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Labour to write to Commerce Commission on spectrum sale
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will write to the Commerce Commission to ask that it prioritises a competitive mobile market, which has been put at risk by Amy Adams’ decision to sell down the 4G spectrum, says Labour’s associate Communication and IT spokesperson Clare Curran. More >>
Ryall’s waiting list claims refuted
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 5:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Health Minister Tony Ryall’s assertion that only a handful of Kiwis are waiting longer than necessary for surgery has been blown out of the water with one health professional describing the practise of dropping people from waiting lists as a clear ... More >>
Adams misleads public over drilling again
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 4:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Amy Adams has again been caught misleading the public over her Government’s policy on offshore oil and gas exploration, Labour’s Environment spokesperson Moana Mackey says. More >>
Pike families compensated under Labour
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 10:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader David Cunliffe today committed the Labour Government to paying the court-ordered compensation to the Pike River families and seeking reimbursement from company shareholders and directors. More >>
Simon Cunliffe to be Labour Media Director
Monday, 18 November 2013, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader David Cunliffe has appointed respected journalist and columnist Simon Cunliffe as his Media Director and Chief Press Secretary. More >>
ERO paints bleak picture for Pacific ECE resources
Monday, 18 November 2013, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A serious lack of Pacific language resources is putting Pasifika preschools at risk of being unable to deliver the early childhood curriculum, says Labour’s Spokesperson for Pacific Island Affairs, Su’a William Sio. More >>
Time to clip wings of some top earners
Sunday, 17 November 2013, 9:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Chief executives and certain other senior staff should be excluded from our personal grievance laws for very good reasons, says Labour’s spokesperson on labour issues Andrew Little. More >>
Kiwi reputation takes a hit courtesy of PM’s weak stance
Sunday, 17 November 2013, 7:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David SHEARER Foreign Affairs Spokesperson 17 November 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT Kiwi reputation takes a hit courtesy of PM’s weak stance Comments by John Key in Sri Lanka today confirm New Zealand’s once highly-regarded foreign policy now stands ... More >>
Labour joins in demand for an end to sexual violence
Saturday, 16 November 2013, 1:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MPs will join the many concerned New Zealanders taking part in today’s marches to support rape survivors. More >>
White elephant sucking up more cash
Friday, 15 November 2013, 4:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is continuing to pour taxpayers’ money into Steve Joyce’s highway of personal significance, despite it being an economic white elephant and a potential environmental disaster, Labour’s Transport spokesperson Darien Fenton says. More >>
Survey shows LVRs turn first home dream into nightmare
Friday, 15 November 2013, 11:01 am | New Zealand Labour Party
First home buyers have been shut out of the market by LVRs and speculators are taking over, a new survey shows, say Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker and Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Transport Minister embarrassing on climate change
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Transport minister Gerry Brownlee's refusal to accept that man-made climate change is real is both deeply embarrassing and deeply concerning says Labour's climate change spokesperson Moana Mackey. More >>
Bounty hunters not the biosecurity answer
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s hiring of bounty hunters as the answer to biosecurity is something out of the Wild West, says Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor. More >>
Nats squeeze the lifeblood out of Housing NZ
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National is squeezing the life out of Housing New Zealand, slashing capital and demanding increased dividends in the middle of a housing crisis, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Air NZ sale a desperate and arrogant act
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s rush to sell Air New Zealand shares before the asset sales referendum is desperation and demonstrates arrogance of the highest order, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
CERA slows transport rebuild
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 2:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The inability of CERA to communicate effectively is slowing down repairs to transport infrastructure and could disrupt the rebuild, says Labour’s Christchurch transport spokesperson Megan Woods. More >>
No more riding on coat-tails, no more dodgy cuppas
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Iain Lees-Galloway is calling for cross party support of a Bill that does away with political coat-tailing and puts an end to ‘tea party’-style stitch-ups. More >>
Community must have input into decision-making
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 1:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Northland communities must ensure they have a say on the draft proposal for reorganising local government in their region to achieve a final proposal that values local democracy, says Labour spokesperson on Local Government, Su’a William Sio. More >>
Key must act on Sri Lanka
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Hiding behind a protocol that Sri Lanka should automatically take the chair rather than stand up for Human Rights is a copout, says Foreign Affairs spokesperson David Shearer. More >>
Screen incentive fund changes needed
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 1:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government needs to increase film industry incentives to ensure New Zealand remains competitive in a tough global market place, Labour’s Arts, Culture and Heritage spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
