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Minister Misleading Kiwis with his Muddled Mind
Sunday, 22 April 2012, 11:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s spin over its earthquake recovery plan is so out of control that it has muddled the Minister’s memory to the point he can no longer recall what has been done behind closed doors, says Labour’s Earthquake Recovery Spokesperson ... More >>
SSC Decision Sets Dangerous Precedent
Friday, 20 April 2012, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Grant Robertson Deputy Leader Acting State Services Spokesperson 20 April 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT SSC Decision Sets Dangerous Precedent More >>
Crafar farms deal a nail in the coffin for family farming
Friday, 20 April 2012, 2:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s decision to allow the purchase of the Crafar farms by Shanghai Pengxin is just one more nail in the coffin of family farming, says Labour’s Primary Industries Spokesperson Damien O’Connor. More >>
Crafar sale makes Kiwis sharemilkers in their own land
Friday, 20 April 2012, 2:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The decision to approve the sale of Crafar farms to Shanghai Pengxin is a tragedy because it will see New Zealanders become sharemilkers in their own country instead of productive, innovative and profitable landowners,” says Labour Leader David ... More >>
Tobacco industry outrage shows progress
Friday, 20 April 2012, 10:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Iain LEES-GALLOWAY Associate Health (Alcohol and Drugs) Spokesperson 20 April 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Tobacco industry outrage shows progress Squeals from the Tobacco industry about a law change which will enforce plain packaging in New Zealand, simply ... More >>
KiwiRail, Solid Energy blow asset limit to bits
Friday, 20 April 2012, 9:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party
David CUNLIFFE Economic Development Spokesperson 20 April 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT KiwiRail, Solid Energy blow asset limit to bits The decision to privatise Hillside workshops and Solid Energy's confirmation that SOEs are free to sell 100 per cent of subsidiaries, ... More >>
Lack of independent inquiry into Rena grounding reckless
Friday, 20 April 2012, 9:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Grant ROBERTSON Deputy Leader Environment Spokesperson 20 April 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Lack of independent inquiry into Rena grounding reckless and irresponsible The Government’s refusal to hold a thorough, independent inquiry into the grounding of the Rena is ... More >>
Alarm at welfare reform process
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
An almost unanimous call for the Government to slow down its welfare reforms threatened to become the major issue of a Social Services Select Committee meeting today, according to Labour’s spokesperson for Social Development Jacinda Ardern and Labour committee ... More >>
National; saying one thing, doing another
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
If saying one thing but doing another was to become a degree subject John Key would have a doctorate in it, Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker says. More >>
Hillside victim of government neglect
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 1:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A deliberate campaign to make Kiwirail’s Hillside workshops commercially defunct has resulted in the sale of a valuable national asset, says Labour MP for Dunedin South Clare Curran. More >>
Speech to Nelson Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 12:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
I wasn't until I saw it described in a magazine article not long after the global financial crisis began. More >>
A Country That Works For All Kiwis
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 12:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader David Shearer has today set out the next steps in his plan to create a new economy that benefits New Zealanders who are working hard but can’t get ahead. More >>
PM’s Fingerprints All Over Sky City Deal
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 12:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has evidence that shows the Prime Minister directly intervened in the process and instructed officials to stop work on a business plan for a Convention Centre when a possible deal with Sky City was floated. More >>
Time To Complete Job And Come Home
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 3:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It’s time for New Zealand soldiers in Bamyan serving with the Provincial Reconstruction Team to complete their jobs and come home, says Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Phil Goff. “By 2013, New Zealand troops in Bamyan will have completed 10 years ... More >>
Call Centres And Cigarettes Not The Future We Want
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s promise to close the wage gap with Australia has come to nothing, with Kiwis now rolling cigarettes for our Tasman neighbour, Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker says. “Labour does not want New Zealand to become Australia’s Mexico, ... More >>
It’s time to show us your cards, John
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 1:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Confirmation that it was John Key who offered the deal to Sky City so it could have more pokies in return for a convention centre shows this Government cares more about dodgy deals than doing what is right for New Zealanders, says Labour Leader David ... More >>
Dalziel: Rebuilding a Broken City
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 1:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Thank you for inviting me to speak to today’s Business Continuity Conference. The fact that the government has just announced the decision on the “Christchurch CBD rebuild” has made this address very timely indeed. More >>
Eight-Point Plan To Clamp Down On Wheel Clampers
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 12:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Transport spokesperson Phil Twyford has released an easy-to-understand eight-point plan in a bid to help the new Consumer Affairs Minister regulate wheel clampers. “Simon Bridges’ proposed code of conduct has been criticised as being ... More >>
What’s Going On With The Thinning Blue Line?
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 12:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Kris Faafoi Police spokesperson 18 April 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT What’s Going On With The Thinning Blue Line? National’s promise that it won’t cut frontline Police staff is looking more and more like fiction with frontline staff in Wellington now ... More >>
Blueprint Highlights Government’s Inaction
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Lianne Dalziel Earthquake Recovery Spokesperson 18 April 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Blueprint Highlights Government’s Inaction The creation of yet another layer of bureaucracy for the Christchurch rebuild will come as cold comfort for a city that expected its ... More >>
