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Maori Caucus stands alongside workers
Saturday, 3 March 2012, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nanaia MAHUTA MP for Hauraki Waikato 3 March 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Maori Caucus stands alongside workers Industrial action being undertaken across the country clearly signals employment rights are under serious threat, Labour MP for Hauraki Waikato, Nanaia ... More >>
Impact of lockout affects everyone
Friday, 2 March 2012, 2:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand’s agriculture sector and associated rural communities will be hit hard if Affco management and the unions don’t sort out their differences soon, Labour's Primary Production spokesperson Damien O'Conner says. More >>
Adoption law needs revamp
Friday, 2 March 2012, 1:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The plight of mothers like Merilyn McAuslin, who was forced to give up her baby for adoption, gives the government a timely opportunity to address out-dated legislation, says Labour’s Associate Justice spokesperson Lianne Dalziel. More >>
SOE shares going, going…overseas
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 4:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Treasury has at long last acknowledged - in the budget policy statement - that the Government saves less in interest than it loses in dividends and value growth from SOE sales, Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker says. More >>
Foreign Charter Vessel changes need resourcing
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must ensure departments are adequately resourced if it is serious about clamping down on the abuse of crew on Foreign Charter Vessels, says Labour’s spokesperson for Labour Issues Darien Fenton. More >>
Joyce: National missed all growth targets
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Steven Joyce today admitted the National Government has never met one single economic growth target it has set since becoming the Government four years ago, Labour’s Economic Development spokesperson David Cunliffe says. More >>
Workers’ shouldn’t have to picket for fair pay
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 2:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“Workers’ shouldn’t have to strike for a living wage, says Louisa Wall, Labour’s MP for Manurewa. More >>
Fair Pay For Those Who Care
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 11:20 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Rest home staff do the work of angels and should be paid fairly for doing so, Labour’s Aged Care spokesperson Kris Faafoi says. “This morning a number of Labour MPs joined 1500 nurses, caregivers and service workers on picket lines outside Oceania operated ... More >>
Progress On Hutt City Council (Graffiti Removal) Bill
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 8:32 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Hutt South MP Trevor Mallard is pleased that legislation giving the Hutt City Council the power to remove graffiti on private property has been referred to a select committee for further debate. The Hutt City Council (Graffiti Removal) Bill, sponsored by Trevor ... More >>
Foss goes missing over NZ On Air
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Broadcasting Minister Craig Foss has either displayed his incompetence or was deliberately attempting to mislead the House when he ducked questions on the growing crisis involving NZ On Air in the House today, Labour’s Broadcasting spokesperson Clare Curran says. More >>
Economic Development Minister can’t count
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s Steven Joyce was out by a factor of three in answering the most basic question on the current account deficit today, Labour’s Economic Development spokesperson David Cunliffe says. More >>
Education Minister All Gloss No Substance
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 3:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Education Minister must listen to the concerns of parents and focus on the needs of children affected by revelations that ‘person A’ had been employed at their school, says Labour’s Education Spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta. More >>
Get Your Priorities Right, Mr Mccully
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Spending $1.33 million on upgrading former National MP Mark Blumsky’s residence on Niue when scores of Foreign Affairs staff are about to be sacked shows just how misplaced the Government’s priorities are, Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson ... More >>
Asset stripping on cards with sales
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 12:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Confirmation today that once a state-owned company is sold there may be no mechanism to stop asset stripping should ring alarm bells everywhere, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Health Minister admits shortfall in DHB funding
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 6:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Health Minister Tony Ryall has failed to explain why several DHBs are being forced to save millions of dollars at a time when he claims to be actually increasing their funding to help them cover their costs, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Maryan ... More >>
Huo urges Government to withdraw building bill
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 6:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Building Amendment Bill (No. 3) is a half-hearted bill which falls short of the reform required in the building industry and should be withdrawn from Parliament, says Labour’s Building and Construction spokesperson Raymond Huo. More >>
Women bear the brunt of government ghost jobs hunt
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 4:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The burden of being required to look for jobs that aren’t there will fall most heavily on women under National’s welfare reforms, says Labour’s spokesperson for Women’s Affairs, Sue Moroney. More >>
Keeping Otago rugby alive and kicking
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 4:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Dunedin Labour MPs Clare Curran and David Clark have swung in behind the beleaguered Otago Rugby Football Union, saying the province has a fine and long rugby tradition. More >>
No popping corks for Jobs Summit anniversary
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Figures out today show that three years after its much-trumpeted ‘Jobs Summit’, National has failed to make good on its promises to create jobs, Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
What if Len Brown held a cake stall to fund rail link…
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s Government seems determined to torpedo any proposal to raise funds for Auckland’s City Rail Link, Labour’s Transport and Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford says. More >>
