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Asset sales will spark power price rises
Tuesday, 5 April 2011, 8:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Power prices will skyrocket if National flogs off our valuable state-owned electricity companies to private buyers and that's something Kiwi families can't afford as they struggle to cope with other increases in living costs, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. More >>
National can no longer ignore rising hardship
Monday, 4 April 2011, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Working families and the elderly are among growing numbers of New Zealanders floating on a rising tide of hardship while the Government sits back apparently helpless, Labour Deputy Leader Annette King says. “News today that the Whangarei branch of ... More >>
National set to drive us deeper into recession
Monday, 4 April 2011, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe says the government accounts released today make it even clearer that National will use the economic impact of the Christchurch earthquakes to justify savage cuts to public spending in this year’s budget. More >>
Mental health linked to food costs
Monday, 4 April 2011, 12:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Mental health linked to food costs Research from the University of Otago linking psychological distress with the increasing unaffordability of safe, nutritious food must be heeded, says Labour’s Associate Health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway. More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition eighteen
Monday, 4 April 2011, 11:17 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 supports call for better environmental protections
Sunday, 3 April 2011, 12:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour supports call for better environmental protections for minerals exploration Labour’s Environment spokesperson Charles Chauvel says the Government must listen to those protesting this weekend about the lack of any environmental protections ... More >>
Goff respects Judith Tizard’s decision
Sunday, 3 April 2011, 12:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Goff respects Judith Tizard’s decision Labour Leader Phil Goff says that over the past week he has spoken to all the candidates at the top of Labour’s list, and made it clear it is up to them to determine whether they want to come back to Parliament ... More >>
Labour Party appoints Moira Coatsworth new President
Saturday, 2 April 2011, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Outgoing Labour Party President Andrew Little today warmly welcomed Moira Coatsworth as the new President of the New Zealand Labour Party. Ms Coatsworth, who was the Party’s Senior Vice President, was elected unopposed. More >>
Secrecy at Auckland Transport unacceptable
Friday, 1 April 2011, 4:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Revelations that Auckland Transport is conducting its business behind closed doors will reinforce the worst suspicions about Rodney Hide’s corporatisation of Auckland local government, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Secrecy at Auckland Transport unacceptable
Friday, 1 April 2011, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Revelations that Auckland Transport is conducting its business behind closed doors will reinforce the worst suspicions about Rodney Hide’s corporatisation of Auckland local government, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. “It ... More >>
Where’s the plan for job growth?
Friday, 1 April 2011, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National has today delivered on a plan to make it easier for people to lose their jobs, but Kiwis are still waiting for a plan for job growth, Labour Leader Phil Goff said. “With nearly 158,000 people now out of work, National’s big plan of action ... More >>
Under Dunne and Shanks, things just got tougher
Friday, 1 April 2011, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New workplace legislation extending the 90 day fire at will policy supported by Ohariu’s Government MPs Peter Dunne and Katrina Shanks will make things harder for working kiwis in Ohariu according to Labour List MP based in Ohariu Charles Chauvel. More >>
Under Dunne & Shanks, things just got tougher for workers
Friday, 1 April 2011, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New workplace legislation extending the 90 day fire at will policy supported by Ohariu’s Government MPs Peter Dunne and Katrina Shanks will make things harder for working kiwis in Ohariu according to Labour List MP based in Ohariu Charles Chauvel. “Ohariu’s ... More >>
Workers put at risk by ACC Minister
Friday, 1 April 2011, 2:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
ACC Minister Nick Smith is failing workers with the introduction on a new ACC levy system, Labour ACC spokesperson Chris Hipkins said. “Nick Smith today claimed that businesses would benefit from the introduction of the ACC experience rating system. ... More >>
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition seventeen
Friday, 1 April 2011, 1:05 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 >>
Second report in two weeks shows National failing Kiwi kids
Friday, 1 April 2011, 12:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Yet another report has highlighted the short-sightedness of National's cut to funding qualified teachers in early childhood education, Labour Early Childhood Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. “An Education Review Office report into literacy ... More >>
Labour calls on the Govt to re-tender rural broadband scheme
Friday, 1 April 2011, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling on the Government to review and re-tender the rural broadband initiative in light of industry concerns, Labour'sCommunications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. "Increasing speculation about monopoly pricing and a lack ... More >>
Cuts to police budget endanger progress
Friday, 1 April 2011, 11:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Savage cuts to police funding in this year’s Budget will undermine the progress that is finally being made in terms of reducing the level of crime in New Zealand, says Labour’s Law and Order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. “The police are to ... More >>
From bad to worse with a miserly minimum wage increase
Friday, 1 April 2011, 11:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Minimum wage workers will find things go from bad to worse with the miserly 25 cent pay increase that comes into effect today, says Labour’s spokesperson on Labour Issues, Darien Fenton. More >>
Real time information a real time challenge for transport
Friday, 1 April 2011, 9:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The launch of a new Real Time Information (RTI) system on Wellington’s public transport system creates a new challenge for Wellington’s public transport to be reliable for Ohariu commuters according to Labour List MP based in Ohariu Charles ... More >>
