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Reserve Bank points finger at Govt inaction
Monday, 24 August 2015, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
In scathing criticism of the Government’s inaction, the Reserve Bank says Auckland housing supply is growing nowhere near fast enough to make a dent the housing shortage, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. Reserve Bank deputy governor Grant ... More >>
Chickens come home to roost on climate change
Monday, 24 August 2015, 2:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s gutting of the Emissions Trading Scheme has caused foresters to leave and emissions to rise, says Labour’s Climate Change spokesperson Megan Woods. More >>
Website adds to long list of big spends at MBIE
Monday, 24 August 2015, 12:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s $560,000 outlay on its new website is further evidence of excessive spending by Steven Joyce on his pet project super ministry, Labour’s Economic Development spokesperson David Clark says. “Hot ... More >>
Burdett case must be reopened
Sunday, 23 August 2015, 7:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New evidence produced by 3D Investigates tonight is a further reason why the role of Malcolm Rewa in the murder of Susan Burdett needs to be re-examined says Labour’s Justice spokesperson Jacinda Ardern. More >>
Rules reduction – or rorting the rules?
Sunday, 23 August 2015, 7:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government needs to answer some serious questions around its spending on the Rules Reduction Taskforce to prove it’s not rorting the rules, Labour’s State Services spokesman Kris Faafoi says. More >>
Serco wants in on state house sell off
Saturday, 22 August 2015, 10:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must keep scandal plagued outsourcing company Serco away from our state housing after their disastrous record running Mt Eden prison, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. More >>
Time for NZTA to work on alternatives to flyover
Friday, 21 August 2015, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The High Court decision rejecting the New Zealand Transport Agency’s attempts to build the Basin Reserve flyover must now mean that NZTA finally works with the community on other options for transport solutions in Wellington, Grant Robertson ... More >>
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 >>
