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Teaching still the key to student success

Sunday, 18 October 2015, 11:33 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Quality teaching will always be far more important than school buildings, but that doesn't mean we can't deliver on both, Labour's Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>

John Key should be part of OIA inquiry

Sunday, 18 October 2015, 11:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Chief Ombudsman’s description of the Prime Minister’s attitude to releasing public information as “cavalier” and “a disregard for the law” reinforces growing concerns that democratic principles are being consistently undermined, Labour’s ... More >>

Lack of alternatives sees farmers back sell-out

Friday, 16 October 2015, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

A lack of alternatives and confusing information given to farmer shareholders is the only reasonable excuse for Silver Fern Farmer shareholders to support a sell-out of their co-operative, Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor ... More >>

Another blow to Bill’s bungled sell-off

Friday, 16 October 2015, 11:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Habitat for Humanity pulling out of the Government's state house tendering process is another blow to the Government's sell-off policy, Labour's Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. More >>

Andrew Little Speech to CTU Conference

Friday, 16 October 2015, 9:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party

It is an honour to address the CTU for the first time as the Leader of the Labour Party. More >>

Zoo CEO: Panda project doesn’t bear thinking about

Friday, 16 October 2015, 9:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Wellington Zoo would be ‘playing with fire’ if it pandered to the Prime Minister’s desire to house two giant pandas its CEO has warned. “Correspondence released to Labour under the Official Information Act reveals zoo boss Karen Fifield raised alarm ... More >>

Overworked medical staff not confined to Hawke’s Bay

Friday, 16 October 2015, 9:11 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Hawke’s Bay DHB staff are struggling with heavy workloads and say patient care is being compromised because of it, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>

Woodhouse: In a wormhole he keeps digging

Friday, 16 October 2015, 8:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Michael Woodhouse has made it even clearer today that his decision to deny people who work on farms the right to ask for health and safety representatives was made in response to vested interests in the National Party, says Labour’s spokesperson ... More >>

Nats play politics while Kiwi kids die in homes

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Speaker’s decision to not read my Healthy Homes Bill smacks of political interference from a Government that is more concerned with playing politics than stopping children dying in cold damp homes, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>

Response to families’ pleas arrogant and unreasonable

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 4:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Pleas by the families of veterans who died during deployments to Vietnam and Malaysia to have the remains of their loved ones returned home have fallen on deaf ears, Labour’s Veterans Affairs spokesperson, Phil Goff. More >>

Warm, dry healthy rental homes a step closer

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 1:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Landlords would be required to make sure their rental properties are warm and dry through a Labour Member’s Bill to be debated by Parliament, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. “This Bill was lodged following the tragic death of Emma-Lita Bourne ... More >>

Auckland houses skyrocket $300k in 5 years

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 12:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government’s refusal to take effective steps to solve the Auckland housing crisis is highlighted in new figures showing prices in our biggest city skyrocketed by $300,000 in the past five years, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford ... More >>

Lochinver appeal shows OIO reform needed

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 12:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Pure 100’s appeal of the Overseas Investment Office’s Lochinver decision shows the Office’s rules need to be tightened and toughened up immediately, says Labour’s Land Information spokesperson Stuart Nash. “At the moment you could drive a truck ... More >>

Labour bill to stop stealth cuts to Radio NZ

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 9:14 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Radio New Zealand’s punishing six-year funding freeze would be put to an end by Labour’s bill that matches funding to inflation and population growth and assists the broadcaster’s transition to a multimedia public service network, says Labour’s ... More >>