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Labour backs return to university democracy
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 11:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is backing the New Zealand Union of Students' Associations’ and Tertiary Education Union campaign to restore student and staff participation in university councils, with a member’s bill. More >>
Alarm bells over disability support
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 11:07 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government needs to re-think the support it provides for growing numbers of New Zealand children living with disabilities, Labour’s Children’s spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. “A report from the Child Poverty Action Group shows that of the 95,000 ... More >>
Red flag raised over referendum
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 10:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has red flagged the Government’s flag referendum plans, arguing it doesn’t ask the obvious question – whether New Zealanders actually want a change. More >>
Nail in housing coffin from own officials
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nail in housing coffin from own officials The Government’s 2014 Budget tariff removal bribe was nothing more than a gift to property developers, according to its own officials, Labour Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
Kids the losers in lunchbox politics
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 11:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Sadly it looks like National won’t support successful and proven school programmes shown to reduce obesity and ensure all our kids are well-nourished at school, Labour MP David Shearer says. More >>
External reference group for Future of Work Commission
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 10:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Finance spokesperson and Chair of the Future of Work Commission Grant Robertson has announced the membership of the External Reference Group which will guide the Commission’s work over the next two years. More >>
Unaffordable Riccarton housing development
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 10:35 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is questioning whether homes proposed in a large soon-to-be-announced housing development on Christchurch Racing Club-owned land in Riccarton will be affordable. Labour’s Associate Housing spokeswoman Poto Williams has been leaked information ... More >>
Major mis-steps in Future Footprint
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 9:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New advice from the Auditor General shows AgResearch is playing fast and loose with taxpayer money, Labour’s Economic Development spokesperson David Clark says. More >>
Time for Government to show leadership
Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 8:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It is time for the Government to show leadership and take action on the sound findings in the red meat industry report released today, Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Labour promises to restore democracy in Canterbury
Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 4:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will restore democratically elected regional councillors in Canterbury by introducing a Member’s bill to Parliament this week, says Wigram MP and Labour’s spokesperson for the Environment Megan Woods. “Nick Smith is finally releasing ... More >>
Sikh community deserves fair consideration
Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must clarify where and when Sikhs can wear a kirpan – a ceremonial dagger which their religion requires them to always carry, Labour’s spokesperson for Ethnic Communities Phil Goff says. “While I welcome the Prime Minister’s ... More >>
Short term housing too little, too late
Monday, 16 March 2015, 11:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Associate Housing spokesperson Poto Williams says the Government's short term housing announcement for Canterbury is a case of too little, too late. More >>
English breaks another election promise
Sunday, 15 March 2015, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Finance Minister Bill English is set to break another promise to New Zealand workers, talking down the prospect of decent wage increases for workers in an interview today, Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson says. More >>
Aid needed sooner rather than later
Sunday, 15 March 2015, 10:28 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government needs to beef up aid efforts to cyclone-hit Vanuatu sooner rather than later, Labour’s Pacific Island Affairs spokesperson Su’a William Sio says. Aid agencies say Cyclone Pam, which veered off its expected course and struck populated ... More >>
Gerry-It’s time for justice
Friday, 13 March 2015, 12:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Four years on from the February quake, a group of Cantabrians have had their plea for justice upheld by the Supreme Court. It’s time for Gerry Brownlee to be fair with these people and let them move on with their lives, says Canterbury Earthquake ... More >>
Labour proposes law change to protect heritage trees
Friday, 13 March 2015, 9:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is pledging to introduce legislation to provide automatic protection to heritage trees to ensure situations such as the one in Auckland where a decades old Kauri came close to being felled by property developers doesn’t happen again. “An overwhelming ... More >>
Government vetoes Labour’s call for trees inquiry
Thursday, 12 March 2015, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National Party members today rejected a petition by Labour’s MP for New Lynn David Cunliffe for an urgent Parliamentary inquiry into the proposed felling of an ancient Kauri tree in Titirangi. More >>
Minister should talk to the hand that feeds
Thursday, 12 March 2015, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Craig Foss needs to leave his office and consult with those most affected by over-the-top ACC levies – small businesses, Labour’s spokesperson for the sector Jacinda Ardern says. “The Government has its own Small Business Development Group whose purpose, ... More >>
Open a failed charter school and keep the farm
Thursday, 12 March 2015, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Appalling contractual arrangements by the Government mean the trust running troubled charter school Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru will keep an 81-hectare farm if it is closed for poor performance, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
SkyCity hole sucks up more taxpayer cash
Thursday, 12 March 2015, 3:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
SkyCity hole sucks up more taxpayer cash More evidence that taxpayers are being ripped off by a Government playing fast and loose with their cash has been provided by Television New Zealand, the SOE caught up in the dodgy SkyCity deal, Labour Economic ... More >>
