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Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 160
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 10:20 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A regular bulletin started by the Labour Party’s Christchurch MPs, Clayton Cosgrove , Ruth Dyson (Port Hills) Lianne Dalziel (Christchurch East) to keep people in their electorates and media informed about what is happening at grass roots level. Yesterday, ... More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 159
Monday, 12 December 2011, 12:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Christchurch LABOUR MPs 12 December 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 159 A regular bulletin started by the Labour Party’s Christchurch MPs, Clayton Cosgrove , Ruth Dyson (Port Hills) Lianne Dalziel (Christchurch East) ... More >>
John Key’s gutless stance on poverty
Monday, 12 December 2011, 11:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Annette KING Social Development Spokesperson 12 December 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT John Key’s gutless stance on poverty John’s Key’s sudden about-face on the need for an official poverty measure is being driven purely by cynical politics as he ... More >>
Dunne-Key cover-up on alcohol appalling
Monday, 12 December 2011, 11:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Lianne Dalziel Associate Spokesperson on Justice 12 December 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Dunne-Key cover-up on alcohol appalling More >>
Labour celebrates win in Waitakere
Saturday, 10 December 2011, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“Carmel Sepuloni is now the Labour MP for Waitakere, and the Labour Party congratulates her on what is a momentous win”, Moira Coatsworth, New Zealand Labour Party President and Chris Flatt, General Secretary of the New Zealand Labour Party said today. More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 158
Thursday, 8 December 2011, 1:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Christchurch LABOUR MPs 8 December 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 158 A regular bulletin started by the Labour Party’s Christchurch team to keep people in their electorates and media informed about what is happening ... More >>
Key and Banks charting a course for disaster
Thursday, 8 December 2011, 11:35 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Banks assertion that he will, hand-pick ‘like-minded’ people to implement the controversial charter schools trial is proof the proposal is about political ideology, not educational achievement says Labour's Education Spokesperson, Sue Moroney. More >>
Workers can’t carry the burden of losses
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 2:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Workers cannot be expected to carry the burden of losses for big business failures and restructures, says Labour’s Pacific Island Affairs spokesperson and MP for Mangere, Su’a William Sio. More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 157
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Christchurch LABOUR MPs 7 December 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 157 A regular bulletin started by the Labour Party’s Christchurch team to keep people in their electorates and media informed about what is happening ... More >>
Parker: Failure to move on SFO power disappoints
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 11:11 am | New Zealand Labour Party
David PARKER Shadow Attorney-General 7 December 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Parker: Failure to move on SFO power disappoints Labour’s Shadow Attorney-General David Parker says he is disappointed that National will not move to curb Serious Fraud Office ... More >>
Public service cuts need scrutiny
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The inevitable trumpeting of huge financial savings that has accompanied news of further public service job cuts deserves scrutiny, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Dunne rolls over on public television
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Clare CURRAN Spokesperson for Broadcasting 6 December 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Dunne rolls over on public television United Future’s first fishing expedition as a coalition partner has all the hallmarks of a Monty Python sketch, Labour’s Broadcasting spokesperson, ... More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 156
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 11:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 156 A regular bulletin started by the Labour Party’s Christchurch team to keep people in their electorates and media informed about what is happening at a grass roots level. As if communities and schools across ... More >>
National’s hidden education agenda emerges
Monday, 5 December 2011, 5:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key has used a bogus agreement with ACT to bring in education policies promoting bulk funding and privatisation that National were working on before the election, but did not tell voters about, Labour’s Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 155
Monday, 5 December 2011, 2:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A regular bulletin started by the Labour Party’s Christchurch team to keep people in their electorates and media informed about what is happening at grass roots level. More >>
NZ must be vigilant in reducing sea lion fatalities
Monday, 5 December 2011, 11:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The effectiveness of sea lion exclusion devices (SLEDs), which are designed to keep sea lions out of trawling nets in peak squid fishing season, are in the spotlight following the government’s proposal not to set a ‘kill quota’ for this year’s ... More >>
Mine culture unsafe
Friday, 2 December 2011, 4:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Reporting of unsafe conditions at Huntly underground mine is further proof of an inherently dangerous culture, and one that the Department of Labour appears to be incapable of addressing, West Coast/Tasman MP Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Landmark destruction must stop
Friday, 2 December 2011, 12:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Buck passing over the future of a threatened Otago landmark has got to stop, Dunedin South Labour MP Clare Curran says. Her comments follow reports that a contract has been awarded to allow increased quarrying activity on Saddle Hill, named by Captain ... More >>
ANZCO CMP lockout won’t achieve fair outcomes
Friday, 2 December 2011, 11:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Darien FENTON Labour Issues Spokesperson 2 December 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT ANZCO CMP lockout won’t achieve fair outcomes The lockout of 100 workers by ANZCO CMP in Marton, now in its seventh week, should raise alarm bells for companies who are part ... More >>
David Parker withdrawing from Labour leadership
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“I am formally withdrawing from the leadership race of the Labour Party “I remain committed to Labour ideals and will work hard to achieve them for New Zealanders and the country. More >>
