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Govt Leaves Sexual Abuse Survivors Out In The Cold
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 7:22 am | New Zealand Labour Party
People who have suffered severe trauma because of sexual abuse will not have access to mental health or loss of income support under the Minister’s proposal. More >>
More Sunlight Needed On School Lunches
Monday, 19 May 2025, 12:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“David Seymour promised all would be fixed by the start of term two, and for our children’s sake we want to ensure he doesn’t break this promise,” Willow-Jean Prime said. More >>
Women In Funded Sector Unlikely To Get Pay Equity
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 10:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“What this could mean is that women in this sector, whose claims have now been extinguished by the law passed two weeks ago, will no longer have a pathway to pay equity,” Labour workplace relations and safety spokesperson Jan Tinetti said. More >>
Chris Hipkins: Auckland Regional Conference Speech
Saturday, 17 May 2025, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders were promised stability, leadership, and solutions. What they’ve had instead is broken promises, bad choices, division, and dysfunction. More >>
Minister’s Rash Orders Fail Frontline Providers
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
With reports of vulnerable children almost doubling in the past year, Karen Chhour must act urgently. More >>
Prices Keep Rising While National Cuts Women’s Pay
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Paying for the weekly shop keeps getting harder. The Government promised to bring prices down, but the only thing they’re bringing down is women’s pay, Labour finance and economy spokesperson Barbara Edmonds said. More >>
Govt Finally Admits 180,000 In Line For A Pay Cut
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 12:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“Across the country thousands of women are making their voices heard and Labour proudly stands with them. We will restore women’s fundamental rights to equal pay for equal work,” Jan Tinetti said. More >>
Admin Nearly A Quarter Of Entire FamilyBoost Spend
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 8:18 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“Of the 130,000 families she claimed would receive some support, a figure she revised to 100,000 upon coming into Government, only half are getting any money at all. Now we find out that nearly a quarter of the cost of the scheme is being spent administering ... More >>
Budget Should Not Be Paid For By Working Women
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:03 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis say there is no alternative. But there is always an alternative – choosing billions in tax breaks for landlords and tobacco companies are not the choices Labour would have made,” Labour Leader Chris Hipkins ... More >>
National Asks Teachers To Do More With Less Pay
Monday, 12 May 2025, 5:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“The many women marching across the country last week didn’t need a tutor to figure out how much less they are paid than men in similar work,” Labour education spokesperson Willow-Jean Prime said. More >>
Peeni Henare Takes Over Foreign Affairs
Monday, 12 May 2025, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Lawyer and human rights advocate Vanushi Walters returns to Parliament this week and will pick up shadow Attorney-General and associate foreign affairs. More >>
Govt Better At Crushing Women’s Rights Than Cars
Sunday, 11 May 2025, 1:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Reheating old policies won’t make our communities safer. They’re failing to address the nub of what is causing crime, while attempting the ultimate distraction. More >>
Labour Asks Why Govt Is Silent On Gaza
Friday, 9 May 2025, 1:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“New Zealand used to be known as a country of principle, with a strong commitment to international law. But the silence from the Beehive on Israel’s relentless assault on Gaza calls that into question." More >>
Govt Ignores The Voices Of Survivors
Friday, 9 May 2025, 1:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“We offered to take politics off the table and work with the Government to make sure we lived up to the words in our formal apologies last year. The Government chose not to take up this offer." More >>
Bill Launched To Stop Tobacco Industry Lobbying
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 12:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“The Tobacco Transparency Bill will strengthen the law surrounding tobacco industry lobbying, to ensure tobacco profits are never put ahead of New Zealander’s health,” Labour health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall said. More >>
Labour Fights For Firefighters
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 11:54 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Volunteer firefighters make up 86 percent of the Fire and Emergency frontline workforce, however they are not eligible for the same ACC coverage as paid firefighters as the law currently stands. This needs to change,” Labour ACC spokesperson Camilla Belich ... More >>
National Cuts Women’s Pay
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 9:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“National MPs will now need to front up to their communities about why they think women should be paid less than men. We will not let them forget it,” Carmel Sepuloni said. More >>
Unemployment Remains High Under National
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 12:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
This is the cost of a Government that governs by cuts: more Kiwis out of work and leaving for Australia, crumbling hospitals, and a shortage of affordable housing, Labour finance and economy spokesperson Barbara Edmonds said. More >>
Labour Welcomes Inquiry Into School Lunches
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“Where Education Minister Erica Stanford has failed to act, I’m glad the Auditor-General is. David Seymour guaranteed that all will be fixed come Term 2, but the problems continue,” Willow-Jean Prime said. More >>
Women Will Keep Being Paid Less Under National
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 12:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“Government absolutely has a role to play to reduce the gender pay gap over time, and yet this one is about to push through legislation under urgency to stop women from making pay equity claims when they are paid less than their male colleagues ... More >>
