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Bill English setting Solid Energy up to fail
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Solid Energy’s chairman Mark Ford says the company has a good future – a contradiction of Bill English’s apparent attempts to hand the company to the liquidators, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Extended Closing Date For Nominations In Ikaroa-Rawhiti
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Labour Party today extended the closing date for nominations for its candidate for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election to 5pm on Wednesday 22nd May. This follows the announcement that the by-election would take place on June 29th 2013. More >>
Working groups to progress KiwiBuild
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 3:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Industry experts have today agreed to take part in three separate working groups to progress Labour’s KiwiBuild plan to help 100,000 families into affordable homes, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Unemployed Kiwi youth rate no cause for celebration
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The government shouldn’t feel too smug about today’s unemployment figures which show New Zealand’s youth unemployment rates are still far higher than the global average, Labour’s Youth Affairs spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta says. More >>
Pacific unemployment far too high
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 1:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New statistics out today reveal, once again, that the National-led Government is still failing to tackle Pacific unemployment says Su’a William Sio, Labour’s spokesperson for Pacific Island Affairs. More >>
Disaster recovery is not a plan for jobs
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 12:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government cannot continue to rely solely on the Canterbury rebuild to fuel job growth, says Labour’s Employment spokesperson, Grant Robertson. More >>
Foss forced to concede defeat on patents
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 12:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Craig Foss has been forced into a humiliating back down over the Government’s software patent system following months of hard work behind the scenes from the IT industry and the Labour Party, says Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran. More >>
MRP Sale Will Force Up Power Prices
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 9:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Kiwis will be whacked in the pocket by this Government’s decision to sell off our power companies as investors look to push up profits, says Labour Leader David Shearer. More >>
Ditch the Palace, move to the Coast
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 4:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
If Solid Energy is serious about focusing on its core coal mining business then it should shift its head office to the West Coast, Labour MP Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Call for Nominations in the Ikaroa-Rawhiti Electorate
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 4:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Labour Party today opened nominations for its candidate for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election. Pending a date for the by-election being announced, nominations are scheduled to close in a week – 15/05/13 – and may be extended. More >>
Minister must front up on troops being put at risk
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 4:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It is time for the Defence Minister to be honest about the critical deficiencies in the training and deployment of Kiwi troops in Afghanistan that put the wellbeing and lives of our soldiers at risk, says Labour’s Defence spokesperson Phil Goff. More >>
No need for secrecy around charter schools
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government should lift its veil of secrecy surrounding the establishment of charter schools and be up-front with the public about who has applied to set them up, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins. More >>
Petition calls for inquiry into forestry safety
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Forestry workers will continue to be killed on the job unless something is done to improve safety on the forestry industry, Labour’s Health and Safety spokesperson Darien Fenton is warning. More >>
Parata’s Budget Announcement Dodges Real Issues
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Hekia Parata still hasn’t explained how the government is going to fill the $114 million hole left in the education budget as a result of her backdown on bigger class sizes, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Govt at fault for more Solid Energy job losses
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 12:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
On the same day it has been reported that Solid Energy is laying off another 105 people, Bill English has questioned the viability of the company and has put the possibility that the Government may let the company tip over completely on the table, ... More >>
Animal testing opponents get short shrift
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 11:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Animal welfare advocates, concerned that animals could be used to test ‘legal highs’, have been gagged by Government health select committee members, Labour’s Associate Health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says. More >>
Budget For John’s Mates Not Your Mates
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 11:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key is spending more time looking after vested interests than the interests of hard-working New Zealanders who aren’t able to get ahead under National, says Labour Leader David Shearer. More >>
Budgeting agencies need more than a stop-gap
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 5:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has offered up another band-aid solution to a problem it has had a hand in creating, with stop-gap funding to budget advisors, Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
Who will follow Warehouse with Living Wage?
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 3:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party is challenging other major companies to follow the lead of The Warehouse and pay a living wage, says Darien Fenton, Labour’s spokesperson for labour issues. More >>
Labour will continue fight for referendum
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will redouble its efforts to help get the remaining signatures needed to ensure a referendum on asset sales goes ahead, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
