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Government Making It More Expensive To Get On The Road
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“The Government is already upping vehicle registration by $50. This driver’s tax is on top of a 12c increase to fuel tax set to hit all at once in 2027, and scrapping the clean car discount which made it cheaper to buy electric vehicles. More >>
Fast Track Bill Must Have Environment At Its Centre
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 12:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Working with nature is the most sensible change needed in this Bill. Protecting the environment from destructive development should be included in the purpose of any consenting process. More >>
Minister For Auckland Asleep At The Wheel
Monday, 1 July 2024, 8:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“Prescription fees, higher rates, expensive public transport, additional road tolls and increases to vehicle registration are just some of the charges set to make things harder for those struggling in Tāmaki Makaurau,” Labour Auckland issues spokesperson ... More >>
Government Ignores Damage Of Boot Camps
Sunday, 30 June 2024, 6:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Correspondence released under the Official Information Act reveals the Government’s boot camp concept is not backed by the military that is expected to run it. More >>
Staff Switcheroo To Turn On Lights At Surgical Unit
Sunday, 30 June 2024, 5:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“The National Government has no plan for our health workforce, and if today is anything to go by, I am very worried for the state of our health system. This government is taking New Zealand backwards,” said Ayesha Verrall. More >>
Govt Puts Vulnerable Children At Further Risk
Sunday, 30 June 2024, 11:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is risking the wellbeing of vulnerable children across Aotearoa who benefit from services like counselling, intensive family support, parent programmes and early intervention, as they claw back funding. More >>
Labour Remembers Lady Glen Rowling
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Lady Glen Rowling, wife of the late Prime Minister Bill Rowling, will be remembered as loyal, kind, clever and supportive. More >>
Govt Quietly Downgrading Hospital Builds
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 12:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government needs to be transparent about the cuts they are making to hospital infrastructure, so that cities are clear on the health resources they will have into the future. More >>
Govt Must Release The Fast Track Projects List
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 11:54 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government is keeping the public in the dark about projects that have applied for approval under the Fast Track Approvals Bill. More >>
Live Exports Not In New Zealand’s Future
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 12:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will reinstate a ban on live exports of cattle by sea when re-elected. More >>
Statement From Labour Leader Chris Hipkins On Cancer Medicines
Monday, 24 June 2024, 6:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“I am relieved Pharmac will be funded more to buy medicines for Kiwis. It is important that decisions on which drugs get funded remain independent from politics,” Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said. More >>
Govt Choosing Cost Savings Over Victims Of Family Violence
Thursday, 20 June 2024, 4:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Victims of family violence could fall through the gaps in New Zealand, as Police stop responding to some call outs and the Government chooses to prioritise other things. More >>
Government Used Ghost Families In Its Glossy Tax Cut Brochures
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 4:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“It was disingenuous to promise huge tax relief to people and not deliver it. To then use ghost families to try and sell the actual tax package is dishonest,” Barbara Edmonds said. More >>
Birds Of A Feather Perish Together Under National
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 2:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The kākāpo, kea and kiwi alongside our other iconic and threatened national species are at risk under this Government. More >>
Labour Wishes Marama Davidson Well In Recovery
Monday, 17 June 2024, 1:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party is sad to hear of Marama Davidson’s breast cancer diagnosis and is wishing her well. More >>
Women Don’t Need A Voluntary Calculator To Know There’s A Pay Gap
Friday, 14 June 2024, 8:18 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has reportedly scrapped a policy that would have gone far to fix gender and ethnic pay gaps and instead is implementing a watered-down voluntary system. More >>
Labour Supports Inquiry Into Rural Banking
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
With farmers under increasing pressure financially, Labour supports a rural banking inquiry. More >>
School Lunch Programme Being Set Up To Fail
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government knew its changes to the school lunch programme would risk achievement, attendance, nutrition and wellbeing of New Zealand children, as well as having wider impacts on reducing child poverty, and made the changes anyway, new documents show. More >>
Govt Must Recognise Palestine Now
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“It is high time for the National Government to do what it can with regards to Palestine, without further prevarication,” said David Parker. More >>
Delaying Climate Action Won’t Help Rural Communities
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 5:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“The longer we wait to decarbonise our economy, the more expensive it becomes and the bigger the damage to our industries and farming sectors in the long run,” Labour agriculture spokesperson Jo Luxton said. More >>
