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Courage of Defence personnel not forgotten

Thursday, 3 December 2015, 1:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Defence spokesperson Phil Goff has paid tribute to the New Zealand Defence Force personnel awarded medals for gallantry. More >>

NZ on Air lets current affairs television die

Thursday, 3 December 2015, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The loss of more quality current affairs television shows the New Zealand on Air funding model is broken, Labour’s Broadcasting spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>

Last chance for submissions on Regenerate Christchurch

Thursday, 3 December 2015, 12:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Today is the last chance for Cantabrians to express their concern about the Government’s plan for a new agency to run the Canterbury recovery, says Labour’s acting Canterbury spokesperson Ruth Dyson. More >>

More MoBIE money for sheep – this time $2.6m

Thursday, 3 December 2015, 12:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Officials have been unable to rule out spending a further $2.6m earmarked for the Saudi sheep farm this year, Labour’s Trade and Export Growth spokesperson David Clark says. “MoBIE’s annual review shows $2.6m for the Saudi Arabia ‘agri-business ... More >>

Housing failure wider than Weymouth

Thursday, 3 December 2015, 12:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government has no way of stopping the few so-called affordable houses in its Special Housing Areas being sold for windfall capital gain, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. “MBIE officials told Parliament today that the houses ... More >>

Special education review lost on Ministry

Thursday, 3 December 2015, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Ministry of Education is using a review of special education to push for further cost cutting instead of hearing pleas to properly fund services, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. “This fantastic opportunity to improve the lives ... More >>

Prison performance report fail

Thursday, 3 December 2015, 8:58 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government’s prison privatisation experiment has been an epic fail according to a performance report quietly released by the Department of Corrections, says Labour’s Corrections spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>

Nick Smith’s fingerprints over cover-up

Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Housing New Zealand has confirmed Nick Smith’s office had a hand in covering up embarrassing information exposing National MPs rorting taxpayer-funding to campaign, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Kris Faafoi says. More >>

Chris Brown cancels NZ

Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour welcomes the news that Chris Brown has cancelled his New Zealand tour, says Labour’s Hauraki –Waikato member Nanaia Mahuta. More >>

Cancer patients forced to keep begging

Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Annette King Deputy Leader Health Spokesperson 2 December 2015 Cancer patients forced to keep begging More >>

South Island unemployment rises 32% in 2015

Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 2:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government is sitting on its hands as New Zealand’s regional unemployment soars, with a more than 30% rise in those out of work in the South Island this year, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. “Unemployment is growing and household incomes are plummeting ... More >>

CoOL approach needed for frozen imported berries

Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 11:23 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The risk to consumers posed by frozen imported berries contaminated with Hepatitis A shows the need for New Zealand to have Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL), Labour’s Food Safety spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>

Unfinished Canterbury claims used for surplus

Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 11:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party

EQC has admitted it didn’t know its full Canterbury claims liability at the same time it was reducing the Government’s ultimate liability to let Bill English scrape together a surplus, says Labour Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>

Government needs to act on Japanese whaling

Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 10:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government needs to object to Japan's latest expedition to slaughter minke whales in the Antarctic, says Labour’s Conservation Spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta More >>

Maori trust million dollar legal blow out

Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 4:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour is calling for an immediate review of the trustee appointment process at the Crown Forestry Rental Trust, says Labour’s Maori Development spokesperson Kelvin Davis. “The recently released Court of Appeal judgement shows CFRT has reimbursed ... More >>

EQC still failing years into rebuild

Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

An Auditor General’s report that says EQC has made little progress improving the way it deals with complainants after all these years is an indictment on the Government, says Labour’s acting Canterbury spokesperson Ruth Dyson. More >>

PM’s Paris posturing embarrassing Kiwis

Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

John Key is embarrassing New Zealand on the world stage by posturing over climate change while saying New Zealand should reduce per person emissions only a quarter as quickly as Europe, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. “At the Paris climate ... More >>