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Education opportunity must be grasped in Christchurch East

Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The final verdict on the fate of eight schools in Christchurch East ends months of uncertainty and anxiety for parents and students, says Labour’s Associate Education spokesperson for Christchurch, Megan Woods. More >>

Bed shortage hardly unexpected, Minister

Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 3:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

A shortage of beds for mental health patients, which has seen people diagnosed as psychotic locked up in prison rather than being treated, is a direct result of the pressure being put on health boards by Tony Ryall, Labour’s Health spokesperson ... More >>

Obama statement aligns with NZ Parliament resolution

Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 2:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

“President Obama’s decision to postpone seeking Congressional support for a military strike against Syria is welcome”, says Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Phil Goff. More >>

SOE sales will bring in less than $5b - $7b

Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 12:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

New valuations of Meridian show that the Government’s rush to sell off state assets will bring in considerably less money than the SOE is worth in another blow to the taxpayer, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>

Government should drop RMA plans

Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 11:43 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government has no alternative but to dump planned changes to the Resource Management Act now that its two support parties have come out against the proposals, says Labour Environment Spokesperson, Maryan Street. More >>

Leading Labour in Christchurch

Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 8:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Thanks for your warm Christchurch welcome. I acknowledge our Christchurch-based MPs Ruth Dyson, Megan Woods, Clayton Cosgrove. And our other MPs Rajen Prasad, Sue Moroney and Nanaia Mahuta. Phil Twyford. (Acknowledgements). More >>

Slide in university rankings - Govt thinking on education

Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Global rankings that show New Zealand universities are slipping behind their international counterparts is a black mark against the National Government, says Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Megan Woods. More >>

Online shoppers deserve protection this Christmas

Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 1:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

New Zealanders deserve to have their online shopping covered by the Consumer Guarantees Act this Christmas, says Labour’s Consumer Affairs spokesperson Carol Beaumont. More >>

What is the Government trying to hide?

Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 11:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy must come clean on whether he is trying to protect his research institute from the ministerial inquiry into Fonterra’s botulism scare, Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>

UN must oversee chemical weapon destruction

Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 8:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party

New Zealand should welcome any serious initiative that would allow United Nations supervised collection and destruction of chemical weapons in Syria, says Phil Goff, Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson. More >>

Manufacturers lose out in two-speed economy

Monday, 9 September 2013, 12:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

New Zealand manufacturers are suffering under National’s two-speed economy with sales in dollars and volume dropping significantly in the last quarter, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>

6 local people in the race for Labour’s Chch East nomination

Monday, 9 September 2013, 9:09 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The selected candidate will come from a strong field of nominees – James Caygill, Karen Hayes, Christina Laalaai-Tausa, Tina Lomax, Deon Swiggs and Poto Williams. More >>

Leading Labour In Dunedin - David Cunliffe Speech

Monday, 9 September 2013, 9:01 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Thanks for your warm Dunedin welcome. I acknowledge our Dunedin-based MPs David Parker, David Clark and Claire Curran. More >>

Back-down on Ross Sea not a great start to Conservation Week

Monday, 9 September 2013, 8:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government’s back-down on protecting the pristine Antarctic environment of the Ross Sea is hardly a good start to Conservation Week, say Labour's Conservation and Environment spokespersons, Ruth Dyson and Maryan Street. More >>

Key two-faced about climate change

Sunday, 8 September 2013, 12:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

It is not good enough for John Key to cry crocodile tears about the impact of climate change on our low-lying Pacific neighbours, while at the same time refusing to sign up to the Kyoto 2 protocol. More >>

Dunedin MPs unite behind Robertson

Saturday, 7 September 2013, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Dunedin's two electorate MPs David Clark and Clare Curran have today come out in support of Labour Leadership contender Grant Robertson. The MPs say Robertson will make an excellent Prime Minister and represents the party’s best chance against ... More >>