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Labour urges ISPs to lift data caps

Monday, 22 August 2011, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

New Zealand Internet Service Providers should consider lifting caps on data, now that there will be stronger competition in the international bandwidth market, Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. In response to news that ... More >>

Labour mourns the loss of Corporal Doug Grant

Monday, 22 August 2011, 3:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Phil Goff today expressed his heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the family of Corporal Doug Grant who was killed trying to save the lives of others during a Taleban attack in Kabul. “My heart goes out to Corporal Grant’s wife ... More >>

What is National doing on 20 hours ECE?

Monday, 22 August 2011, 1:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Confusion reigns on what is in store for parents of young children if National is re-elected in November, says Labour's Education Spokesperson, Sue Moroney. “Anne Tolley appeared to rule-out funding cuts to 20 hours ECE being proposed by her Taskforce ... More >>

Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 97

Monday, 22 August 2011, 10:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Labour Party's Christchurch electorate MPs, Clayton Cosgrove (Waimakariri), Ruth Dyson (Port Hills), Lianne Dalziel (Christchurch East) and Brendon Burns (Christchurch Central) have started a regular bulletin to keep people in their electorates and ... More >>

Labour pays tribute to Dame Christine Cole Catley

Sunday, 21 August 2011, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Steve Chadwick Arts, Culture and Heritage spokesperson 21 August 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Labour pays tribute to Dame Christine Cole Catley More >>

National creates stalemate on standards

Sunday, 21 August 2011, 3:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Sue MORONEY Education Spokesperson 21 August 2011 MEDIA National creates stalemate on standards Anne Tolley's statements this weekend show National has no intention of finding a solution to the stalemate it has created with school communities over ... More >>

Cosgrove: It’s urgent to fast-track land development

Sunday, 21 August 2011, 11:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Waimakariri MP and Earthquake Recovery spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove wants the Government to take up his members airport bill urgently to allow fast-track development of large areas of affordable Kaiapoi and Christchurch land. Clayton Cosgrove says his Christchurch ... More >>

Key highlights opportunism by attending party conference

Sunday, 21 August 2011, 10:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Key highlights opportunism by attending party conference John Key's planned appearance today at Peter Dunne's Party Conference will achieve nothing except to remind voters of the unprincipled political deal the two are seeking to make, Labour's Ohariu Candidate ... More >>

Labour saddened by loss of soldier

Saturday, 20 August 2011, 10:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Saturday, 20 August 2011 Labour saddened by loss of soldier Labour has been saddened by the news of the death of a serving member of the SAS in Afghanistan, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. “Our condolences go out to the family of the solider,” Phil ... More >>

National waving goodbye to our loved ones

Friday, 19 August 2011, 1:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Record numbers of Kiwis leaving for Australia for the fourth month in a row are, in John Key’s own words, ‘a vote of no confidence’ in his Government, Labour Leader Phil Goff says. More >>

Commissioner damns lignite, PM signals support

Friday, 19 August 2011, 10:04 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Damning evidence against lignite mining presented by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment flies in the face of Prime Minister John Key's support for such projects, Labour's climate change spokesman Brendon Burns says "While John Key ... More >>

Phil Goff Economic Policy Speech To CTU Conference

Friday, 19 August 2011, 10:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The cost of living has risen faster than at any time in the past 21 years. More >>

Labour will work to strengthen mine safety

Friday, 19 August 2011, 9:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour will reinstate check inspectors within most mines around the country to help ensure that working conditions are safe for miners, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. More >>

Igloo-type ammunition bunkers two years late

Thursday, 18 August 2011, 10:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

New igloo-type ammunition storage bunkers announced by Defence Minister Wayne Mapp this evening are a delayed but welcome response to security breaches of Defence Force facilities, Labour’s spokesperson for Defence, Iain Lees-Galloway says. More >>

25 years for Environment Parliamentary Commisioner

Thursday, 18 August 2011, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

As Labour’s Environment Spokesperson it gives me great pleasure to say a few words to help mark the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. My senior parliamentary colleagues tell me that, ... More >>

Welfare card deal gets even more confusing

Thursday, 18 August 2011, 4:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Minister of Social Welfare has admitted the much-hyped payment card National plans to introduce to stop young, unemployed people buying alcohol and tobacco won’t stop them doing that because they’ll be able to use the pocket money the Government ... More >>

Residents will have to ‘take it or leave it’

Thursday, 18 August 2011, 4:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is telling lawyers more about the package being offered to insured red zone residents than it is telling the residents themselves, says Labour’s Christchurch East MP Lianne Dalziel. “CERA has organised a workshop ... More >>

Opposition to National’s crime law changes mounts

Thursday, 18 August 2011, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government can no longer ignore opposition to the controversial centrepiece of its criminal law reform with increasing numbers of legal experts expressing grave concerns about the policy, Labour says. The Criminal Procedures Bill is currently ... More >>

Certainty at last, but loss of equity for many

Thursday, 18 August 2011, 12:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Canterbury Earthquake Recovery spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove says most Kaiapoi and Pines Beach residents now have certainty about the future of their properties, but inevitably many will lose equity despite promises from John Key and Gerry Brownlee. More >>

Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 96

Thursday, 18 August 2011, 10:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party

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