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Key catches Banks’ memory problem
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 8:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Trevor MALLARD Shadow Leader of the House 8 May 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Key catches Banks’ memory problem Labour’s Shadow Leader of the House, Trevor Mallard, says John Key needs to be transparent as to whether he reads and understands National ... More >>
Minutes reveal National Party in-fighting
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 8:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Minutes reveal National Party in-fighting Shadow Leader of the House Trevor Mallard today released a set of National Party Board and Board Committee minutes that reveal ‘disturbing’ internal ructions. “Features of the minutes show that Senior Government ... More >>
Gerry Needs to Clip This One, and Quick
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Transport spokesperson Phil Twyford is calling on Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee to sort out continuing delays in the roll out of Auckland’s public transport integrated ticketing system. More >>
Witch-Hunt Just Wasting More Taxpayers’ Money
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 4:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s decision to hire an expensive consultant to conduct a witch-hunt into the leak of Cabinet papers is just another example of wasteful spending on a process that has been botched from the beginning, says Labour’s Phil Goff. More >>
Thousands of Students’ Postgraduate Study at Risk
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 4:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce admitted in Parliament today that 4000 to 5000 students attempting to undertake postgraduate study will lose their student allowances under the changes to the scheme he announced last week. More >>
Labour Delivers Kiwis’ Views on Pokies Deal to Key
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 3:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has delivered to John Key almost 1000 submissions from New Zealanders expressing their strong opposition to his deal with Sky City which would allow it to put more pokies in its casino in return for a convention centre, says David Shearer More >>
Nek Minnit Economics – Disappointing Growth
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 12:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nek Minnit Economics – Disappointing Growth Means Disappointing Books A lower than expected tax take is the result of a stuttering, under-performing economy that the Government has failed to grow, Labour’s Finance spokesman David Parker says. ... More >>
Do as I say, not as I do, in Government legal services
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 10:43 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The recent Kim Dotcom litigation and the so-called ‘tea tapes’ saga paint a disturbing picture of National's conduct of Government legal services, says Labour’s shadow Attorney-General Charles Chauvel. More >>
Welfare reforms leave a lot to be desired
Monday, 7 May 2012, 5:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s announcement today that it is to ‘invest’ more in support for young people will come as a surprise to the thousands of 18 and 19 year olds that will not be eligible for training or employment assistance under the new regime, ... More >>
Children’s Safety Can’t Wait
Sunday, 6 May 2012, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Gerry Brownlee and Simon Bridges should stop twiddling their thumbs over children’s safety on our roads and bring NZ into line with international standards on child restraint use in vehicles, says Labour’s Transport Safety spokesperson. More >>
Council changes more bad news for students
Saturday, 5 May 2012, 1:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The signal from Steven Joyce that he will move to reduce the size of University Councils is further bad news for students, in the wake of cuts to allowances and a hike in the repayment rate for student loans, says Labour’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson ... More >>
Solid Energy Confirms Backdoor Privatisation
Friday, 4 May 2012, 3:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David Cunliffe Economic Development Spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove State Owned Enterprises Spokesperson 4 May 2012 Media Statement Solid Energy Confirms Backdoor Privatisation Solid Energy’s assets can be privatised well below the supposed 51 per cent public ... More >>
TPP benefits but bottom lines needed
Friday, 4 May 2012, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson, Phil Goff, has today given a speech to the New Zealand United State Council 10th Anniversary Conference. More >>
No OSCAR for Government’s latest performance
Friday, 4 May 2012, 9:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Allowing one of the key supports for out of school care providers sink into oblivion once again highlights the government’s on-going ambivalence towards children, Labour's spokesperson for Social Development and Children Jacinda Ardern and its Education ... More >>
Speech: Shearer - Bold Choices
Friday, 4 May 2012, 9:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
That’s a failure in my books and I’m here today to lay out an alternative and more credible plan for our future. More >>
Bold choices for a successful country
Friday, 4 May 2012, 8:58 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will make the bold choices needed to create opportunity and grow our economy so that all New Zealanders can look forward to a prosperous future, says Labour Leader David Shearer. More >>
Bluster around charter school ‘benefits'
Thursday, 3 May 2012, 5:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The evidence around charter schools is not what National and Act crack it up to be, Labour’s Education spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta says. “John Banks was asked in the House today whether he had read or even received the Ministry of Education advice ... More >>
New Act a sweetheart deal for a few farmers
Thursday, 3 May 2012, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A select few High Country farmers have been handed a sweetener from the Government in the form of cheap rents, says Raymond Huo, Labour’s spokesperson for Land Information. More >>
Government message to graduates: you're better off in Aussie
Thursday, 3 May 2012, 2:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s failure to see tertiary education and training as an investment has been confirmed with the announcement of a 20 per cent increase in student loan repayment rates and reduced eligibility for student allowances, says Labour’s Tertiary Education ... More >>
Job figures cold comfort, not brighter future
Thursday, 3 May 2012, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National government might want to change it’s ‘brighter future’ slogan to one that better reflects reality as the number of people out of work hits a near two-year high and women face unemployment in numbers not seen since 1998, Labour’s ... More >>
