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Anna Lorck selected as Labour’s Tukituki Candidate
Monday, 17 March 2014, 9:32 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Anna Lorck selected as Labour’s Tukituki Candidate Labour Party President Moira Coatsworth has announced that Anna Lorck will be Labour’s candidate for the Tukituki electorate at the 2014 General Election. She was selected today from a field of three ... More >>
Hekia’s plans will rob kids of opportunity
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 2:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Hekia Parata’s radical plans to shake-up school funding show just how dangerous a re-elected National government could be and have the potential to rob thousands of Kiwi kids of their chance to achieve to their full potential, Labour’s Education ... More >>
PM and Conservation Minister avoid big issues
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 2:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National has demonstrated how out of touch it is with key conservation issues in New Zealand, particularly the issues facing our marine environment, Labour’s Conservation spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. “The announcements from the Bluegreens conference ... More >>
Do-nothing Minister fails regional viewers
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 10:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Craig Foss has once again lived up to his reputation as a do-nothing Minister with his failure to take any action to support regional broadcasters during their transition from analogue to digital, Labour’s Broadcasting Spokesperson Kris Faafoi says. More >>
No shade of Green in Bluegreens
Saturday, 15 March 2014, 10:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
There's not much green about the National Party’s "Bluegreens" as they head into their conference this weekend, says Labour's Environment spokesperson Moana Mackey. More >>
Government’s Pacific 0800 number will not work
Friday, 14 March 2014, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The announcement by the government for a “Talanoa 0800 campaign” for Pacific communities to seek help when they are having issues with loans is nothing more than politicking in election year, says Labour’s Pacific Island Affairs Spokesperson ... More >>
Cunliffe: New Zealand’s Economic Upgrade
Friday, 14 March 2014, 11:31 am | New Zealand Labour Party
I would like to acknowledge the New Zealand Initiative and its Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich. Oliver it’s great to be here with you today - and I know this group greatly values the open contest of ideas. More >>
Too little too late for Maori research
Friday, 14 March 2014, 10:23 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Maori Party has clearly dropped the ball as under their watch Ngā Pae o te Maramatanga will lose research funding beyond 2015, says Labour’s Associate spokesperson on Innovation, Research, and Development Nanaia Mahuta. More >>
Steven Joyce tries to silence critics
Friday, 14 March 2014, 10:22 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce's cuts to membership of university councils is a cynical attempt to silence the voices of the Government’ critics, Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Grant Robertson says. More >>
Genesis share offer a last desperate fire sale
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 4:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Details announced today on the sale of shares in Genesis Energy prove it is a politically expedient last ditch effort to flog off New Zealand’s silver before the election, Labour’s SOE spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove says. More >>
Rescue helicopter funding a win for Auckland
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Moves to fix the current funding arrangements to guarantee the future of Auckland’s Rescue Helicopter are a win for local residents, Labour’s MP for Mount Albert David Shearer says. More >>
Family Commissioner must make up her mind-stay or go
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Family Commissioner Dr Parmjeet Parmar now has to make up her mind and decide whether she is going to cease politicking or remains a Family Commissioner, says Labour’s Associate Social Development spokesperson Rajen Prasad . More >>
Bill for Novopay bungles tops $43 million
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The taxpayer now faces a bill of at least $43 million because of Education Minister Hekia Parata’s bungled decision to implement the failed Novopay payroll system, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Science funding jigsaw missing strategic pieces
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 1:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
News that four Centres of Research Excellence (COREs) are to have their funding slashed has researchers and industry partners wondering just what Steven Joyce's science and innovation strategy is, says Labour's Innovation spokesperson Megan Woods. More >>
Case against Fonterra cynical Govt face-saving
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 11:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Ministry of Primary Industry’s legal action against Fonterra is a cynical ploy to make the Prime Minister look good in China, Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>
All earthquake victims should be treated as VIPs
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 11:01 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has serious questions to answer over why dozens of vulnerable claimants were allowed to fall through the cracks at the same time as EQC was tracking high profile/ VIPs, Labour’s Earthquake Commission ... More >>
Government housing failure forces up interest rates
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 10:06 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Homeowners and first home buyers will feel today’s interest rate increase as the tightening of the noose, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker and Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. “The Government has been incapable of reining in the ... More >>
Steven Joyce must hold full independent inquiry
Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 5:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce must order a full independent inquiry into AgResearch’s restructuring plans, Labour’s MP for Dunedin North David Clark says. More >>
Conniving Collins not fit to be a minister
Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 12:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key must stand Judith Collins down while he gets to the bottom of her secret meetings with Chinese border officials, her policy advisor and the Chinese managing director of her husband’s company Oravida, Labour Leader David ... More >>
Business NZ wants $7 an hour minimum wage
Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 10:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand’s major employer representative, Business NZ, considered a “social partner” by the Government, is pushing for the minimum wage to drop to $7, or 25 per cent of the national average wage, Labour’s associate spokesperson on Labour ... More >>
