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900 new reasons for delays in getting family justice
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Charles CHAUVEL Justice Spokesperson 2 August 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Nine hundred new reasons for delays in getting family justice More >>
Stop Assets Sales Rather Than Pressuring Tribunal
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Stop Assets Sales Rather Than Pressuring Tribunal National should halt its assets sales plan until the Waitangi Tribunal has issued its definitive report instead of trying to pressure the Tribunal into fast-tracking the process and increasing the ... More >>
Bill’s Diaspora Data Disaster
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill’s Diaspora Data Disaster Bill English’s ignorance of heartland Kiwis heading to Australia shows National are neglecting the regions, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. “Bill English is so out of touch with the regions he doesn’t know ... More >>
Charter schools no substitute for trained teachers
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 11:22 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Kiwi children deserve the best teachers and the Government’s plan to allow unregistered teachers into the classrooms of charter schools is a disgrace, says Labour’s Education spokesperson, Nanaia Mahuta. More >>
Kiwirail’s Least Cost Procurement A False Economy
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 10:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
KiwiRail’s discovery of 7000 rotting railway sleepers sourced from Peru raises questions about the organisation’s procurement practices, says Labour’s Transport Spokesperson Phil Twyford. The rotting sleepers follow revelations of major defects ... More >>
Asset sales shouldn’t fund rebuild
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 4:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Lianne Dalziel Earthquake Recovery Spokesperson 1 August 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Asset sales shouldn’t fund rebuild The Christchurch Central Recovery Plan should not be funded by selling revenue generating council assets, say Labour’s Christchurch ... More >>
UFB Prospects On The Skids?
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Clare Curran Communications and IT Spokesperson 01 August 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT UFB Prospects On The Skids? The likelihood of ultrafast broadband delivering new services and opportunities to Kiwis anytime soon has become much less likely following today’s ... More >>
University job losses on Government’s head
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Grant ROBERTSON Tertiary Education Spokesperson 1 August 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT University job losses on Government’s head The Government must take the bulk of the blame for job losses at the University of Canterbury, says Labour’s Tertiary Education ... More >>
From Queenstown to Queensland – heartland heads to Australia
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David PARKER Spokesperson for Finance 1 August 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT From Queenstown to Queensland – heartland heads to Australia New Zealand’s regional heartland has turned into a training centre for the Australian economy, says Labour’s Finance ... More >>
Govt didn’t undertake risk analysis on faulty locos
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 9:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s insistence that its KiwiRail turnaround plan won’t be affected by its disastrous Chinese locomotive and rail wagon procurement programme is laughable given the extent of their faults, says Dunedin South MP Clare Curran. More >>
Govt didn’t undertake risk analysis on faulty locos
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 6:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s insistence that its KiwiRail turnaround plan won’t be affected by its disastrous Chinese locomotive and rail wagon procurement programme is laughable given the extent of their faults, says Dunedin South MP Clare Curran. More >>
Christchurch Central Recovery Plan must be properly costed
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 5:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The people of Christchurch deserve answers about who will foot the bill for the Government’s Christchurch Central Recovery Plan, says Labour’s Earthquake Recovery spokesperson. More >>
Maori Party not convincing on water rights
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 4:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Maori Party have failed to ask the hard questions on water rights and are losing credibility as advocates for their people, says Labour’s Maori Affairs Spokesperson Parekura Horomia. More >>
UN Report Reads Like Deja Vu
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A United Nation report calling for an action plan for New Zealand Women reads like déjà vu, says Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokesperson, Sue Moroney The high-ranking UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has criticised ... More >>
Still hope for an Arms Trade Treaty says MP
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 3:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
31 July 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Still hope for an Arms Trade Treaty says MP Labour’s Associate Spokesperson for Disarmament, Ross Robertson, says there is still hope for a robust Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), despite the four-week ATT Conference at the ... More >>
Kiwis’ finance fears may spark debt spiral
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 1:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Action is needed now after new figures show a third of Kiwi families fear they will be unable to pay their debts in the next year, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Pacific panel should be permanent
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 11:26 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Auckland Council’s Pacific and ethnic advisory panels should become a permanent fixture of the Super City, says Labour’s spokesperson for Pacific Island Affairs Su’a William Sio. More >>
Pacific panel should be permanent
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 11:03 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Auckland Council’s Pacific and ethnic advisory panels should become a permanent fixture of the Super City says Labour’s spokesperson for Pacific Island Affairs Su’a William Sio. More >>
Tribunal finding reinforces need to stop asset sales
Monday, 30 July 2012, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David SHEARER Labour Leader 30 July 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Tribunal finding reinforces need to stop asset sales National’s asset sales agenda was never in New Zealand’s best interests and the reasons why it should be abandoned are growing by the day, ... More >>
Leaky building protections a must
Monday, 30 July 2012, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Raymond HUO Building and Construction Spokesperson 30 July 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Leaky building protections a must The Government must introduce meaningful protections for consumers, or risk a messy second round of leaky building claims, says Labour’s ... More >>
