New Zealand Labour Party

New Zealand Labour Party - Latest News [Page 416]

Key gambles people for profit

Monday, 13 June 2011, 1:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Key gambles people for profit National’s support for a proposal which trades private sector investment in a new convention centre for the relaxation of gambling legislation is a slap in the face for Aucklanders trying to combat problem gambling, says Māngere ... More >>

Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 57

Monday, 13 June 2011, 12:55 pm | 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 >>

Brownlee’s refusal unfair and slows recovery

Monday, 13 June 2011, 11:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government’s refusal to provide Canterbury earthquake victims with access to independent legal advice is slowing the recovery and adding to the stress of people who are already under enormous pressure, says Labour Earthquake Recovery spokesperson ... More >>

Labour investigates database breach

Monday, 13 June 2011, 11:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party

On Saturday Labour discovered the possibility of a malicious breach of an online Party contact database. We began an investigation immediately. More >>

Kiwi interests should come first – not corporate interests

Sunday, 12 June 2011, 6:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The National-led government needs to stop being dictated to by multi-national corporations and start putting the best interests of New Zealanders ahead of corporate profits, says Labour’s Internal Affairs spokesperson Chris Hipkins. More >>

Labour seeks more examples of unfair tax rules

Friday, 10 June 2011, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour is interesting in receiving more examples of where unfair tax rules confer special privileges on the agricultural sector, says Labour’s Associate Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>

Exporter pain shows monetary policy not working

Friday, 10 June 2011, 2:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Today’s all-time high for the Kiwi dollar against the US dollar on the back of yesterday’s Reserve Bank statement shows our non-agricultural exporters will continue to be in serious trouble without appropriate monetary reform, say Labour’s Finance ... More >>

ECE ‘gone by lunchtime’ under Key/Brash coalition

Friday, 10 June 2011, 1:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Early Childhood Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says the universal allocation of 20 free hours ECE will be ‘gone by lunchtime’ under a National/ Act led Government. “Under Don Brash, ACT is now saying we spend too much on early ... More >>

English all at sea on SOEs

Thursday, 9 June 2011, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Finance Minister Bill English must come clean on the true price of selling our state-owned assets, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>

Misjudgment costs Kiwis jobs

Thursday, 9 June 2011, 3:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The forty one jobs lost at KiwiRail’s Dunedin Hillside workshops today illustrate the real-life effects of government procurement policy, says Labour’s Economic Development spokesperson David Parker and Labour MP for Dunedin South Clare Curran. More >>

Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 56

Thursday, 9 June 2011, 12:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Christchurch LABOUR MPs 9 June 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 56 The Labour Party’s Christchurch electorate MPs, Clayton Cosgrove (Waimakariri), Ruth Dyson (Port Hills), Lianne Dalziel (Christchurch East) and Brendon Burns (Christchurch ... More >>

Older New Zealanders should not be denied democratic duty

Thursday, 9 June 2011, 12:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Steve CHADWICK Senior Citizens Spokesperson 9 June 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT Older New Zealanders should not be denied democratic duty Older New Zealanders should not be barred from participating in jury trials because of their age, says Labour’s spokesperson ... More >>

National’s spin on milk prices turns sour

Thursday, 9 June 2011, 12:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National’s spin on milk prices turns sour National’s spin --- that making farmers pay 10 per cent of their agricultural greenhouse gas emissions will drive up the price of dairy products --- has been shown today to be wrong by its own officials, ... More >>

Ryall admits Health Budget will not meet increased costs

Thursday, 9 June 2011, 9:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Tony Ryall has admitted that the 2011 Health Budget is more than $150 million short of keeping up with the growth in costs facing the health sector, says Labour's Health Spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>

Hydros for prisons a bad deal for Kiwis

Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 5:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Finance Minister Bill English admitted at the Finance and Expenditure Committee today that National’s policy to privatise state assets could mean flogging off hydro dams to build new prisons, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>

Less celebration more action on benefit numbers

Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 4:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Social Development Minister Paula Bennett should not be publicly celebrating a small drop in unemployment benefit numbers when overall they remain so high, says Labour’s Employment spokesperson Jacinda Ardern. “The decrease in people receiving the unemployment ... More >>

Smith fails to make case for ACC privatisation

Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 4:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Nick Smith’s blind faith that the market will deliver lower cost accident cover for employers isn’t supported by any real evidence, says Labour’s ACC spokesperson Chris Hipkins. “Today in Parliament I asked Nick Smith if he expected his ACC privatisation ... More >>

A bleak outlook for workers

Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National’s continued changes to employment rights offer a bleak forecast of what workers could expect under a future National-Act led Government, says Labour’s spokesperson for Labour Issues Darien Fenton. “National leader John Key confirmed ... More >>

Labour Statement on Darren Hughes Police Inquiry

Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 3:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour has welcomed the announcement by police that they will not be taking any action against former MP Darren Hughes “The police have carried out a very thorough and lengthy investigation. Darren Hughes conducted himself with the utmost integrity ... More >>

Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 55

Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 12:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

New Zealand Labour Party - Latest News [Page 416]

LATEST HEADLINES