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Vital support services can’t be left in lurch
Monday, 18 May 2015, 6:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government has big questions to answer about how a provider of services to thousands of vulnerable New Zealanders is set to fold, Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson says. Relationships Aotearoa which provides support and counselling ... More >>
House prices to crack $1 million in 17 months
Monday, 18 May 2015, 6:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The average Auckland home is on track to cost $1 million in 17 months’ time if nothing substantial is done to rein in soaring price rises, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. “Auckland’s house prices have skyrocketed 63 per cent – ... More >>
Charity legislation needs review
Monday, 18 May 2015, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It is unacceptable that the big corporate based charities claim millions in annual income tax exemptions, while small community based and operated non-profit organisations struggle to gain official charity status, Labour’s acting spokesperson for the ... More >>
John’s panic-Key response to housing crisis
Monday, 18 May 2015, 10:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key needs to tell New Zealanders what caused his sudden change of heart that led to the Government’s scrambled and last-minute housing measures, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
John Key finally admits there’s a housing crisis
Sunday, 17 May 2015, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s weak measures to rein in the astronomical profits property speculators are making are an admission – finally – that there is a housing crisis, Labour Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
Government stifles voices in CYFs review
Friday, 15 May 2015, 12:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s exclusion of the Māori Women’s Welfare League in a panel on the future of CYFs is a cynical ploy to stifle views, says Labour’s Māori Development Spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta. More >>
Key can’t just be Prime Minister for Parnell
Friday, 15 May 2015, 11:05 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key must show New Zealanders in next week’s Budget that he is more than the Prime Minister for Parnell, and is also the Prime Minister for Pine Hill, Putararu and Palmerston North, Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson says. In a ... More >>
More regional jobs go in Corrections reshape
Friday, 15 May 2015, 9:11 am | New Zealand Labour Party
News that 194 Corrections staff are to lose their jobs will have ramifications not only for them and their families but for the wider community, Labour’s Corrections spokesperson Kelvin Davis says. Prison units at Waikeria, Tongariro and Rimutaka ... More >>
Taxpayers the only ones left feeling blue
Thursday, 14 May 2015, 1:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Ministry of Social Development bosses could have saved themselves thousands of dollars in consultants’ fees by providing staff with rose-tinted spectacles, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Kris Faafoi says. More >>
Andrew Little's Pre-Budget Speech
Thursday, 14 May 2015, 11:13 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Only on rare occasions does a single budget have a profound effect on the economy, and on people’s lives. More >>
Reserve Bank’s dairy warning must be heeded
Thursday, 14 May 2015, 9:09 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Reserve Bank’s warning that the overreliance on the dairy sector is a threat to the wider economy as well as many farmers’ futures must not be another smoke signal ignored by National, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. “The Reserve ... More >>
Why are the regions still facing restrictions?
Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 5:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford is questioning why the regions should continue to be saddled with LVR lending restrictions announced by the Reserve Bank today. More >>
Reserve Bank action shows Govt out of touch and out of ideas
Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 10:03 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Reserve Bank’s unprecedented measures today show it understands the serious risks of the overheating housing market – in complete contrast to John Key’s refusal to acknowledge the crisis, Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson ... More >>
Recklessly complacent Govt fails own test
Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 9:14 am | New Zealand Labour Party
This recklessly complacent Government has not only failed its own surplus litmus test, it has squandered opportunities to improve the lives of New Zealanders, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. In a pre-election budget speech today, he described the ... More >>
Regions reeling under reality of neglect
Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 8:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The grim state of the regions has been sheeted home in a damning report which shows years of Government neglect has resulted in ‘two New Zealands’, Labour Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
Government bows to ACC pressure
Monday, 11 May 2015, 4:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
11 May 2015 Government bows to ACC pressure The Government has finally buckled to pressure from Labour and the New Zealand public in making a half billion dollar cut to ACC levies, but the full benefits are two years away,” says Opposition Leader ... More >>
False figures cloud Auckland transport facts
Monday, 11 May 2015, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Prime Minister should apologise and issue a correction after both he and Transport Minister Simon Bridges have been caught out misrepresenting facts on Auckland’s transport spending, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. “Both John ... More >>
Govt books confirm National can’t post surplus
Monday, 11 May 2015, 11:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The last publication of the Government’s books before the budget shows National will break its promise of seven years and two election campaigns and fail to get the books in order, says Labour’s Finance Spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
Labour Pays Tribute to Erima Henare
Monday, 11 May 2015, 8:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
We have mourned the contribution of a great New Zealander and on the last day of his final journey we pay our respects to Erima Henare, son of the late Sir James and Lady Rose Henare. More >>
Sport leadership essential to combat homophobia
Sunday, 10 May 2015, 3:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand rugby must take the recommendations of a ground-breaking study to address homophobia in sport on board, Labour’s Associate Sport and Recreation spokesperson Louisa Wall says. “Out on the Fields is the world’s first international study ... More >>
