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17,000 drop in manufacturing jobs last year
Thursday, 7 February 2013, 2:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Over 17,000 manufacturing jobs were lost last year, showing the sector needs new ideas and action to halt its decline, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. “2012 was a bad year for workers in the manufacturing sector. There were ... More >>
Where are the jobs, Prime Minister?
Thursday, 7 February 2013, 1:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Su’a William SIO Employment Spokesperson 7 February 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT Where are the jobs, Prime Minister? Today’s unemployment data, which shows that 33,000 people have given up on the labour market altogether, is an indictment on National’s ... More >>
Youth hung out to dry yet again
Thursday, 7 February 2013, 11:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Megan WOODS Youth Affairs Spokesperson 7 February 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT Youth hung out to dry yet again More >>
33,000 Kiwis pull out of the labour force
Thursday, 7 February 2013, 11:14 am | New Zealand Labour Party
David PARKER Spokesperson for Finance 7 February 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT 33,000 Kiwis pull out of the labour force The number of Kiwis in the labour force has dropped by 33,000, showing Kiwis are opting out of looking for work in National’s stagnant ... More >>
Govt’s meddling in schools misses the point
Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 12:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Chris HIPKINS Acting Education Spokesperson 04 February 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT Govt’s meddling in schools misses the point The Government’s obsession with meddling with school funding is hugely disruptive, and is doing nothing to help improve children’s ... More >>
Choose consumers over Chorus, Mr Key
Monday, 4 February 2013, 4:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Chorus’s deliberate delay tactics with the Commerce Commission are a blow to Kiwi consumers and must be condemned by the Government, says Clare Curran. More >>
Public private partnership school costing taxpayers
Monday, 4 February 2013, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s experiment with public private partnerships in schools will end up costing taxpayers $1.5 million more than it claims it will save, says Chris Hipkins. More >>
Dunedin Labour MPs support Presbyterian Support Otago
Monday, 4 February 2013, 12:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David CLARK MP for Dunedin North 4th February 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT Dunedin Labour MPs have called on the Southern District Health Board to reassess their decision to exclude Presbyterian Services Otago from their list of providers of home help ... More >>
Lack of doctors is a major health concern
Sunday, 3 February 2013, 6:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The report on doctor shortages released today by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists should be a wake up call to the Government, says Labour's Health Spokesperson, Maryan Street. More >>
Teachers’ Pay For Ministers’ Risk Taking
Friday, 1 February 2013, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Documentation released today clearly shows that Ministers must have been made aware of the extensive problems with the Novopay payroll system before they signed off its implementation, Labour’s Acting Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Chaos Still The Order Of The Day For Chemists
Friday, 1 February 2013, 12:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Maryan STREET Health Spokesperson 1 February 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT Chaos Still The Order Of The Day For Chemists Pharmacists have grounds for taking a breach of contract case against the government as it misses another deadline in its programme to change ... More >>
Record 53,676 Kiwis fled to Aussie in 2012
Friday, 1 February 2013, 11:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s disastrous 2012 now has an official measure with 53,676 New Zealanders leaving for Australia because of the Government’s economic mismanagement, says Labour Leader David Shearer. More >>
Funding battles shouldn’t hold up transport changes
Friday, 1 February 2013, 10:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Lengthy disputes over funding cannot be allowed to stall progress for Christchurch’s new transport system, says Labour’s Christchurch Transport Issues spokesperson and MP for Wigram Megan Woods. More >>
Passion and professionalism Holmes’ legacy
Friday, 1 February 2013, 10:05 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader David Shearer has offered his condolences to the family of veteran broadcaster Paul Holmes, who died peacefully at his home this morning. More >>
Provincial town reeling under National’s inept management
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The crippling exchange rate has caused 192 hard-working Kiwis to lose their job as Summit Wool Spinner is sold, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. Summit is being sold by its parent company Sumitomo to Godfrey Hurst in Australia. More >>
Novopay review too little, too late
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s plan to hold a ministerial inquiry into the Novopay debacle is a step in the right direction - but ultimately it is too little, too late, says Chris Hipkins, Labour’s acting Education spokesperson. More >>
$15 minimum wage should top Bridges’ to-do list
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 2:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party is calling on the new Minister of Labour to stand-up for low paid workers, and make lifting the minimum wage to $15 an hour his first priority. “Simon Bridges’ predecessor as Minister, Kate Wilkinson, showed no understanding of the ... More >>
Free contraception policy poorly planned
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 11:54 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Free contraception policy poorly planned The fact that just six women from Auckland and only 35 nationally have taken up Paula Bennett’s ‘contraception for beneficiaries’ has nothing to do with the non-promotion of it, but everything to do with it being ... More >>
Police budget constraints erode 111 service
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 10:14 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s erosion of our 111 emergency service is not going unnoticed, says Labour’s Police spokesperson Kris Faafoi. More >>
No Accountability For Government Botch-Up
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 9:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Despite a damning Auditor-General’s report no one is being held accountable for the botched changes which have badly damaged the Defence Force, Labour’s acting Defence spokesperson, Phil Goff, says. More >>
