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Auckland after-hours clinic network running into trouble
Friday, 13 May 2011, 12:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Health Minister Tony Ryall’s much-vaunted network of after-hours medical clinics in Auckland appears to be in trouble with no firm date for them to commence, despite plans for them to be in place from 1 July, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Grant ... More >>
National refuses inquiry into torture
Friday, 13 May 2011, 12:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National Party members of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee voted yesterday against a resolution to conduct an inquiry into the role of the New Zealand Defence Force in handing over detainees in Afghanistan to armed forces which ... More >>
Embarrassing boo-boo by Tolley on ECE cuts
Friday, 13 May 2011, 12:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Anne Tolley has made a fool of herself and proven that she’s out of touch when it comes to the real impact her funding cuts are having early childhood education, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Sue Moroney. More >>
Mapp Confirms McCully Misled Him Over ‘Taxi’ Trip in Orion
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 4:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Defence Minister Wayne Mapp has confirmed in Parliament today that Foreign Minister Murray McCully misled him over his need to use the RNZAF to fly him to Vanuatu for a meeting on 13 and 14 February, says Mt Albert Labour MP David Shearer. More >>
National shows further contempt for workers’ rights
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 4:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
In a desperate attempt to defend the Government’s ‘Find A Job’ website Social Development Minister Paula Bennett said today that “any job’s a good job” even if its legality is questionable, says Labour’s spokesperson for Labour Issues Darien ... More >>
Labour MPs welcome Roger Sutton
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 2:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Canterbury’s Labour MPs are welcoming the appointment of Roger Sutton to the position of Chief Executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA). More >>
Struggling Kiwis already know how tough it is
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Struggling Kiwis already know how tough it is Kiwis struggling to pay the bills each week won’t be surprised to learn that food prices have increased 6.1 per cent in the year to April 2011, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 41
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 12:02 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 >>
Labour welcomes Retirement Commission announcement
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 11:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour welcomes the shift in emphasis signalled by the decision to transfer the Retirement Commissioner from the Social Development portfolio to the Commerce portfolio, says Labour’s Commerce spokesperson Lianne Dalziel. More >>
Clark welcomes Barry to North Shore
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 9:54 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's North Shore Candidate Ben Clark welcomes new National Candidate Maggie Barry to the electorate. More >>
Role of nurses needs to be recognised and enhanced
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 9:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
International Nurses Day is a chance to celebrate the essential role that nurses play in the delivery of quality healthcare, and to commit to making sure that role is enhanced, says Labour's Health spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
National fiddles while the country burns
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 4:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Few prime ministerial economic speeches could be as less inspiring or more misleading than John Key’s today, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. “It was uninspiring because it provided no new answers to the very deep economic problems ... More >>
Labour will repeal key parts of broadband bill
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 4:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will vote against National’s broadband bill and in Government would repeal sections of it that we believe will have an anti-competitive effect on the telecommunications industry to the detriment of consumers, says Labour’s spokesperson for Communications ... More >>
Anything to keep the limo
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 2:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
If Peter Dunne’s latest outburst is anything to go by, it is clear he is worried that he won’t be the MP for Ohariu for much longer, Labour List MP based in Ohariu Charles Chauvel said today. “Representing himself as moderate is laughable. “As ... More >>
Cuts will hurt Kiwis but won’t fix broken economy
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s plan to cut KiwiSaver and Working For Families will hurt middle and low-income New Zealanders while doing nothing to address the huge economic problems this country is facing, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. “Why is John Key prepared ... More >>
Heating delays unacceptable for Cantabrians
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 2:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Thousands of Canterbury people will face cold, miserable winter months ahead because of unacceptable delays to installing heating systems in their damaged homes, says Labour’s Earthquake Recovery spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition 40
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 1:13 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 >>
PGP allocation misdirected
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 1:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The funding allocated to the manuka honey industry by National’s Primary Partnership for Growth fund would have been better spent on frontline Biosecurity, says Labour’s spokesperson for Biosecurity Damien O’Connor. “Any money for the struggling beekeeping ... More >>
In the Interests of Transparency - By Clare Curran
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 8:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Tomorrow the government’s contentious and anti- competitive broadband bill goes through its last stage in the select committee. More >>
Paper Shows Water Reforms Just a Trickle
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Cabinet paper on freshwater policy from Environment Minister Nick Smith shows water quality will take many years, if ever, to be restored to parts of New Zealand, says Labour’s water spokesman Brendon Burns. More >>
