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Sale of Crafar farms won’t satisfy new criteria

Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Hong Kong-based Natural Dairy (NZ) Ltd’s plans to buy the Crafar farms are most unlikely to satisfy the strict new controls Labour will introduce on overseas purchase of farm land, says Labour’s Overseas Investment spokesperson David Parker. More >>

CPI: Basics going up, worse to come with GST hike

Monday, 18 October 2010, 3:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The rise in the September quarter consumers price index (CPI) of 1.1 percent reflects increases across basic costs --- largely before National’s 20 percent hike in GST takes effect, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>

Phil Goff: Speech To Labour Party Conference 2010

Sunday, 17 October 2010, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Last week I saw two New Zealand’s. The first is the one we know. This is the place where people work hard, they pay their taxes and look after their families. But things are getting harder here. And I don’t like that. More >>

Labour’s Agenda For Change: Putting Children First

Sunday, 17 October 2010, 3:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Deputy Leader and Social Development spokesperson Annette King announced today a new stage in Labour policy which explicitly puts children at the centre of investment in social service delivery. More >>

King: Putting Children First

Saturday, 16 October 2010, 1:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

As New Zealanders we like to think our country is the best place in the world to bring up children; we call it “God’s own”. We say things like the future of New Zealand is with our children; our children are our greatest asset; every child ... More >>

Street to Washington for international seminar

Friday, 15 October 2010, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

On Friday Labour’s Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson, Maryan Street, heads to Washington to attend an international seminar on Building Sustainable Partnerships for Women’s Human Rights. More >>

Tolley’s crowing strikes sour note

Friday, 15 October 2010, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Instead of crowing about how constructive consultation over Nga Whanaketanga Rumaki Maori (Maori-medium national standards) has been, Education Minister Anne Tolley should reflect on the shambolic process she has inflicted over English-medium national ... More >>

Quake recovery pleasing but local must get work

Friday, 15 October 2010, 12:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Earthquake Recovery spokesperson and Waimakariri MP Clayton Cosgrove has welcomed the selection of a construction company to manage the Earthquake Commission’s recovery process, but is calling on the Government to do more to ensure local workers don’t ... More >>

Police response needed to every crime

Friday, 15 October 2010, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s law and order policy will focus on ”sweating the small stuff”, ensuring there is a police response to all reported crime, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. More >>

75th annual conference, Police Association

Friday, 15 October 2010, 11:04 am | New Zealand Labour Party

I would like to start by acknowledging President Greg O’Connor, and congratulate you Greg on being re-elected President of the Association for a seventh term. More >>

Ian Dunwoodie stands for Labour in Manurewa

Friday, 15 October 2010, 10:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Manurewa lawyer Ian Dunwoodie is standing for the Labour Party nomination in Manurewa. More >>

Rebalancing “at the expense of struggling Kiwis”

Thursday, 14 October 2010, 5:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Crown Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2010 reveal that Bill English’s economic rebalancing has occurred on the back of low or no wage growth, high unemployment and a stalling economy, none of which are good for Kiwis struggling to make ends ... More >>

Minister comes clean on 90 day trial periods

Thursday, 14 October 2010, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

After weeks of claiming that the 90 day trial period in the Employment Relations Bill (No 2), currently before select committee is “voluntary” and that “employees don’t need to have a trial period if they don’t want one” the Minister of Labour ... More >>