Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
New Zealand Labour Party - Latest News [Page 327]
Speech: Shearer - A Lifetime of Opportunities
Sunday, 9 September 2012, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education: a Lifetime of Opportunities ST LEONARDS ROAD SCHOOL, AUCKLAND 9 SEPTEMBER 2012 New Zealand has a Great Education System A few years ago, I was leading a team of people in West Africa supporting a new government after its election. Around a ... More >>
A lifetime of opportunities for our children
Sunday, 9 September 2012, 2:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David SHEARER Labour Leader 09 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT A lifetime of opportunities for our children Labour Leader David Shearer has today set out his vision for a world-class education for all our children, giving them equal access to a lifetime of opportunities ... More >>
Reading Recovery for all schools
Sunday, 9 September 2012, 9:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party is committing to roll out Reading Recovery to all schools. Currently only two out of three schools offer the New Zealand-developed scheme, which has an 80 per cent success rate of lifting kids who fall behind in reading. More >>
Back to the future as job crisis deepens
Friday, 7 September 2012, 3:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
As hundreds more New Zealanders were thrown on the unemployment scrapheap this week the National Government has dug itself deeper into the failed policies of the past, Labour’s Economic Development spokesperson David Cunliffe says. More >>
Broken promise another two-fingered salute
Friday, 7 September 2012, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Annette KING Spokesperson for Local Government 7 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Broken promise another two-fingered salute News that the Government has broken its promise to hold regional council elections in Canterbury next year is yet another ... More >>
Government support of Solid Energy a must
Friday, 7 September 2012, 10:29 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has to step in and support Solid Energy if a viable mine plan can be developed for Spring Creek, West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O’Connor says. “Yesterday’s meeting between union delegates and Solid Energy which I attended was very productive ... More >>
Key gives up on jobs for Kiwi workers
Thursday, 6 September 2012, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Tens of thousands of Kiwis are losing their jobs because of National’s abysmal economic record and it’s only going to get worse given today’s dire warning that export conditions are as bad as they’ve been in living memory, says Labour Leader ... More >>
Ministry blunders on teachers’ pay
Thursday, 6 September 2012, 2:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nanaia MAHUTA Education Spokesperson 06 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Ministry blunders on teachers’ pay "The switch to a new teacher pay system has been a massive stuff-up," says Labour’s Education Spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta. "The Government ... More >>
Budget plan reveals McCully’s dishonesty
Thursday, 6 September 2012, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil GOFF Foreign Affairs Spokesperson 6 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Budget plan reveals McCully’s dishonesty MFAT’s Four Year Budget Plan, belatedly released by Murray McCully, reveals just why the Minister was so reluctant to have it published, ... More >>
Health experts call for real solutions
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
When health professionals compare life for some New Zealanders as being like that of ‘the canary in a mine’ and relate tales of families buying food only when they can afford to, the Government must surely realise it has got its priorities ... More >>
One-eyed economic agenda failing the people
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 2:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David Shearer Labour Leader 5 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT One-eyed economic agenda failing the people News that the country’s biggest electricity user is fast-tracking its plans to downsize and slash jobs yet again highlights just how narrowly-focused ... More >>
Houses sit wrecked and ruined in Wiri
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Annette KING Spokesperson for Housing 5 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Houses sit wrecked and ruined in Wiri Wiri residents are dismayed at the number of state houses sitting empty in their community while families wait for assistance, says Labour’s ... More >>
Maraenui homes vacant as need grows
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 12:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Renovated and newly carpeted and heated homes are among dozens of Housing NZ properties due to be sold or demolished in Napier’s Maraenui, despite a growing need for state rentals, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Paralympians not served well by commercial broadcasters
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 9:11 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The role public broadcasting should be playing, but isn’t, means Kiwis are missing out on some of the year’s best sporting action, Labour’s Broadcasting and Disability Issues spokesperson Clare Curran says. More >>
Minister’s ‘shock’ shows she’s out of touch
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 11:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Annette KING Spokesperson for Housing 4 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Minister’s ‘shock’ shows she’s out of touch Tariana Turia might be ‘shocked’ that homeless families have been denied Housing New Zealand assistance while state houses ... More >>
McCully’s cult of secrecy
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully, has today come under scathing criticism from his Labour counterpart, Phil Goff, for operating under ‘a cult of secrecy’ and refusing to follow legal requirements on him under the Official Information Act. ... More >>
Coast’s future hangs on Spring Creek
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Damien O’Connor MP for West Coast-Tasman 04 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Coast’s future hangs on Spring Creek More >>
New board hardly the culture change ACC needs
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 2:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Andrew LITTLE ACC Spokesperson 04 September 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT New board hardly the culture change ACC needs If new appointments to the ACC board are meant to herald a culture change for the Corporation then you have to wonder exactly what sort of ... More >>
Asset sales failure leaves big hole in Budget
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s economic credibility is riding on selling assets and more mining but his ideas have gone well and truly off the rails, says Labour Leader David Shearer. More >>
Government all at sea on alcohol limits
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Tough new ‘drunk in charge’ rules for ships’ masters and officers, due to take effect in January, highlight the Government’s hypocrisy around drink driving, says Labour's Transport Safety and Associate Health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway. More >>
