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Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 127
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 12:49 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 >>
Government cost-cutting contributes to Rena disaster
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 11:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government has frozen funding for shipping safety watchdog Maritime New Zealand, says Labour Leader Phil Goff and Labour’s Transport Safety spokesperson Darien Fenton. More >>
Cancer report proves need for more focus on prevention
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 11:27 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The release of a Ministry of Health report on the cost of cancer treatment shows again why the focus of health spending must be on prevention, Labour’s Health spokesperson Grant Robertson says. More >>
Govt’s velvet glove submission to council over asset sales
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 5:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s submission to the Christchurch City Council’s draft recovery plan for the central city is an ultimatum framed around forced asset sales, Christchurch Central MP Brendon Burns says. More >>
Levy reduction highlights National’s dishonesty
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Today's announcement, just over six weeks before the general election, that the National Government will be reducing ACC levies highlights how dishonest and cynical it was in talking up a manufactured crisis in the first place, Labour's ACC spokesperson ... More >>
Plans for luxury train on the right track
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 11:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A proposal to bring a deluxe sleeper train to New Zealand and set up an Orient Express-style high-end tourism operation is being applauded by Labour's Tourism spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>
Government back-down on phone assessments of home help
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 11:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
More than a year after Health Minister Tony Ryall fiercely defended telephone assessments Capital and Coast DHB have finally dumped them, but other DHBs need to follow suit, says Labour's Health spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
One-person police stations will become two-person
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 11:09 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is committed to making all 62 one-person police stations in New Zealand two-person stations, Labour's Law and Order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove said today when announcing the party's police and corrections policies. More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 126
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 10:45 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 >>
Kiwis need to embrace our love of sport for a healthy future
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 10:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Kiwis need to return to their sporting traditions to improve the health and wellbeing of New Zealand, Labour's Sport and Recreation spokesperson Trevor Mallard says. More >>
Toxic or not? We need to know
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 5:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Ruth DYSON Conservation Spokesperson 11 October 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Toxic or not? We need to know More conflicting information, this time about the dispersant being used on the oil spilling from the Rena, has added fuel to concerns about the Government’s ... More >>
PM must drop the spin
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 1:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Ruth DYSON Conservation Spokesperson 251659264 11 October 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT PM must drop the spin Contradictory advice regarding the state of the container ship, Rena, suggests the New Zealand public are again being spun a line by the Government, ... More >>
Debt crashes through $40b barrier as rich prosper
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 1:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David CUNLIFFE Finance Spokesperson 11 October 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Debt crashes through $40b barrier as rich prosper National’s so-called fiscally neutral tax cuts for the wealthiest New Zealanders have actually added an extra $1.1 billion ... More >>
PM needs to identify ‘source’ and say sorry
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil GOFF Labour Leader 11 October 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT PM needs to identify ‘source’ and say sorry More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 125
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 11:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party
* Purchase 1500 properties and sell them at cost to red zoned residents * Ring-fence $100 million as compensation for home improvements * Release all available geotechnical information * Resolve the insurance gridlock * Intervene in the insurance market ... More >>
Labour to get overseas aid back on track
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 11:35 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will refocus our overseas aid on poverty elimination through supporting education, health and governance initiatives, as well as through sustainable economic development, says Labour's Overseas Development Assistance spokesperson Maryan Street. More >>
John Key admits to lying
Monday, 10 October 2011, 5:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key has been forced into a humiliating back-down, admitting he lied to New Zealanders about comments he attributed to ratings agency Standard and Poor's, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. "In Parliament last week, John Key claimed ... More >>
Dearer basics fuel struggle for families
Monday, 10 October 2011, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The soaring price of food, electricity, rent and health-related costs is unlikely to come as a surprise to anyone but the Prime Minister, Labour’s Deputy Leader Annette King says. “A three-yearly review of the Consumer Price Index ‘basket’ ... More >>
Complaint laid over Tolley’s lies
Monday, 10 October 2011, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It appears Education Minister Anne Tolley has misled Parliament and the public over a Northland kura principal, now assigned by National as an ‘expert’ Student Achievement Practitioner, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Sue Moroney. “In Parliament ... More >>
Business confidence black and blue
Monday, 10 October 2011, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Business confidence is in tatters as National fails one economic test after another, Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe says. “Today's massive slump in business confidence from net 36.3% to net 6.9% is another blow in a disastrous fortnight for ... More >>
