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Boot Camps Experiment Drags On
Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 4:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Karen Chhour has done little to quell worries for these young people’s safety and has recently failed to front up to the hard questions, instead opting to blame those who ask them. More >>
Aucklanders Want Better Transport Not Tax
Monday, 12 August 2024, 11:32 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“The newly released State of the City report shows the Government’s decisions have slowed progress in Auckland, but when the city calls out for leadership Simeon Brown has put his hand out for more cash from whānau in Tāmaki Makaurau,” Labour ... More >>
Consultation Farce As Agenda Is Set On Firearms Changes
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“The ACT Party campaigned on getting rid of the firearms registry, now the Minister is blocking the public from giving their views on proposed changes to it,” Labour police spokesperson Ginny Andersen said. More >>
Emergency Housing Changes Will See More People On Streets
Friday, 9 August 2024, 4:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Government is making it harder to access housing and easier to be kicked out - we’re talking about people with nowhere else to go and now anxiously waiting to find out if they still have a home. More >>
Funding Cuts Will Hurt Community Mental Health
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Not only was that funding halved to $5 million per year, but the Minister has also made the criteria so restrictive that very few organisations will be able to apply. More >>
Government Confirms Rates To Go Up
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 10:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Rates are about to go up even further now with the Government pushing local councils under a borrowing bus. More >>
9000 More Kiwis Out Of Jobs Under National
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Many economists predicted unemployment would rise, with the Treasury predicting it will still reach 5.3% this year. Yet the government has done nothing to support people into work or provide any certainty or confidence for the business community. More >>
Labour Calls For Ban On Procurement From Illegal Settlements
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 10:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party is calling on the Government to support the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling by using its procurement rules to ban government agencies from purchasing goods or services from Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied ... More >>
Cancer Drug Delay Is The Cruel Result Of Govt's Bad Decisions
Monday, 5 August 2024, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s decision to delay the free availability of life-saving cancer drug Keytruda means more waiting for patients who have already been hurt by National’s bad decisions. More >>
National Away With The Ferries In Botched Deal
Sunday, 4 August 2024, 1:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The consequences of these decisions will mean Kiwis pay more, wait years longer for new boats and face increased freight costs. More >>
Document Dump Still Doesn’t Make The Case For AUKUS
Friday, 2 August 2024, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The document release today coincides with warnings by Australian defence expert Hugh White, who said escalating strategic rivalry carries a serious risk of escalating to a nuclear conflict. More >>
Labour Leader Statement On Cancellation Of March 15 Royal Commission Of Inquiry Recommendations
Friday, 2 August 2024, 12:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Calling it quits before implementing all the recommendations while hinting at liberalisation of the law around semi-automatics is out of touch. More >>
National Have Their Heads In The Sand Over Climate
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“The Government is offering almost no policy to reduce pollution from livestock and is failing to maintain the electric vehicle uptake rates achieved under Labour,” said Megan Woods. More >>
Anti-scam Bill To Help Protect People’s Money
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 9:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A new Member’s Bill to increase protections from scams, including for vulnerable customers, is being introduced to the Ballot today. More >>
Majority Say No To Govt’s Maōri Wards Bill
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 5:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“This is an utterly shameful bill that local councils do not want. Majority of Select Committee submissions were in support of keeping the wards as they are. But Simeon Brown has turned a deaf ear to push his own political agenda,” Kieran McAnulty ... More >>
Kiwis Lose More Than They Get Under National
Monday, 29 July 2024, 6:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“The Government can make up all the reasons it likes, but the facts of the matter are Kiwis are worse off, as are our health and education systems under National,” Barbara Edmonds said. More >>
Labour Calls For Health NZ Books To Be Opened
Monday, 29 July 2024, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The public has the right to see the state of the books for themselves so Labour is calling for all of Health New Zealand’s monthly financial reports to be released. More >>
Chris Hipkins’ Auckland Hui Address
Saturday, 27 July 2024, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
I think most New Zealanders want to see us come together. I think most New Zealanders want us to work on improving outcomes for Māori. I think most New Zealanders celebrate Māori culture and identity and the fact that it makes us so unique in the world. More >>
Charter Schools To Remove The Rights Of Teachers
Friday, 26 July 2024, 1:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The coalition Government is driving to dismantle our public school system and instead promote a privatised, competitive structure that puts profits before kids, Labour education spokesperson Jan Tinetti said. More >>
National Disgrace For Children In Poverty
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 4:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Lifting children out of poverty is the moral obligation of any good government. This one clearly doesn’t have any,” Carmel Sepuloni said. More >>
