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Cash for charter schools, mould for state schools
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 4:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
At a time when state schools are struggling in old, cold, mouldy buildings and can barely make ends meet, the National Government is shovelling cash at charter schools which aren’t even spending the funding on kids’ education, Labour’s Education ... More >>
State house sell off Bill gives extraordinary powers
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford The Government is about to give Ministers extraordinary powers to take direct personal control of selling state houses, exempting Ministers from normal legal requirements and leaving the sale process wide open for corruption, ... More >>
No alternative as waste scheme trashed
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 2:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nick Smith must explain how he is going to prevent contamination of New Zealand’s ground and water with liquid and hazardous waste after scrapping the only monitoring scheme and offering no replacement, says Labour’s Environment Spokesperson Megan ... More >>
Flawed system rates death traps as safe
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 11:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party
ACC Minister Nikki Kaye needs to come clean about what really lies behind the reclassification of 18 vehicles in her new motor vehicle registration system introduced today, Labour’s ACC spokesperson Sue Moroney says. More >>
Tiwai Smelter and 800 workers left in limbo
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 10:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Workers at Tiwai smelter and the people of Southland have once again been left in limbo over their future in the ongoing debacle over whether the plant stays open, says Labour’s Leader Andrew Little. “It’s not good enough that after two years ... More >>
New twist in state house sell-off saga
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 10:29 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has opened the door to buyers of state houses simply being landlords and not required to provide social services, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. The Prime Minister said at his post-Cabinet press conference buyers ... More >>
Capital Connection decision a win for Palmerston North
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 8:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Palmerston North MP Iain Lees-Galloway is delighted with the decision by KiwiRail to continue operating the Capital Connection for another three years. More >>
Government fees will hit charities hard
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 3:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s decision to ignore the concerns of charities will see the voluntary sector face hundreds of thousands of dollars in new costs if the Policing (Cost Recovery) Amendment Bill passes, says Labour's Community and Voluntary Sector spokesperson ... More >>
Four out of ten for Simon’s Bridges
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Transport Authority’s decision to fund only four of the 10 bridges promised in National’s shameless Northland by-election bribe is a huge embarrassment for Transport Minister Simon Bridges, Labour’s Transport spokesperson Phil Twyford ... More >>
Falling consents adding to Auckland housing woes
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 1:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil Twyford Falling numbers of building consents being issued in Auckland will add to the city’s housing shortfall and fuel skyrocketing house prices, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford “The Productivity Commission found there was ... More >>
So Mr English, do you have a plan?
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 11:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party
DIpping confidence about jobs, wages and shrinking exports are highlighting the lack of a plan from the government to diversify the economy and build sustainable growth, Grant Robertson Labour’s Finance Spokesperson said. More >>
Serious risks to tenants and assets in sell-off
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 8:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Overseas evidence shows there are serious risks around the Government's plan to sell off state houses to social housing providers, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. “In the Netherlands – where community housing providers supply the majority ... More >>
Sonny Tau should resign to test his support
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 8:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
If Sonny Tau believes he has the support of his people, he should stand down from his iwi responsibilities and seek the positions again, says Labour’s Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis. “The integrity of Sonny Tau’s positions have been diminished, ... More >>
MoBIE largesse doesn’t stop with TVs and hair-straighteners
Monday, 29 June 2015, 8:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The number of MoBIE staff earning more than $150,000 has risen 23 per cent in just a year, Labour’s Economic Development Spokesperson David Clark says. Documents obtained from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment show there are ... More >>
Land of milk and money
Sunday, 28 June 2015, 4:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Kiwi families are paying over the top prices for their milk and someone is creaming off big profits, says Labour’s Consumer Affairs spokesperson David Shearer. More >>
English wants to flog state houses to Aussies
Saturday, 27 June 2015, 11:12 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English’s admission that he would sell hundreds of New Zealand’s state houses to the Australians is the latest lurch in the Government’s stumbling, half-baked housing policy, Labour’s housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. More >>
Nick Smith's Fiasco Goes to Court
Saturday, 27 June 2015, 10:11 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government's ham-fisted handling of its Budget housing initiative made it inevitable the policy would end up in court, says Labour's housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Exports continue to fall as Government fails to diversify
Friday, 26 June 2015, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government quickly needs a plan to diversify our economy after new figures show that exports are continuing to fall due to the collapse in dairy exports, Labour's Finance Spokesperson Grant Robertson says. More >>
Government inaction leads to blurring of roles
Friday, 26 June 2015, 10:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Treasury wouldn’t have had to warn the Reserve Bank to stick to its core functions if the Government had taken prompt and substantial measures to rein in skyrocketing Auckland house prices, Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson says. More >>
Courthouse closures hitting regions
Friday, 26 June 2015, 9:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s decision to shut down up to eight regional courthouses, some supposedly only temporarily for seismic reasons, looks unlikely to be reversed, Labour’s Justice spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. “The move has hit these regions hard, ... More >>
