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New foreign owners register for farm land

Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 4:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

A publically-accessible register of foreign owners and tougher requirements for them to live up to their investment promises are needed to bolster the powers of the Overseas Investment Office, Labour’s Land Information Spokesperson Stuart Nash says. More >>

Under Pressure Minister Resorts to Tricky Figures

Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Jonathan Coleman is trying to be tricky with his numbers and is ignoring the more than 140,000 New Zealanders who aren’t getting the specialist care they need, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>

Minister must stand down for investigation

Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

John Key must stand down his Minister while the Auditor-General investigates the Saudi sheep deal, Opposition leader Andrew Little says. More >>

Crucial Auditor General investigation welcomed

Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 3:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Auditor General’s decision to investigate the Saudi sheep scandal is important, necessary and welcome, Labour’s Trade and Export Growth spokesperson David Parker says. More >>

Contact bows to pressure

Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Contact Energy’s decision to cut its pre-pay rates to be in line with its customers who pay monthly is good news and the company deserves credit for responding so quickly, says Labour’s Consumer Affairs Spokesperson David Shearer. More >>

KiwiSaver sign-ups continue to fall

Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

New KiwiSaver sign-ups in July were 45 per cent below the monthly average, despite John Key saying axing the kickstart “will not make a blind bit of difference to the number of people who join KiwiSaver”, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson ... More >>

Landcorp sales will go to foreign investors

Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 11:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government cannot let mismanagement of another State Owned Asset see large sales of productive farmland end up in foreign investors’ hands, Opposition leader Andrew Little says. “Just a week after Solid Energy went into voluntary administration ... More >>

Key must explain why Health and Safety Bill pulled

Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 11:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party

John Key must explain why his Government is delaying the Health and Safety Bill when Pike River families have travelled to Wellington specifically to register their opposition, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. “Yesterday afternoon John Key ... More >>

Backdown whiff in state house leasing option

Monday, 17 August 2015, 10:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Bill English’s admission that the Government is looking at leasing large numbers of state houses to non-government providers has the whiff of a backdown, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. “This is an acknowledgement by Bill English ... More >>

Foreign investment must add real value

Monday, 17 August 2015, 9:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party

New Zealanders must be told what value foreign investors are creating when they buy our productive land, Labour’s spokesperson on the Overseas Investment Office Stuart Nash says. More >>

Hypocrisy right under National’s noses

Sunday, 16 August 2015, 8:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National’s hypocrisy has been laid bare by its skyrocketing cost and number of staff in its Ministerial offices while it tells the rest of the country to tighten its belt, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Kris Faafoi says. More >>

Govt must learn Solid Energy lessons in Landcorp review

Saturday, 15 August 2015, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National must learn the lessons from Solid Energy’s final collapse this week and apply them to Landcorp, Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>

Housing crisis downgrade threatening banking sector

Friday, 14 August 2015, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The out of control Auckland housing market is now threatening the banking sector, with Standard and Poor’s downgrading the credit rating of our banks out of fear of the bubble bursting, Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson says. More >>

DHB budgets not keeping up with emergency work

Friday, 14 August 2015, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

DHB budgets are not able to cope with rises in emergency department visits, putting patients at risk, Labour Health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>

Good money after bad for failed experiment

Friday, 14 August 2015, 11:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The National government are throwing good money after bad with their decision to pump even more funding into their failed charter school experiment, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>

English admits responsibility for Solid failure

Friday, 14 August 2015, 9:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Bill English has finally admitted he shares responsibility for the collapse of Solid Energy by encouraging the company to ramp up debt levels but it comes far too late, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. “On Morning Report Mr English ... More >>

National borrows Labour’s idea on Urban Development

Thursday, 13 August 2015, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour's Associate Environment spokesperson Phil Twyford says he welcomes the Government's adoption of Labour's policy for a National Policy Statement on urban development, and has called on the Government to take up Labour's offer to work together on these ... More >>