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Joyce claim on funding ‘plain dishonest'

Monday, 31 October 2011, 4:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Associate Finance Minister and National Party Campaign chair Steven Joyce is simply dishonest in claiming that Labour’s plan to fund half the City Centre Rail Link will add to borrowing, says Labour’s Transport and Infrastructure spokesperson ... More >>

Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 135

Monday, 31 October 2011, 4:01 pm | 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 >>

Business survey damns National’s lack of a plan

Monday, 31 October 2011, 3:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The business community has provided a damning commentary on National’s under-performance as an economic manager, saying the Government has no clear plan to lift New Zealand’s performance, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>

Kiwibank heading to auction block under National?

Monday, 31 October 2011, 11:33 am | New Zealand Labour Party

John Key has been caught out telling the truth when he let it slip that Kiwibank could be sold by National, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today. More >>

Solid Energy sale another disaster for West Coast

Monday, 31 October 2011, 9:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Hocking off shares in state-owned assets while giving no assurance that those shares will remain in local hands would be considered treachery in any other country, yet it is exactly what John Key is doing here, says West Coast-based Labour MP Damien ... More >>

What will you sell next, John Key?

Sunday, 30 October 2011, 11:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National is using shonky accounting to justify its dumb policy to hock off our valuable assets, claiming it will have enough money to pay off the mountain of debt it has built up as well as buying new assets and modernising schools, says Labour Leader ... More >>

Flogging off assets Key’s one trick wonder

Sunday, 30 October 2011, 10:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

John Key’s ‘Future Investment Fund’ is a cheap trick renaming a money-go-round National has already announced. It changes nothing and is simply PR cover for John Key’s loathed asset sales, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>

Labour backs Auckland’s City Rail Link with $1.2b

Sunday, 30 October 2011, 12:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour will cancel the ‘holiday highway’ to fund Auckland’s essential City Rail Link, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. Launching Labour’s Transport policy in Auckland today with Transport Spokesperson Shane Jones and Auckland MPs, Phil Goff ... More >>

Tourism sector needs focused support

Saturday, 29 October 2011, 11:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Kelvin DAVIS Tourism Spokesperson Saturday, 29 October 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Tourism sector needs focused support Labour's Tourism policy contains a pragmatic and achievable mix of actions and ideas to enhance and support the sector for both the international ... More >>

Trading in the new international environment

Saturday, 29 October 2011, 11:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Maryan STREET Trade Spokesperson Friday, 28 October 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Trading in the new international environment Labour will continue to support New Zealand’s best interests by promoting trade opportunities internationally but we must be smarter ... More >>

David Cunliffe - Key makes the one unaffordable promise

Friday, 28 October 2011, 3:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National’s misinformed and totally inaccurate attacks on the affordability of Labour’s carefully costed policies are shown up for what they are by the fact that John Key has made the one totally unaffordable promise, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson ... More >>

Another kick in the teeth for Kiwi workers

Friday, 28 October 2011, 12:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National's plans to deal to workers' rights go against international best practice and will do nothing to stimulate our already low-wage economy, says Labour's spokesperson for Labour Issues, Darien Fenton. More >>

Labour's plan provides security and capital

Friday, 28 October 2011, 11:33 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour's savings policy will grow domestic savings, make superannuation sustainable and provide New Zealand with the pool of capital we need to repay debt and own our future without having to sell assets, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>

National fails youth yet again

Friday, 28 October 2011, 10:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party

National's tinkering with youth wage rates shows for the second time in two days that John Key hasn't got the courage to tackle the real problems facing New Zealand, Labour's Youth Affairs and Employment spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. More >>

What's changed on Super age, John Key?

Friday, 28 October 2011, 9:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party

John Key should front up and tell Kiwis the truth about his position on the age of entitlement for Super given that he previously supported a gradual increase but now claims to be against it, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. More >>

John Key all alone on super age

Friday, 28 October 2011, 9:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party

John Key's refusal to make the right calls for New Zealand's future is being undermined by his own Finance Minister, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. More >>

'Free’ scheme needs careful analysis

Thursday, 27 October 2011, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National’s free after-hours health care for children under six typically comes with hooks, Labour’s Social Policy spokesperson and Deputy Leader Annette King says. “Extending free medical care to after-hours services had to happen. The Government’s ... More >>

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