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Come clean on Pasifika education centre
Friday, 21 August 2015, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iinga needs to come clean and tell the Pasifika communities if he’s working to save the Pasifika Education Centre or shut it down, Labour’s Pasifika spokesperson Su’a William Sio says. More >>
Shiny new system leads to record truancy
Friday, 21 August 2015, 1:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Record high truancy rates shows the Government’s much-vaunted new attendance system is an abysmal failure, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. “Data released today shows truancy rates have spiked more than 15 per cent in 2014 and ... More >>
Woodhouse wrong about quarries
Friday, 21 August 2015, 12:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Michael Woodhouse was wrong yesterday when he said limestone quarries were covered by the farcical Health and Safety legislation, says Labour’s Associate Labour spokesperson Sue Moroney. More >>
Taxpayers money spent on culling one of our rarest birds
Friday, 21 August 2015, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It beggars belief that four endangered takahe were killed by incompetent cullers contracted to the Department of Conservation and the Minister must explain this wanton destruction, says Conservation spokesperson Ruth Dyson. More >>
Housing NZ must immediately move family
Friday, 21 August 2015, 11:31 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Housing New Zealand must immediately move a Glen Innes family whose son contracted serious and potentially fatal health problems from the appalling condition of their state house, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. “Te Ao Marama Wensor ... More >>
No understanding of the value of overseas investment
Thursday, 20 August 2015, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has now admitted it has absolutely no idea of the actual value of foreign investment in New Zealand, says Labour’s Land Information spokesperson Stuart Nash. More >>
Cash strapped DHBs struggling to find cuts
Thursday, 20 August 2015, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
An unprecedented number of DHBs do not have financial plans for the year in place as they struggle to identify the $141 million in cuts required this year, Labour Health Spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Genesis-Solid Energy contract debacle another oversight fail
Thursday, 20 August 2015, 2:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Genesis-Solid Energy contract debacle another oversight failure Genesis Energy’s astonishing ability to unilaterally cancel its coal supply contract with Solid Energy means many of its other customers could follow suit and shows, yet again, a shocking ... More >>
Another bridges bribe from Simon Bridges
Thursday, 20 August 2015, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Simon Bridges is embroiled in another bridges-for-votes controversy after admitting funding for a replacement bridge in Queenstown is “very much about… the 2017 election”, Labour’s Transport spokesperson Phil Twyford says. More >>
Education must provide real world skills
Thursday, 20 August 2015, 11:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Are our students leaving school with the skills they need to make it in the modern world and the readiness to retrain as new jobs in emerging sectors arise? Is our education system too focused on subjects rather than the emerging skills and knowledge ... More >>
Government’s Health and Safety legislation a joke
Thursday, 20 August 2015, 10:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Legislation that should have been designed to save Kiwi lives is instead a national joke, with worm farms and alpacas rated more risky than our most dangerous industries, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
Workers exploited in Māori screen industry
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 8:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The ugly underbelly of low wages and unsafe working conditions for Maori working in television is a direct result of an exploitative management culture and funding starvation by Government, says Labour’s Broadcasting Spokesperson Clare Curran. More >>
Workers exploited in Māori screen industry
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The ugly underbelly of low wages and unsafe working conditions for Maori working in television is a direct result of an exploitative management culture and funding starvation by Government, says Labour’s Broadcasting Spokesperson Clare Curran. More >>
Saudi tender process reeks of SkyCity approach
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The tender process for the $6m investment in a Saudi sheep farm reeks like the SkyCity convention centre deal and once again contravenes the government’s own procurement rules, says Labour’s Export Growth and Trade spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Brownlee warned over EQC repairs but ignored them
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Gerry Brownlee was warned that EQC’s underfloor repairs weren’t being done properly by industry experts, the cross party working group and in public but he arrogantly ignored them all, says Labour’s Earthquake Commission spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
National’s backdoor attempt to keep asset sales alive
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is actively looking to sell off $2 billion worth of assets to bolster and extend the life of the short-term fund it created for asset sales, new Treasury documents show, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
Maori Party should stand up for workers
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 1:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s proposed Health and Safety Reform Bill does not go far enough to protect those in specific industries with the highest rates of workplace deaths, says Maori Development Spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta. “We are told that Maori workers ... More >>
Prime Minister hiding from his sell-out of New Zealand
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 1:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s refusal today to answer questions on his own pledge that New Zealanders must not become “tenants in their own land” shows his arrogant disregard for his sell-out of New Zealand, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. “John Key is ... More >>
Parties must drop the politics over Health and Safety
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 9:58 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Now is the time for the Maori Party and Peter Dunne to drop the politics over Health and Safety law reforms and do the right thing by New Zealanders, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
Minister must explain budget blowout
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell must explain a budget blow out at Te Puni Kokiri, after the organisation spent more than 2.5 million dollars over their budget for contractors, says Labour’s Associate Māori Development spokesperson ... More >>
