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Speech: Ardern - Let’s Keep Moving - 2020 Election Campaign Launch
Saturday, 8 August 2020, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
E ngā mana e ngā reo Ngāti whātua ngā mana whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau, e tika te kōrero Ehara taku toa he toa (taki tahi) he toa (taki tini) No rēira tātou e huihui mai nei, ka ‘Hoake tonu tātou’ Thank you for that welcome. And thank ... More >>
Labour Backs Businesses To Hire 40,000 New Zealanders
Saturday, 8 August 2020, 1:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
· Business subsidy of on average $7500, and up to $22,000, to hire unemployed New Zealanders · Up to 40,000 jobs to be supported by $311 million investment in keeping New Zealanders off the unemployment benefit · Ring-fenced fund to help unemployed ... More >>
Powhiri At Manurewa Marae | Arena Williams, Labour Candidate for Manurewa
Saturday, 1 August 2020, 5:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Arena Williams, Labour’s candidate for Manurewa, was formally welcomed to the Manurewa Marae today by Chairman Rangi McLean. A pōwhiri onto Manurewa Marae was held for Williams, her family, and Labour Party supporters. A crowd of almost 100 ... More >>
National's Transport Plans An Uncosted, Unfunded Shambles
Saturday, 18 July 2020, 4:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Confirmation that National hasn’t even costed the centre-piece of its transport announcement yesterday is a further sign of the shambles in the Opposition, and raises serious questions about National’s competence,” Finance Minister Grant Robertson ... More >>
Speech: Ardern Labour Party Congress 2020
Sunday, 5 July 2020, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Tena koutou katoa Nga tangata whenua o tenei rohe o Pōneke, tena koutou Nau mai, haere mai ki te hui a tau mo te roopu reipa Ko tatou! Ko to tatou mana! Ko to tatou kaupapa kei te kokiri whakamua Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa Welcome. ... More >>
Labour moves to protect productive farmland
Friday, 3 July 2020, 1:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MPs say they will require any conversion of highly productive farmland into forestry to have a resource consent to ensure rural communities are well supported during our economic recovery. More >>
Shanan Halbert Welcomes Investment In Northcote College
Friday, 3 July 2020, 12:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Northcote’s Labour candidate Shanan Halbert is welcoming the Government’s investment of $48.5 million in Northcote College announced today by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The funding is designed to upgrade two of Northcote College’s heritage buildings, ... More >>
Labour Party List 2020 Election
Monday, 15 June 2020, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
LABOUR'S 2020 LIST: 1 Jacinda Ardern 2 Kelvin Davis 3 Grant Robertson 4 Phil Twyford 5 Megan Woods 6 Chris Hipkins 7 Andrew Little 8 Carmel Sepuloni 9 David Parker 10 Nanaia Mahuta 11 Trevor Mallard 12 Stuart Nash 13 Iain Lees-Galloway 14 Jenny Salesa ... More >>
Labour Māori Caucus Supports Further Delivery Of Puao-te-ata-tu At Oranga Tamariki
Thursday, 11 June 2020, 10:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Overdue change has started at Oranga Tamariki, say Labour Māori Caucus Co-Chairs Willie Jackson and Meka Whaitiri. “Labour Māori Caucus acknowledges the first report from the Office of the Children’s Commissioner ‘Te Kuku o Te Manawa’, ... More >>
Labour Māori Caucus Backs Stand Against General Arming Of NZ Police
Wednesday, 3 June 2020, 3:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Māori Caucus stands against the general arming of Police and backs the Prime Minister and Police Minister’s position to not do so, Labour Māori Caucus Co-Chairs Willie Jackson and Meka Whaitiri said today. “In meeting with the Minister ... More >>
Local Girl Stands Up To Be Counted: Dr Emily Henderson Is Labour Candidate For Whangarei
Thursday, 28 May 2020, 6:58 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Dr Emily Henderson Last night, the Labour Party named Whangarei Family Court lawyer, Dr Emily Henderson, as its candidate to contest the Whangarei seat in the September general election. Emily has lived in Whangarei since she was seven years old, attending ... More >>
Labour Selects Experienced Community Campaigner Anna Lorck For Tukituki Electorate
Friday, 13 March 2020, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Tukituki candidate Anna Lorck says she’s thrilled to have been selected to run again in the electorate and is greatly encouraged by the opportunity to “get the job done”. Ms Lorck, a Hastings businesswoman and experienced local issues ... More >>
Labour Selects Terisa Ngobi For Otaki
Sunday, 8 March 2020, 1:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Local Case Manager for Work and Income Levin,Terisa Ngobi has been selected as Labour’s Otaki Candidate for September’s general election. “It’s a privilege to have been selected by local Labour members to be our Otaki candidate this year. I’m ... More >>
Labour Selects Candidate For Seat That Helen Clark And Jacinda Ardern First Stood In
Monday, 24 February 2020, 8:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party has selected Kerrin Leoni as their candidate for the electorate of Waikato. In a confirmation meeting held in Ngaruawahia on 23rd February, Ms Leoni, 39, was nominated unopposed as the electorate candidate, with the electorate covering ... More >>
Labour MP to make way for new Mana MP
Saturday, 8 February 2020, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP for Mana, Kris Faafoi, has today announced he will run as a list candidate at this year’s election in order to make way for a new Labour MP in Mana. More >>
Labour commits to Facebook transparency rules
Thursday, 23 January 2020, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern announced she is re-committing to a relentlessly positive election campaign in 2020 that will see the Party voluntarily sign up to Facebook’s new advertising transparency rules and have its major election policy ... More >>
Jacinda Ardern: 2019 Labour Party Conference
Monday, 2 December 2019, 10:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
As I look around the world, I can see why people ask that question. Our world feels so fractured. Views feel much more entrenched and people more tribal. Politics at times no longer feels like a place for debate and dialogue, but a place for dissent ... More >>
Kelvin Davis: 2019 Labour Party Conference
Monday, 2 December 2019, 9:58 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Everyone has a story. And right now, our party, our government is writing its own story. A story that will last the ages. A story that starts something like this More >>
Supporting Youth Futures and Southland’s Manufacturing Base
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 11:13 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“As an Invercargill based List MP, I’m delighted with today’s announcements” said Dr Liz Craig, “not only because the Provincial Growth Fund will be investing a further $4 million into the Southland economy, but also because of the synergies ... More >>
Labour selects Dr Tracey McLellan for Banks Peninsula seat
Monday, 25 November 2019, 11:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party has selected NZ Nurses Organization organiser and former academic Dr Tracey McLellan to contest the Banks Peninsula seat at the 2020 general election. More >>
