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Wheel clamping company runs money-making racket
Thursday, 18 July 2013, 5:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A wheel clamping company is fleecing unsuspecting mums and dads, picking their kids up from school, of thousands of dollars, Labour MP for Mt Roskill Phil Goff says. More >>
Treasury bet against Key’s SkyCity gamble
Thursday, 18 July 2013, 11:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key ignored a mountain of official advice warning the government to think twice about its backroom deal with SkyCity, says Grant Robertson, Labour’s Deputy Leader. More >>
Law would have ensured some accountability
Thursday, 18 July 2013, 10:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Police would have had a strong legal foundation to mount a prosecution over the 29 deaths at Pike River had New Zealand had a corporate manslaughter law, says Labour MP Andrew Little. More >>
Legal high law a win for communities
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 5:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Psychoactive Substances Act, which becomes law at midnight, could act as a lightning rod for other countries looking to minimise drug harm, Labour’s Associate health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says. More >>
Workers looking at a less happy Xmas?
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Kiwi workers may come under increasing pressure to work on Christmas, Easter and Anzac days as the Government scrambles to free up meagre labour inspector resources, says Darien Fenton, Labour’s spokesperson for labour issues. More >>
Nyet! Kiwi crew need to learn Russian for jobs
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 11:31 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Kiwi fishing crew are now having to learn Russian to get work in the fisheries sector, showing that more and more Kiwis are being shut out of jobs, says Labour’s Fisheries spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
KiwiSaver not an LVR life raft for first homes
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 10:24 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National is stuck in a lending limits hole of its own making but its attempt to use KiwiSaver employer contributions to dig out of it is doomed to fail, said Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford and Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Time to revisit Ross Sea protection
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 3:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It is time to revisit New Zealand’s position on the protection of the pristine wilderness that is the Ross Sea, says Labour’s Environment Spokesperson, Maryan Street. More >>
National focused on labelling – not lifting achievement
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 2:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labelling a third of Year 8 students as failures will do nothing to lift achievement and highlights many of the problems with the National Government’s approach, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins. More >>
Rec fishers shouldn’t carry the snapper can
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 2:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nathan Guy is putting the interests of commercial snapper fishers ahead of recreational fishermen in another example of National cosying up to their corporate mates, says Labour Fisheries spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Report reveals families still feeling the pinch
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The latest household income survey reinforces what many Kiwi families already know – that they are simply treading water, Labour’s Social Development Spokesperson and Spokesperson for Children Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
Key handed loaded LVR gun to Reserve Bank
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 10:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s incompetent handling of the mortgage lending limits tool is set to deny thousands of Kiwis a shot at their first home, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford and Finance spokesperson David Parker said. More >>
Time to stop the heritage destruction madness
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 9:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The ad-hoc destruction of Christchurch’s heritage buildings is a national tragedy and it needs to stop before the history of the city is lost, says Grant Robertson, Labour’s Arts, Culture and Heritage spokesperson. More >>
Memo to National: Stop the bullying and listen
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 9:26 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English’s bullying of visiting academic Professor Robert Wade shows how out of touch and arrogant the National Government has become, Grant Robertson, Labour’s Deputy Leader says. More >>
Reliable public transport must come first
Monday, 15 July 2013, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour says it would be unfair to impose tolls on Aucklanders without a massive improvement in the public transport system. More >>
Labour lodges Cantabrians’ $24k OIA request
Monday, 15 July 2013, 2:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Clayton Cosgrove has today lodged an Official Information Act request with the Earthquake Commission on behalf of the Canterbury community group that EQC proposed to charge $24,000 to process the request. More >>
Key’s kick in the teeth to first home buyers
Monday, 15 July 2013, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key is shutting thousands of first home buyers out of the market with his plans to impose lending limits for home mortgages, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford and Finance spokesperson David Parker said. More >>
Low sense of wellbeing unlikely to improve
Monday, 15 July 2013, 10:58 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A new study, the release of which coincides with the Government’s latest round of welfare reforms, confirms growing income inequality is having a hugely negative effect on New Zealanders’ wellbeing, Labour’s Social Development spokesperson ... More >>
Kiwis hit with cost of living triple whammy
Friday, 12 July 2013, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“Kiwi families have been hit with a triple dose of bad news in the last 24 hours, with petrol prices, power prices and food prices all jumping sharply,” says Labour Leader, David Shearer. More >>
Labour will take on $24,000 OIA request
Friday, 12 July 2013, 1:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s newly appointed Earthquake Commission spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove says he will take on the OIA from a Canterbury community group that EQC disgracefully proposed to charge $24,000 for information. More >>
