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Labour backs need for AMI support package

Thursday, 7 April 2011, 12:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour supports the need to provide certainty for the 85,000 Cantabrians who may have been worrying about whether their claims for earthquake damage would be paid out by AMI, and it hopes the Government support package will provide that. More >>

National fumbles for credibility over tupperwaka

Thursday, 7 April 2011, 10:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The National Government is fumbling for credibility over its support in austere times for the Māori Party’s $2 million Rugby World Cup ‘tupperwaka’, says Labour’s Associate Māori Affairs (Economic Development) spokesperson Shane Jones. More >>

PM must ensure Pike River fronts up

Thursday, 7 April 2011, 8:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Pike River has an obligation to front up to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrible tragedy that took the lives of 29 miners and the Prime Minister should ensure that happens, says West Coast Labour MP Damien O'Connor. More >>

MP on contestable fund panel is a bad move

Thursday, 7 April 2011, 8:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The appointment of National MP, John Hayes, to the "independent" panel which determines the disbursement of the Sustainable Development Fund to non-government organisations is a bad move, says Opposition Spokesperson on Overseas Development ... More >>

Another missed opportunity for youth

Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government’s failure to get young, unemployed New Zealanders’ into jobs has been highlighted by its negligent approach to the Canterbury rebuild, says Labour’s spokesperson for Employment and Youth Affairs, Jacinda Ardern. “There are 58,000 ... More >>

Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition twenty

Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 1:02 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 >>

Alarm as science falls victim to national standards

Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Research, Science and Technology spokesperson David Shearer says he is alarmed, but not surprised, by reports that science education is being pushed out of classrooms to make way for National Standards in numeracy and literacy. More >>

Risk To NZ's Reputation Under Govt's Foreign Affairs Plan

Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 10:13 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The government's approach to Foreign Affairs appointments and resourcing risks damage to New Zealand's reputation, says Opposition Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Maryan Street. More >>

$2m joke plastic waka won’t promote brand Māori

Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 10:07 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government’s $1.8 million subsidy of a giant plastic waka to go on show at ‘party central’ during the Rugby World Cup is a joke, says Labour’s Associate Māori Affairs (Economic Development) spokesperson Shane Jones. More >>

Pike River Coal must co-operate with inquiry

Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 9:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The claim by the receivers for Pike River Coal that it might not have enough money to fully participate in the Royal Commission of Inquiry is disturbing, says West Coast Labour MP Damien O'Connor. More >>

FMA board another ‘missed opportunity’

Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 9:28 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The newly announced Financial Markets Authority board is a missed opportunity by failing to build on the strengths of the initial establishment board, says Labour’s Commerce spokesperson Lianne Dalziel. More >>

MP No Stranger to New Roles

Tuesday, 5 April 2011, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

As a former midwife, a manager at Rotorua Hospital and former Associate Health Minister (Child Health and Maternity), I feel at home with my new responsibilities, says Steve Chadwick. More >>

Commerce Commission Inquiry Could Give Kiwis More Choice

Tuesday, 5 April 2011, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

There is finally hope that NZ consumers might get a wider choice of broadcast content through traditional and new media via high speed broadband following today’s announcement by the Commerce Commission More >>

Key, Bennett fail to understand people want jobs

Tuesday, 5 April 2011, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Canterbury Earthquake Recovery spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove says Prime Minister John Key and Social Development Minister Paula Bennett are cruelly missing the point in terms of Canterbury people who lose their jobs in the wake of the earthquakes. More >>

Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition nineteen

Tuesday, 5 April 2011, 1:08 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 >>