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Desperate Minister resorts to oldest trick
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Housing Minister Nick Smith has today resorted to National’s favourite diversion tactic – blaming the former Labour government – but as usual he is being completely misleading, Labour's Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. “The law Nick Smith ... More >>
National must back up bluster and immediately release papers
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling John Key’s bluff and insists he immediately release papers he claims show Labour was aware of a supposed legal threat by Saudi businessman Hamood Al Ali Al Khalaf, says Labour’s Export Growth and Trade spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Uninsulated state house another broken promise
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A cold, damp and leaky Otara home which contributed to the tragic death of a toddler shows the Government has failed to fulfil its commitment to retrofit all state houses with insulation and proper heating, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford ... More >>
Frontline police numbers in freefall
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 12:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The number of constables on the beat has fallen over the past six years in all but one of the country’s 12 police districts, says Labour’s police spokesperson Kelvin Davis. “The number of general duties constables now stands at 2593 this year, a ... More >>
Mental health closures a sign of things to come
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 12:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The closure of a respected mental health support service in New Plymouth is an indication of the pressures faced across the sector, Labour’s Associate Health spokesperson David Clark says. Like Minds, which has been a major player in the region's mental ... More >>
Access to qualifications slashed
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 11:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government has declared war on the next generation with a plan to axe two- thirds of New Zealand’s qualifications, Labour Tertiary Education spokesperson David Cunliffe says. More >>
Labour argues for a clear Paris climate plan
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 3:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour argues for a clear Paris climate plan Setting climate change targets alone is not enough, New Zealand will have to have a clear plan on how to achieve these targets, says Labour’s Climate Change Spokesperson Megan Woods in the party’s ... More >>
Two sides of super minister: Dr Joyce and Mr Hide
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Two sides of super minister: Dr Joyce and Mr Hide Steven Joyce’s wild fluctuations between obsessive micro-manager and arms-length delegator is creating chaos in his personal MoBIE empire, with him waving outrageous spending through but scrutinising ... More >>
National should let its MPs support life-saving Bill
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 12:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National MPs should be allowed to support a Labour Member’s Bill to immediately adopt international best practice mining safety standards to avert another tragedy like Pike River. More >>
More proof that National Standards a failed experiment
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 10:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New reports from the Ministry of Education further highlight what parents and teachers have known for ages – the National Standards data being touted by the Government isn’t worth the paper it is written on, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris ... More >>
Dairy price fall shows Treasury forecasts way off
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 9:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Dairy price fall shows Treasury forecasts way off National’s rosy predictions of a global dairy price rise to lift the Government books out of the red are off the mark again with the latest fall showing how wrong Treasury’s forecasts were, says ... More >>
Secrecy surrounds social experiment
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The secrecy surrounding the Government’s plans to let private funders invest in mental health services only increases suspicions that the proposal has been ill-thought through, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette Kings says. More >>
Underfunding schools sells our kids short
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 3:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Student learning will suffer and parents will be asked to fork out even more for their children’s education because of National’s underfunding of education in this year’s Budget, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Asset sales fund runs out: Nats forced to borrow
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 3:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English has been forced to admit the asset sales fund has run dry and the Government will have to borrow to build the schools and hospitals they promised would come from the sales proceeds, says Labour’s Finance Spokesperson Grant Robertson. “Bill ... More >>
Millions going on mental health experiment
Sunday, 31 May 2015, 6:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is using some of the most vulnerable Kiwis as guinea pigs against official advice and in the absence of international evidence that its ‘experiment’ will achieve the desired results, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
McCully's years of silence suspicious
Sunday, 31 May 2015, 10:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Murray McCully tried to keep the $4 million facilitation payment secret and didn’t announce it in any press release dating back to February 2011, despite claims of transparency from Michelle Boag, says Labour’s Export Growth and Trade spokesperson ... More >>
Nats may have to sell state houses for free
Saturday, 30 May 2015, 12:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s social housing policy is totally unravelling as the Iwi Chairs’ Forum says they believe the houses have a market value of zero, meaning the Government will have to give the houses away and lose billions of dollars, says Labour’s Housing ... More >>
Ministers must ask Shipley to stand aside from Genesis board
Friday, 29 May 2015, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English and Todd McClay must ask Jenny Shipley to stand aside as chair of the board of Genesis Energy while legal action is being taken against her for her role in the collapse of Mainzeal, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Tolley must assure safety of vulnerable clients
Friday, 29 May 2015, 1:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Social Development Minister Anne Tolley must guarantee the safety of Relationships Aotearoa’s thousands of Māori clients – some of whom are very vulnerable – following the closure of the nationwide counselling service, Labour’s Māori Development ... More >>
Fairfax can’t use restructure to cut terms and conditions
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 11:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The restructure and upheavals at Fairfax should not be used as an opportunity to cut journalists’ terms and conditions, Labour spokesperson for Labour Issues Iain Lees-Galloway says. “Businesses have to adapt to new technologies and consumer ... More >>
