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Trickle down jobs ‘policy’ fails young Kiwis
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 5:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s ‘trickle down’ approach to creating jobs is failing thousands of young Kiwis, say Labour’s Employment spokesperson Jacinda Ardern and Labour Issues spokesperson Darien Fenton. More >>
Cosgrove holds productive meeting with insurers
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 2:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Canterbury Earthquake Recovery spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove has held what he calls a ‘productive’ meeting with the Insurance Council and representatives of AMI and IAG on concerns Christchurch residents have at signing off their insurance ... More >>
Huge increase in vege and fruit prices hurt Kiwis
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A huge increase in the price of fruit and vegetables, up 12.8 per cent in the year to May, won’t surprise struggling Kiwi families, and reinforces the need for Labour’s policy of removing all GST from fresh fruit and vegetables, says Labour’s Finance ... More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 58
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 11:32 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 >>
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 >>
