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English too weak, too slow on Solid Energy
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 4:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English was too weak and too slow to act on Solid Energy and failed utterly in his leadership, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Labour candidate vote in advance with first-time voters
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 4:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Advanced voting for the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti byelection opens tomorrow, 12 June, and Labour's Ikaroa-Rāwhiti candidate Meka Whaitiri will cast an early vote with rangatahi and first time voters in Flaxmere Public Library at 10am. More >>
Resignation Won’t Fool Anyone
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 4:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Another day, another official from the Ministry of Education falling on their sword, and yet there is still no sign that the Ministers responsible for the Novopay debacle are being held to account, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Resignation won’t fool anyone
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Another day, another official from the Ministry of Education falling on their sword, and yet there is still no sign that the Ministers responsible for the Novopay debacle are being held to account, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Only Constant Is Hekia’s Waffle
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
There is about as much integrity in the National Standards data as there is in the senseless waffle Hekia Parata uses to justify it, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins. More >>
Bennett plays numbers game while families go hungry
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 12:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Claims by Paula Bennett that the number of people applying for hardship grants has fallen are nonsense, with those working at the coalface saying many requests for help are simply not being recorded, Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Jacinda ... More >>
Land supply not the panacea
Monday, 10 June 2013, 4:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Freeing up more greenfields land won’t on its own deliver more affordable housing, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Two speed economy as manufacturers struggle
Monday, 10 June 2013, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Manufacturing outside the primary sector continues to struggle, according to figures from the Economic Survey of Manufacturing, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Labour lodges Peter Dunne Privileges complaint
Monday, 10 June 2013, 11:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has lodged a Privileges complaint with the Speaker regarding Peter Dunne’s statement to the Finance and Expenditure Committee that he did not leak the ‘Kitteridge’ report into the GCSB. More >>
New Zealand should take the lead and ratify ATT
Sunday, 9 June 2013, 10:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Ross ROBERTSON MP for Manukau East Opposition Spokesperson for Racing; Associate Disarmament (Small Arms & Light Weapons) More >>
US privacy concerns too close to home
Sunday, 9 June 2013, 10:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Clare CURRAN Communications and IT Spokesperson 9 June 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT US privacy concerns too close to home Revelations that the US equivalent of the GCSB has been routinely monitoring US citizens phone calls, texts and social media activity impacts ... More >>
Key puts political expediency before the truth
Friday, 7 June 2013, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key has put the survival of his increasingly unstable government ahead of getting to the bottom of who leaked a sensitive report on our national security, Labour Leader David Shearer says. More >>
Overcrowding research calls for bold action on housing
Friday, 7 June 2013, 5:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New research from Otago University that links household overcrowding with infectious diseases underlines the need for the Government to get serious about New Zealand's housing crisis and actually build affordable and social housing, says Labour's Housing ... More >>
Road fatalities highlight need to reopen rail line
Friday, 7 June 2013, 10:25 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Analysis showing that Gisborne and Wairoa had the most traffic fatalities in proportion to their traffic loads is a wake up call for Government says Labour's Ikaroa-Rawhiti Candiate Meka Whaitiri. More >>
Paeroa Central School right to stand its ground
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The care and safety of students and teaching staff have to be at the forefront of the situation that has emerged at Paeroa Central School says Labour MP For Hauraki-Waikato, Nanaia Mahuta. More >>
PM in denial while privacy protection at an all-time low
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Systemic failures in public sector technology security will continue to put New Zealanders’ privacy at risk as long as John Key refuses to recognise that they exist, says Labour’s State Services spokesperson, Phil Goff. More >>
Ryall all suit no substance
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Tony Ryall re-announced budget funding as ‘more good news’ today, yet once again it was nothing but a con, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King. More >>
EQC stonewalling on information sparks official investigatio
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The chief ombudsman, in conjunction with the privacy commissioner, is to launch an investigation into the Earthquake Commission’s handling of official information requests, Labour’s Earthquake Recovery spokesperson, Lianne Dalziel, revealed in ... More >>
Super City or Slum City?
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s Super City could be New Zealand’s first Slum City under Housing Minister Nick Smith’s plan to override Auckland council with his special housing areas, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Migrant worker abuse bites into scarce labour inspector time
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Investigations into the abuse of migrant worker exploitation are taking up increasing amounts of labour inspectors’ time, says Darien Fenton, Labour’s spokesperson for Labour Issues and Immigration. More >>
