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Police Commissioner doesn’t get force needs
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Stuart Nash Police Spokesperson 10 February 2016 Police Commissioner doesn’t get force needs The Police Commissioner has let down the public and his own force by insisting the police have what they need despite it taking a year to solve a burglary ... More >>
Ministers with free degrees hypocritical
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Senior National Party ministers who mock the idea of free post-school education for New Zealanders are hypocrites, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
Government turns Housing NZ into disarray
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 12:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has run Housing NZ down and left the organisation in disarray, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. “The Auditor General has found ‘significant deficiencies’ in Housing NZ’s management of the $220 million a year it spends ... More >>
Government must reinforce fishery officers
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 12:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must reinforce front line fisheries officers to manage New Zealand’s fishing stocks more closely following a controversial new report which claims the country’s catch has been underestimated for years, says Labour's Fisheries spokesperson ... More >>
Big bill for CERA spin doctors
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 11:13 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority has had a major blowout in its public relations budget, despite the fact the organisation is meant to be winding down, says Labour’s Canterbury Spokesperson Megan Woods. “CERA is meant to be closing ... More >>
Concierge and plaza for ministry staff
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 8:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Chris Hipkins Education Spokesperson 9 February 2016 Concierge and plaza for ministry staff – leaky, mouldy classrooms for kids Parents will be horrified Hekia Parata is overseeing a $19.5 million refit for Education Ministry staff which includes a ... More >>
Talley’s first to attempt to flout Mondayisation
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 12:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Iain Lees-Galloway Workplace Relations Spokesperson 9 February 2016 Talley’s first to attempt to flout Mondayisation More >>
Government disregard for Waitangi Tribunal
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 9:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The disregard shown to the Waitangi Tribunal by the National-led Government and their support party the Maori Party is unacceptable and a warning sign of their desire to push through unpopular changes to laws governing Māori land, says Ikaroa-Rawhiti ... More >>
Government should give more than a little
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 9:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government should make this a Waitangi weekend to remember by agreeing to meet the remaining cost of buying Awaroa beach so this beautiful piece of New Zealand will be available to future generations, says Opposition Leader Andrew Little. More >>
Minister shows contempt for Waitangi Tribunal
Friday, 5 February 2016, 5:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Māori Development Minister’s decision to release a new version of Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill before the Waitangi Tribunal has prepared its report on whether the previous draft is in line with treaty principles shows a continuing disregard ... More >>
Government still won’t come clean on TPPA and Pharmac
Friday, 5 February 2016, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
That the Government has blacked out entire pages of briefings on how the TPPA might impact on Pharmac is hardly transparent, says Labour’s spokesperson on Health Annette King. More >>
McCully not off hook despite report
Friday, 5 February 2016, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Whitehead report into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's handling of the Rizalman case confirms Murray McCully and his office knew officials were planning to let the diplomat leave but didn’t intervene, Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson ... More >>
Sadness over death of Māori leader
Friday, 5 February 2016, 11:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The death of Linda Grennell, a former President of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, marks the end of a lifetime of leadership and service to New Zealand, and Labour sends sympathy to her family at this very sad time, Labour Women’s Issues ... More >>
TPP signing highlights divisions in NZ
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 10:54 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The stage-managed signing of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement at a casino in Auckland today highlights the divisions National’s handling of the deal has caused in New Zealand, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
Joyce’s claims hollow after cuts to tertiary education
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 10:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
It beggars belief that Steven Joyce will use a downturn in student numbers to reinvest in tertiary institutions when he has acted like one man razor gang against the sector, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Arrogant Government not above the law
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must drop its unlawful refusal to follow the Supreme Courts instructions and pay all Red Zone property owners a fair rate for the property it has acquired from them, says Labour’s Canterbury Spokesperson Megan Woods. “This is appalling ... More >>
No room for complacency in volatile 2016
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must not become complacent about a fall in the unemployment rate given the Reserve Bank Governor’s warning of increasing global uncertainty in 2016 and a plunge in dairy prices yet again, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant ... More >>
Labour urges Talley’s to end AFFCO lockout
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 11:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Iain Lees-Galloway Workplace Relations Spokesperson 2 February 2016 Labour urges Talley’s to end AFFCO lockout More >>
Worksafe needs to toughen up on farm deaths
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 11:11 am | New Zealand Labour Party
3 February 2016 Worksafe needs to toughen up on farm deaths National's lack-lustre approach to workplace deaths in the agriculture sector seems to be rubbing off on its workplace safety regulator Worksafe, Labour’s Workplace Safety spokesperson ... More >>
Earthquake anniversary: Time to reflect
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 10:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Meka Whaitiri MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti 2nd February 2016 Earthquake anniversary: Time to reflect on tragedy and togetherness. More >>
