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TPPA a bad deal for workers
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 10:25 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in no way conflicts with their support of free trade and the continued growth of Hawke’s Bay’s horticultural industry, says Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP Meka Whaitiri. More >>
Morale at beleaguered EQC hits rock bottom
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Morale at EQC has hit rock bottom, with just 1 in 4 staffers believing the crown owned entity delivers on the promises it makes, says Labour’s Canterbury Spokesperson Megan Woods. “Gerry Brownlee keeps pretending all is well at EQC, but according ... More >>
Run anti-feminist blogger out of town
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
An anti-feminist blogger who thinks rape should be legalised on private property should be run out of town, says Labour’s MP for Te Tai Tokerau and White Ribbon ambassador Kelvin Davis. More >>
Education for all – including ‘waitresses’
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 11:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key needs to tell ‘waitresses’ why they aren’t part of his ambitions for New Zealand, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. “This morning John Key said waitresses would pay for Labour’s policy for three years’ free post school education. ... More >>
Customs underfunding compromising border security
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 11:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Customs underfunding compromising border security The underfunding of Customs is putting the security of New Zealand’s borders at risk, says Labour’s Customs spokesperson Rino Tirikatene. “Reports that Customs only stop 10% of illicit drug ... More >>
Major SFO probes rock tertiary sector
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 10:35 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The scandal in Tertiary Education just keeps getting worse with three new Serious Fraud Office investigations into the sector, says Labour’s Associate Education (Tertiary) spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
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 >>
