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Sign Up To Help Labour Guarantee A Voice For Students
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 11:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
As students around New Zealand arrive at university for orientation, the Labour Party is urging them to join a campaign to keep their voice on university councils. More >>
Time for John Key to give parents certainty
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It is time for John Key to stop playing politics and give prospective parents certainty about the Government’s plans to extend paid parental leave, Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Sue Moroney says. More >>
Labour SOP beefs up Commerce Commission powers
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Commerce Commission will be given greater scope to protect New Zealand businesses from monopoly behaviour under an amendment lodged by Labour’s Commerce spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Media Statement – Monday 17 February 2014: TV3 News story
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 10:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Shane Taurima is not a current officeholder in the New Zealand Labour Party, nor has he nominated to become a candidate. More >>
Time for some honest answers on mums
Monday, 17 February 2014, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The distressing treatment of new mums at Middlemore Hospital makes a fiction of The Government’s much-lauded ‘greater support’ for vulnerable new mums, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette king says. More >>
Funding cuts at heart of hospital problems
Monday, 17 February 2014, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The responsibility for overcrowding, staff shortages and poor patient care in our hospitals lies squarely with Health Minister Tony Ryall, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Copper price bottom line is cheaper broadband
Monday, 17 February 2014, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Commerce Commission should reject Chorus’ offer of its own pricing analysis to speed up the final decision on copper prices, Labour’s Associate ICT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
Ombudsman’s orders: John Banks can’t hide
Monday, 17 February 2014, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
If ACT MP John Banks really has ‘nothing to fear, nothing to hide’ he should have voluntarily allowed police to release his statement into allegations of corruption, Labour’s Associate Security and Intelligence spokesperson Grant Robertson says. ... More >>
Another Kiwi business sold offshore
Monday, 17 February 2014, 11:23 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The sale of Kiwi business Pacific Steel to an Australian company is concerning to all New Zealanders who want to see locally-owned industries thriving, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. More >>
Inhumane treatment of Pasifika people must stop
Monday, 17 February 2014, 10:43 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Pacific Affairs Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga must urgently address the inhumane treatment of Pasifika people by Government agencies, Labour’s Pacific Islands Affairs spokesperson Su’a William Sio says. More >>
Study reinforces need for action against sexual violence
Friday, 14 February 2014, 4:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A report in the latest Lancet indicates that sexual violence against women is common worldwide and is a pressing health and human rights concern, says Women’s Affairs spokesperson Carol Beaumont. More >>
Corporate welfare needs means testing
Friday, 14 February 2014, 11:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Corporate welfare needs means testing The subsidy paid to Rio Tinto by Bill English has been shown up to be corporate welfare at its worst, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. The multi-national company, gifted $30 million of taxpayer money ... More >>
Time to reflect on historic poll tax apology
Friday, 14 February 2014, 10:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party
This year marks the twelfth anniversary of the historic poll tax apology by the Labour Government which healed many wounds for the Kiwi Chinese community and strengthened New Zealand’s legacy as an inclusive and welcoming multicultural society. It was ... More >>
Immigration Minister all at sea over complaints
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 6:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Michael Woodhouse is clearly not in command of his portfolio as he simply does not appreciate the scale of the scams in our immigration system relating to job selling, says Labour’s Immigration spokesperson Dr Rajen Prasad. “The Minister believes ... More >>
The Government must reinstate the Easy-Vote card
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 5:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Easy-Vote card which has been used in the last couple of elections should be reinstated says Labour’s Justice spokesperson Andrew Little . More >>
Novopay problems continue a year after Joyce’s promise
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Schools up and down the country are still tearing their hair out over payroll problems more than a year after the Government’s “Mr Fix It” Steven Joyce promised to sort out Novopay, Labour's Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Women in Defence Force going backwards under National
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A Defence Force review backs up Labour’s claims that under National women have gone backwards in the military, says Labour’s Defence spokesperson, Phil Goff. “In the last five years representation of women in each of the services has fallen ... More >>
Tough Times See Loan Sharks Continue To Thrive
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 10:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s lack of progress in addressing child poverty and housing affordability will force more cash-strapped families to turn to loan sharks to cover basic living costs, Labour’s Consumer Rights spokesperson Carol Beaumont says. More >>
No accountability for charter school millions
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Hekia Parata needs to assure New Zealanders that charter schools can’t double-dip by claiming funding for their students and pass on the cost of their learning to state schools, Labour's Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Recovery for Pacific is slow
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“The Salvation Army’s report “Striking a Better Balance” reveals the awful truth about Pacific unemployment, says Labour’s Spokesperson for Pacific Island Affairs, Su’a William Sio More >>
