for anyone on the ... More >>
Secret Cabinet paper scathing of emergency housing
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 9:35 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil Twyford Housing Spokesperson 17 February 2016 Secret Cabinet paper scathing of emergency housing Documents obtained by Labour show the Government was warned emergency housing was underfunded, unfair and unaccountable – just days before ... More >>
Goodwill from teacher aides being exploited
Tuesday, 16 February 2016, 4:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Goodwill from teacher aides being exploited A new Universities New Zealand study showing qualified teacher aides are earning less than those with no qualifications at all, shows just how much the system needs to change, Labour’s Education spokesperson ... More >>
