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John Key caught in double downgrade lie
Monday, 10 October 2011, 11:29 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil GOFF Labour Leader 10 October 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT John Key caught in double downgrade lie More >>
Back NZ – but not just the ABs, Mr Key
Monday, 10 October 2011, 10:28 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Ruth DYSON Conservation Spokesperson 251659264 10 October 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Back NZ – but not just the ABs, Mr Key Continued excuses from the Prime Minister regarding the environmental time-bomb facing the Bay of Plenty won’t wash, says Labour’s ... More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 124
Monday, 10 October 2011, 9:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY PLAN Labour will: • 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 ... More >>
Answers and action, not questions, needed now
Sunday, 9 October 2011, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
9 October 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Answers and action, not questions, needed now Rather than raising questions over why a ship hit a reef, the Prime Minister should surely be asking himself why the response to such an inevitability has been so slow and ... More >>
Weather is not with you Minister
Saturday, 8 October 2011, 11:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Ruth DYSON Conservation Spokesperson 8 October 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Weather is not with you Minister Watching Steven Joyce’s lumbering response to the salvaging of the leaking container ship, Rena, is like watching a slow motion disaster movie unfold, ... More >>
Don’t stop the press Lockwood
Friday, 7 October 2011, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Speaker Lockwood Smith is being urged to reconsider his ruling banning The New Zealand Herald from covering politics from its press gallery office for 10 days by the Labour Party. More >>
Report highlights weakness of policy
Friday, 7 October 2011, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A new Regional Public Health report warning of links between housing displacement and negative health outcomes is a clear signal that the Government needs to review its policy of reviewable tenancies, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Moana Mackey. More >>
Government should be all over oil disaster
Friday, 7 October 2011, 12:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government appears to have learned nothing from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill despite it being one of the worst ever environmental disasters, Labour’s Conservation spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Strong tertiary education vital for our future
Friday, 7 October 2011, 11:21 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The future prosperity of New Zealand depends on us having a well-educated workforce and a vibrant higher education sector that works to keep our best and brightest in New Zealand where we can all benefit from their great ideas and energy, Labour’s ... More >>
22 percent increase in beneficiaries under National
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 11:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
There are now just under 60,000 more Kiwis reliant on benefits in 2011 than when National took office in 2008 an increase of 21,8 per cent, Labour Deputy Leader Annette King says. “The National claims Kiwis are better off better the reality is there ... More >>
Where are the jobs for Dunedin Mr Joyce?
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 5:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Dunedin South Labour MP Clare Curran is calling on Transport Minister Steven Joyce to outline the details of a partnership agreement with a Spanish company he claims will deliver new jobs for Kiwis. The contract, for 57 new electric trains, was signed ... More >>
New trains need a decent set of tracks
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour says the Government is being strangely inconsistent celebrating the purchase of electric trains while blocking the City Rail Link that would give them a modern network to run on. A contract has just been signed with a Spanish firm to supply ... More >>
Median wage rise lags well behind inflation
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 12:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s promise of a brighter future for Kiwis under National has been revealed again as a sham, with the median hourly earnings increase in the past year the smallest for 11 years and lagging well behind inflation, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson ... More >>
Wilkinson slammed by her own conservation advisers
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 11:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National's failure to protect New Zealand's conservation estate from destruction and degradation, has been highlighted by the Government's own statutory advisor, says Labour Conservation spokesperson Ruth Dyson. More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 123
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 10:04 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 >>
Rebuild ‘ambles aimlessly’ without leadership, says sector
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 9:28 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A lack of leadership plagues the Christchurch rebuild and landlords and tenants eager to get back into the central city are becoming extremely frustrated, says Labour’s Earthquake Recovery spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
No assurance on Pike River timelines
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 12:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Further delays by receivers will be a blow for the families awaiting some progress in the recovery of the 29 miners who lost their lives in the Pike River mine, West Coast Labour MP Damien O’Connor says. More >>
National lines up CCC to force asset sales
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 11:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee must front up and confirm the Government’s plans to install commissioners in the Christchurch City Council and sell its assets, says Christchurch Central MP Brendon Burns. More >>
Tolley makes baseless accusation
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 11:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister, Anne Tolley should read and listen more carefully before she makes accusations, Labour Spokesperson for Education Sue Moroney says. “Anne Tolley has accused an experienced principal, Radio NZ and Labour of ‘getting it wrong’ ... More >>
National puts students at risk
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is putting school children at risk by determining that its classrooms have to be 90% below the earthquake-proof standards, before they will act to safeguard children and teachers, Labour Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. More >>
