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Dunne ducks and dives on home help
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 4:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Charles Chauvel Labour MP Based in Ohariu 5 October 2011 Dunne ducks and dives on home help Responses by the Associate Minister of Health and Ohariu MP Peter Dunne in relation to home help cuts by the Capital and Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) ... More >>
Empty state house reveals National's empty promises
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Questions asked about an empty state house in Nelson have revealed the true extent of restructuring and frontline job losses at Housing New Zealand says Labour Housing Spokesperson Moana Mackey. More >>
Thousands more to lose home-help
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Thousands of older New Zealanders look set to lose home support thanks to a government hell-bent on putting cost-cutting above quality care, says Labour’s spokesperson for Aged Care Steve Chadwick. More >>
Low income earners have fate in own hands at the ballot box
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Cleaners from across the industry met at Parliament today to fight for a living wage, but the next crucial fight for low-income New Zealanders will be at the ballot box, says Labour’s MP for Mangere Su’a William Sio. More >>
Selling state assets will worsen external position
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Finance Minister Bill English needs to explain to Kiwis why his plan to sell off state-owned assets like our power companies won’t worsen our external position, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Labour condemns Japanese whale slaughter
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Conservation and Foreign Affairs spokespeople Ruth Dyson and Maryan Street today condemned the Japanese decision to once again hunt for whales in the Southern Ocean. More >>
Tolley’s expert advisors not so expert
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 11:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Anne Tolley’s expert advisors on educational achievement appear to be getting a failing grade from a number of schools, Labour Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 122
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 11:19 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 >>
Pete Hodgson – Valedictory
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 9:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
I first arrived here in 1990. But before then I worked for the Labour Party. Jim Anderton, who speaks next, hired me in 1980 when I was nearly 30. I’m now 61. Politics has been my life for all that time. More >>
Lynne Pillay Valedictory speech
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 9:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Mr Speaker, this will be the last speech I give in this House and I would like to start by acknowledging Pete Hodgson and Jim Anderton, who are also giving their valedictory speeches today. They have both made a tremendous contribution to our Parliament and ... More >>
Labour supports minimum wage for Parliamentary cleaners
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 9:20 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil Goff will meet with Parliamentary cleaners this afternoon to hear about how difficult it is to live on a pay cheque of just $13.50 an hour and to discuss what Labour will do to help them. More >>
Join our cleaners for lunch
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 9:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
They make sure we work in a clean environment and today our Parliamentary cleaners would like to share lunch with the Press Gallery to let media know how difficult it is for low wage families to make ends meet at the moment, Labour Mana MP Kris ... More >>
Taxpayers lose millions over botched scheme
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 9:14 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English bears ultimate responsibility for the woeful governance of the Crown Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme, and taxpayers are the losers, says Labour's Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Coleman’s evasion disgraceful and disrespectful
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 4:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Associate Health Minister Jonathan Coleman’s refusal to answer questions in Parliament today regarding a serious assault committed by a patient released from an acute mental health unit is a disgrace, Labour’s Health spokesperson Grant Robertson says More >>
Labour disappointed by delay in boarding house inquiry
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
An inquiry into boarding houses will not report back in this parliamentary term because the Government dithered before finally allowing it to go ahead, says Labour Housing spokesperson Moana Mackey. The interim report of the Social Services select committee ... More >>
No capital gains tax ‘ever’ not the way forward
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 4:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National ruling out ever introducing a capital gains tax is hugely irresponsible in the light of New Zealand’s double credit downgrade, Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe says. More >>
Key admits homeowners could face mortgage rate rise
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key has this afternoon finally admitted that Kiwi homeowners may be stung by mortgage rate rises because of the double credit rating downgrade that has come under his watch, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. More >>
English gives poor imitation of jilted suitor
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 2:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English once hung on every word of the rating agencies, but now they’ve drawn attention to his economic mismanagement, he’s behaving like a jilted suitor, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 121
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 2:22 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 >>
Core biosecurity safeguards being ignored
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Reports that more than a quarter of a million visitors have by-passed biosecurity screening with the Prime Minister’s blessing further demonstrates the Government’s contempt for our primary industries, Labour’s Biosecurity spokesperson Damien O’Connor ... More >>
