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Key must say why he’s so keen to revive ACT
Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 10:22 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s needs to front up about why he is so determined to resuscitate the ACT Party which is in terminal decline, says Labour Campaign spokesman Grant Robertson. More >>
Job focus falls off National's radar
Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 8:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
With 50,000 more Kiwis looking for work than in 2008, National's pledge of an unrelenting focus on jobs represents yet another broken election promise, Labour's Employment spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
120 economic points and still no plan
Monday, 14 November 2011, 5:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A laundry list of rehashed, reworked, and re-announced polices is the best National can do for the economy, Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe says. “Despite its 120 point document National has managed to totally miss the point that New Zealand ... More >>
Ryall missing in action on prevention
Monday, 14 November 2011, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s record on preventive health simply does not stack up with the political spin being put about by Tony Ryall, Labour’s Health spokesperson Grant Robertson says. "This Government has quite unashamedly taken its focus off prevention and no ... More >>
Goff tells Aussie bankers to keep their hands off our assets
Monday, 14 November 2011, 2:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
14 November 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Goff tells Aussie bankers to keep their hands off our assets Labour Leader Phil Goff has told the Australian investment bankers National has hired to sell our assets that their contract will be cancelled immediately when ... More >>
Tell New Zealanders what was said Mr Key
Monday, 14 November 2011, 1:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Grant ROBERTSON Campaign Spokesperson 14 November 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Tell New Zealanders what was said Mr Key More >>
Women's refuges not getting enough support
Monday, 14 November 2011, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Women's refuge centres need adequate and reliable funding if they are to properly provide shelter for vulnerable women and children, Labour's Deputy Leader and Social Development spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Biosecurity safeguards must be upheld
Monday, 14 November 2011, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Hundreds more cases of Psa-V are being recorded every week in the Kiwifruit industry, a fail mark for New Zealand's biosecurity safeguards, says Labour's spokesperson for Biosecurity Damien O'Connor. More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 143
Monday, 14 November 2011, 11:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A regular bulletin started by the Labour Party's Christchurch electorate MPs, Clayton Cosgrove (Waimakariri), Ruth Dyson (Port Hills), Lianne Dalziel (Christchurch East) and Brendon Burns (Christchurch Central) to keep people in their electorates and ... More >>
John Key’s asset sales an epic fail for NZ
Sunday, 13 November 2011, 1:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
If John Key was to sit his own asset sales test the result would be an epic fail, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe “In his State of the Nation speech, delivered in January, John Key said he would only push ahead with asset sales ... More >>
Tolley steamrolls Kawerau schools
Saturday, 12 November 2011, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced a new Year 7 to 14 school in Kawerau, steamrolling the local communities efforts to buy into the restructure for a result which fits the needs of the community, Labour MP based in Rotorua Steve ... More >>
English: No plan B, more asset sales, more poverty
Saturday, 12 November 2011, 1:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
English: No plan B, more asset sales, more poverty “Bill English today gave New Zealanders three good reasons to vote Labour on 26 November, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. “Speaking on TV3’s ‘The Nation’ this morning, ... More >>
Key + Brash = bye bye assets
Friday, 11 November 2011, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s endorsement of ACT party leader Don Brash today is further confirmation that more of New Zealand’s hard-won assets will be sold to overseas buyers if National is re-elected, Labour Leader Phil Goff says. More >>
Fisheries: Successful, sustainable industry backed
Friday, 11 November 2011, 1:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Fisheries spokesperson Shane Jones says Labour shares the industry’s goal of developing the New Zealand economy by sustainably managing fisheries catchments and creating high value jobs through growing investment in processing. More >>
Labour will step up for veterans again
Friday, 11 November 2011, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour took action to resolve a number of outstanding issues concerning veterans, but National has sat idle, unwilling to address the issues that remain, says Labour’s Veteran Affairs spokesperson Rick Barker. More >>
A cup of tea with “extremists”
Friday, 11 November 2011, 12:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key is doing a deal with a party whose leader he has described as “very right wing”, “hard core” and “extreme”, Labour campaign spokesman Grant Robertson said today. More >>
John Key covers up the facts on minimum wage
Friday, 11 November 2011, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key has been caught out sitting on a report from his top economic advisers that says a higher minimum wage does not cost jobs, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today. More >>
Labour will re-appoint Rural Affairs Minister
Friday, 11 November 2011, 10:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A Labour government will re-appoint a Minister for Rural Affairs to ensure rural communities again have an advocate in Cabinet, says Labour's Rural Affairs spokesperson Damien O'Connor. More >>
Kiwis have 15 days left to stop asset sales
Friday, 11 November 2011, 9:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff has stepped up his campaign against asset sales, saying Kiwis have 15 days left to stop the sales. More >>
National=less jobs
Thursday, 10 November 2011, 8:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s economic mismanagement has driven 100,000 Kiwis overseas in search of higher wages and a better life, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. “Unless there is a change of direction more talented young Kiwis will leave, our ... More >>
