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State of nation report shows housing shortage worsening
Friday, 11 February 2011, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Salvation Army's state of the nation report released today shows that the housing crisis facing New Zealand is worsening, says Labour Housing spokesperson Moana Mackey. "This report backs up every other report received by the Housing Minister, forecasting ... More >>
Labour backs Sallies’ call for more action on children
Friday, 11 February 2011, 2:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour supports the call by the Salvation Army to put much more emphasis on children’s development and wellbeing, Labour’s deputy leader Annette King says. The Salvation Army’s fourth state of the nation report released today points to stalled social ... More >>
National Has Little Interest in Plight of Families
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 3:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government is clearly taking little interest in the “stream of families” needing help with the cost of sending their children to school, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Darren Hughes. Darren Hughes said Mangere Budgeting and Family Support... More >>
Turbine decision overrides tangata whenua
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP and Te Tai Tokerau candidate Kelvin Davis says the planned construction of two hundred tidal turbines in the Kaipara Harbour overrides the wishes of tangata whenua and other locals, and is the wrong decision. More >>
Government’s answer to quake woes: Hire a PR firm
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 10:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Nearly six months after the earthquake, the patience and generosity of Canterbury people is almost at an end, says Labour’s Earthquake Recovery spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. “Patience has been sorely tested by the Government’s inability to make ... More >>
National’s desperate attempt to pass foreshore bill
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 4:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“The National Government is forcing through the Marine and Coastal Area Bill in an attempt to do so with the support of the Māori Party before further internal rumblings cause them to implode,” Labours Shadow Attorney General David Parker ... More >>
1000 more Kiwis join the dole queue because of National
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
More than 1000 Kiwis found themselves without a job last month, joining the nearly 68,000 people already on the unemployment benefit, Labour Employment spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
National fails to protect our most vulnerable
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 2:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“John Key’s National Government claim they have placed a special emphasis on the rights of victims. But his inaction speaks louder than his words,” Labour’s spokesperson for Victim’s Rights said today. “National has refused to enact the ... More >>
Hide should resign over Māori representation says Labour
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 12:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford says Rodney Hide should make good on his threat to resign over Maori representation on the new Auckland Council. More >>
Key: Two years and out of ideas
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 2:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s speech to Parliament today is dull, seriously lacking in vision and shows he’s thrown in the towel, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. “This is a guy who swept into power promising a brighter future for New Zealand. Just two years ... More >>
Genesis price increase thin edge of asset wedge
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 9:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
State-owned Genesis Energy's decision to put up its power prices again is a powerful warning about what lies in store if National is allowed to flog off shares in the three state-owned power companies, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. "In its letter to ... More >>
Economic madness to leave rural NZ with out-dated broadband
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 9:29 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand’s economic growth is being hampered by National’s decision to negotiate rural broadband contracts with incumbent providers who have repeatedly failed rural customers, says Labour Rural Affairs spokesperson Damien O’Connor. More >>
Pathetic minimum wage increase an insult
Monday, 7 February 2011, 3:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s pathetic and insulting increase of 25c an hour in the minimum wage is another cruel blow for our most vulnerable Kiwi families, says Labour Deputy Leader and Social Policy spokesperson Annette King. More >>
Time for Key to support democracy in Egypt
Monday, 7 February 2011, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It is time the New Zealand government came out in support of democracy in Egypt and urged President Mubarak to facilitate a peaceful transition to new elections swiftly, says Maryan Street, Labour’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs. More >>
Air New Zealand takes service sky high
Monday, 7 February 2011, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Air New Zealand should today be congratulated for taking communications sky high with the introduction of mobile phone and data capabilities on its new black A320, Labour’s communications, broadcasting and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
Government must act to address housing shortage
Monday, 7 February 2011, 1:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Housing Minister Phil Heatley needs to act now to address the worsening housing shortage, says Labour's Housing spokesperson Moana Mackey. “Recently Housing Minister Phil Heatley called for ‘urgent action on housing’ citing a new Building and Housing ... More >>
Rural broadband win could entrench the digital divide
Monday, 7 February 2011, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The government must release its reasoning for awarding the $285 million rural broadband contract to Vodafone and Telecom as there are too many unanswered questions and New Zealand’s rural community deserves transparency and answers, Labour’s communications ... More >>
Government health cuts hurting young people
Monday, 7 February 2011, 1:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A decision by the National Government to cut $8 million from sexual health programmes will cost New Zealand dearly in the long run, Labour Youth spokesperson Jacinda Ardern. “In May 2010 Health Minister Tony Ryall scrapped $8 million in funding aimed at ... More >>
Kiwis back fair deal on holidays, will National?
Monday, 7 February 2011, 10:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
As many New Zealanders head back to work today it is clear that the majority of New Zealanders support a change to holiday’s legislation to ensure that there are eleven public holidays every year, Grant Robertson MP for Wellington Central said. More >>
More Wellingtonians out of work under National
Sunday, 6 February 2011, 7:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Responsibility for the significant increase in the number of Wellingtonians out of work sits squarely on the shoulders of the National government, says Rimutaka MP Chris Hipkins. More >>
