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Supervision of National’s laws inadequate
Monday, 4 October 2010, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Treasury’s finding that almost 50 percent of regulatory analysis conducted since National came to office does not meet requirements, or only partially does so, casts a dark shadow over the Government’s law-making, says Labour Finance spokesperson ... More >>
Twyford statement
Friday, 1 October 2010, 1:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford today acknowledged he should not have used his parliamentary email to endorse candidates in the local body elections. More >>
Kiwis will feel less safe as murder rate leaps
Friday, 1 October 2010, 1:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Kiwis will feel less safe in their homes and on the streets after two years of National’s so-called tough law and order policies, says Labour Law and Order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Vote in local body elections!
Friday, 1 October 2010, 11:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“There’s no law in New Zealand requiring you to vote in local body elections this week, but I hope the people of Dunedin will exercise their right and responsibility and support local democracy,” Dunedin South MP Clare Curran said today. More >>
Government officially failing youth unemployment
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A report card created by the New Zealand Institute’s NZahead project confirms that New Zealand is falling behind the rest of the OECD in addressing youth unemployment, with the Government receiving a ‘C’ on their measures to address this issue, ... More >>
Frontline services cut along with public sector
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 1:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Frontline services around the country are being cut and downgraded at the same time as the National Government is boasting of job cuts in the public sector, says Labour State Services spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
Low-paid do bulk of the work for GST, worse off
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 12:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff says thousands of supermarket workers around the country will tonight be getting New Zealand’s shops ready for tomorrow’s great tax switch from which they will fail to benefit. More >>
OpenLabourNZ: Vote for the policy ideas you like
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 11:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Through the process many different suggested actions have been received. We’d like you now to vote for those, so we can see which ones you consider are the most important for Labour to have in our policy. As previously noted, this does not necessarily ... More >>
Prices rises to swallow up tax cuts
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff said today that the 1 October tax switch will come as a big disappointment to most New Zealanders as higher prices swallow up their tax cuts. More >>
Chauvel congratulates Amesbury School appointment
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 12:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour List MP based in the Ohariu electorate Charles Chauvel is pleased with this week’s announcement of Dr Lesley Mumby as the first Principal for the new Primary School in Churton Park. More >>
Hobbit movie issues need resolution
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 10:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Hobbit movie issues need resolution Labour Arts, Culture and Heritage spokesperson Steve Chadwick is today supporting calls for producers of the Hobbit to meet with union representatives over pay and conditions on the movie. More >>
Hide not telling the full story on redundancy
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 5:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Local Government Minister Rodney Hide is not telling Aucklanders the full story on super city redundancy costs, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
National must be clear if it will turn down sales
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must make clear whether they intend to begin turning applications by overseas investors to buy New Zealand farmland, says Labour’s Overseas Investment spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Pacific families pay price of Key’s broken promise
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A few days before the election in 2008 John Key promised our communities that he would not increase GST. This Friday, 1 October, John Key will break his word. National will increase GST to 15 %, MP for Mangere Su’a William Sio said today. More >>
MP marks Age Concern Awareness Week
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 12:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Manukau East MP and Labour Spokesperson for Senior Citizens Ross Robertson today visited Age Concern in Manukau to mark the beginning of Age Concern Awareness Week and called for action on elder abuse which he called The Silent Shame. More >>
National leaves farmers in ‘no man’s land’
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:24 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Finance Minister Bill English and Prime Minister John Key have left farmers in no man’s land with their ‘announcement’ over foreign land sales, says Labour's Agriculture spokesperson Damien OConnor. More >>
Auckland job cut announcement shabby says Labour
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 10:27 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford says the Government's Auckland Transition Agency has treated Council staff shabbily by announcing hundreds of job losses in the media before notifying staff personally." More >>
Flexibility means doing nothing to stop land sales
Monday, 27 September 2010, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Overseas Investment spokesperson David Parker says the Government’s review of overseas investment is not even a half-hearted effort to protect New Zealand against increasing foreign ownership of land. More >>
Wellington closed for business
Monday, 27 September 2010, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The lack of long haul flights out of Wellington airport is choking local business activity, says Wellington Regional Council candidate Chris Lipscombe. More >>
1 October campaign launch
Monday, 27 September 2010, 12:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A few days before the election in 2008 John Key was asked if National was planning to increase GST to 15 per cent. He gave an unequivocal answer. He said - National is not going to be increasing GST. The answer was emphatic and left no room for nuance. ... More >>
