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Support for Key Government hangs in the dock
Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The latest documents released in the John Banks case raise serious questions about the credibility of John Key’s Government that continues to be propped up by the discredited ACT MP, Labour MP Grant Robertson says. More >>
Books almost $1b worse than expected
Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Yet again the Government’s financial statements are worse than expected, raising serious questions about National’s management of the economy and its books, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Give up Chorus – leave it to ComCom
Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 12:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Three cheers for our court system in confirming the law which gave Chorus three years to prepare for a changed copper price, says Associate ICT spokesperson Clare Curran. More >>
One pot of gold gone, Labour will create a new one
Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 9:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Financial Service Council’s savings report shows while we have lost one pot of gold, Labour’s savings policy will help create a new one, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Principals fire warning shot over ‘expert’ plan
Monday, 7 April 2014, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Calls from school principals for the Government to meet certain conditions before they support its expert teaching policy should be a wake up for Education Minister Hekia Parata, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Dunne breaks his word on loan sharks
Monday, 7 April 2014, 9:13 am | New Zealand Labour Party
United Future Leader Peter Dunne has done the dirty on the victims of loan sharks and backflipped on his previous willingness to support moves to cap excessive interest rates, Labour’s Consumer Rights spokesperson Carol Beaumont says. More >>
Nikki Kaye exaggerates housing numbers on flyer
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye is so keen to talk up the Government’s failed attempt to address Auckland’s housing crisis, she has distributed flyers claiming 11,000 homes have been consented which haven’t, Labour’s Housing spokesperson ... More >>
Bungled law behind public backlash over legal highs
Saturday, 5 April 2014, 12:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The public backlash against the Government’s attempt to regulate legal highs was inevitable after it bungled the implementation of the Psychoactive Substances Act, Labour’s Associate Health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says. More >>
No savings with power switching
Friday, 4 April 2014, 2:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A report has dismissed the government’s grand claims that customers who switch power companies have brought big savings to the electricity market, says Labour’s Energy spokesperson David Shearer. More >>
Top researchers forced overseas, cap in hand
Friday, 4 April 2014, 2:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Suggestions one of our top bio-protection research institutes may have to look overseas for funding could jeopardise important work to protect our horticulture industry from pests, Labour’s Innovation, Research & Development spokesperson Megan ... More >>
Celebrate NZ but Kiwi kids and women still missing out
Friday, 4 April 2014, 12:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders should celebrate living in the most socially advanced country in the world but with the same study showing a massive increase in violence against children, there is so still much to do, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. More >>
Lymphoedema sufferers deserve better
Friday, 4 April 2014, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Treatment and services for those suffering from Lymphoedema are inconsistent, inequitable and depend on where you live in New Zealand, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King has told the opening of the 10th Australasian Lymphology Association Conference ... More >>
Banker’s doubts over LVRs another nail in the housing coffin
Friday, 4 April 2014, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Thousands of first home buyers around New Zealand will be asking the Government what all the pain has been for after departing BNZ CEO Andrew Thorburn said that the jury is still out on whether LVRs have worked, says Labour’s housing spokesperson Phil ... More >>
Banker’s doubts over LVRs another nail in the housing coffin
Friday, 4 April 2014, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Thousands of first home buyers around New Zealand will be asking the Government what all the pain has been for after departing BNZ CEO Andrew Thorburn said that the jury is still out on whether LVRs have worked, says Labour’s housing spokesperson ... More >>
Labour calls for ban on fruit imported from high-risk areas
Thursday, 3 April 2014, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling on the Government to immediately ban the importation of fruit from high-risk areas after the discovery of the second Queensland fruit fly in Whangarei today, Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Tax and spend Nats push up interest rates
Thursday, 3 April 2014, 12:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National has changed its colours and become the real tax and spend party but is trying to hide the truth through suspect accounting, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Second million dollar fly a biosecurity failure
Thursday, 3 April 2014, 11:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The discovery of a second Queensland fruit fly in Whangarei is a massive failure for New Zealand’s biosecurity, Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Labour fact check: Key’s twists and turns in speech
Wednesday, 2 April 2014, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key has yet again twisted the figures and selectively chosen his statistics, a fact check by Labour shows, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>
National fiddles while mortgages rise
Wednesday, 2 April 2014, 3:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s failure to address the underlying issues of the New Zealand economy means New Zealanders will be paying more for their mortgages, says Labour Leader David Cunliffe. More >>
Taxpayers fork out $2500 a week for top PR company
Wednesday, 2 April 2014, 12:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Ministry of Justice needs to explain why it is paying a top Wellington public relations company about $2500 a week to upload judgments to the Courts of New Zealand website, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Maryan Street says. “The Ministry ... More >>
