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Lower drink-drive limit popular move
Monday, 4 November 2013, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s U-turn on lower drink-drive levels is to be applauded but only comes after recent polling confirmed the majority of New Zealanders support the lower limit, says Labour's Associate Health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway. More >>
Failure to halt gang rape astonishing
Monday, 4 November 2013, 11:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The lack of a complaint against a gang of young men stupefying and raping young women should not have stopped police acting, says Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokesperson Carol Beaumont. More >>
Shrill Steven Joyce needs a new dictionary
Monday, 4 November 2013, 10:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Steven Joyce’s hackneyed ‘nationalisation’ attack on Labour’s KiwiAssure policy shows he either doesn’t understand economics or needs a new dictionary, said Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker and SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Cunliffe: Building a Future for All - Conference Speech
Monday, 4 November 2013, 9:31 am | New Zealand Labour Party
We are here with good reason in this great city. To show our solidarity and determination to help get the rebuild moving. And to return a new Labour MP, Poto Williams, in Christchurch East. Thank you all for being here. More >>
Labour will tackle Canterbury’s housing crisis
Sunday, 3 November 2013, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will tackle Canterbury’s housing crisis head-on by building 10,000 affordable KiwiBuild homes in the region in the first four years of the programme, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. More >>
KiwiBank-style insurer for all New Zealanders
Sunday, 3 November 2013, 9:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A Labour government will set up a KiwiBank-style insurance company to provide a local alternative in an industry dominated by foreign-owned businesses, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. More >>
NZ Post job losses a sledgehammer blow
Friday, 1 November 2013, 2:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
NZ Post’s decision to cut up to 2000 jobs will be a huge blow to workers across the country, says Labour Leader David Cunliffe. “The number of workers set to be thrown on the scrapheap is a lot more than anyone was expecting. More >>
Auckland’s new build going nowhere fast
Friday, 1 November 2013, 11:25 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Disappointingly low building consents in Auckland are further evidence the Government's housing policy is not working, says Labour's housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Kiwis will be appalled by Oil and Gas decision
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 11:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders will be appalled at the latest insult dished out to 29 grieving families who have been denied compensation by New Zealand Oil and Gas, Labour’s MP for West Coast-Tasman Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Labour MP to co-host community lectures
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 10:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
In response to requests from Asian constituents, Labour Associate spokesperson for Justice Raymond Huo will co-host a series of free public presentations covering topics including the New Zealand tax system, commercial and property law, as well as public ... More >>
S**t happens… again
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 10:31 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Fonterra is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, says Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Too much at risk for monorail to proceed
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 9:27 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Fiordland monorail proposal puts too much at risk and should not go ahead, Labour’s Conservation spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. “The monorail will cut a swathe through significant areas of pristine beech forest and has the potential to lose the area ... More >>
Unsold spectrum should not be re-auctioned to highest bidder
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must put a genuinely competitive mobile market above all other considerations when deciding what to do with the unsold 700 MHz spectrum, Labour’s associate Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
Child poverty plan would see Families Commission axed
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will scrap the Families Commission to prioritise work on reducing child poverty, its Children’s spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. “The National Government has made it clear it is not interested in tackling child poverty. More >>
Adams reassurances on TICs bill ring hollow
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 12:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“The Government is trying to pull the wool over Kiwi’s eyes regarding the expanded powers of the GCSB,” Labour’s associate spokesperson for communications and IT Clare Curran said today. More >>
More manufacturers closing than opening
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The manufacturing sector is struggling under National as new figures show manufacturing company closures have outnumbered start-ups for the fifth year in a row, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>
‘Fortress Fonterra’ must up its game
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 3:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Fonterra must act on all the recommendations of its internal inquiry, especially the accusation that the company is acting like ‘Fortress Fonterra’, says Labour Leader David Cunliffe. More >>
First step needed to tackle child poverty
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 2:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Paula Bennett’s continued ‘she’ll be right’ response to calls to officially measure child poverty reinforce concerns that National doesn’t see it as a problem or a priority, Labour Children’s spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
Labour Day call for hours of work legislation
Monday, 28 October 2013, 6:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Darien FENTON Associate Labour Issues Spokesperson 28 October 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT Labour Day call for hours of work legislation More >>
National not ambitious for NZ women
Monday, 28 October 2013, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A major annual report on the progress of women globally shows New Zealand losing ground for the second year in a row, scoring particularly badly in relation to economic participation and opportunity, Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokesperson Carol Beaumont ... More >>
