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Statement to Parliament – Christchurch Earthquake
Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
I pay tribute to the people of Christchurch and Canterbury for their resilience and courage, and readiness to look after each other and think of others whose plight is worse than their own. More >>
Labour to support first reading of foreshore bill
Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 12:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will not scaremonger over the foreshore and seabed issue the way the National Party did while in Opposition, Labour’s Shadow Attorney General, David Parker and Labour’s Maori Affairs spokesperson Parekura Horomia said today. More >>
Bennett still not facing up to unemployment figure
Monday, 6 September 2010, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister of Social Development and Employment Paula Bennett has today released a statement, on New Zealanders ability to find work, a statement which can only be described as deliberately misleading, Labour Deputy Leader Annette King says. More >>
Congratulations to Black Ferns on title
Monday, 6 September 2010, 10:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff today congratulated the Black Ferns on defending their title as World Champions. More >>
Labour Saddened By Death Of Nine In Fox Glacier
Sunday, 5 September 2010, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff today sent his condolences to the family and friends of the nine people who lost their lives in a plane crash in Fox Glacier. More >>
Come on Mr Key – bail these workers out too
Friday, 3 September 2010, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Darien Fenton says that John Key and Bill English need to come to the rescue of the 100 workers at the Westin Hotel who have been sacked with no redundancy pay. More >>
Hughes sick of Joyce’s ‘pious claptrap’
Friday, 3 September 2010, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes says he is sick of Transport Minister Steven Joyce’s pious claptrap about introducing tougher penalties for drink drivers when National is still happy to let people get drunk before they make up their minds ... More >>
McCully runs aid by whim and the seat of his pants
Friday, 3 September 2010, 2:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Foreign Minister Murray McCully is running New Zealand's half million dollar aid programme by whim and the seat of his pants, and is ignoring his officials, says Labour's associate foreign affairs spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Auckland Council Manukau Ward Labour Candidates
Friday, 3 September 2010, 2:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has selected full tickets for Council and Local Board positions across the Manukau Ward of the new Auckland Council. More >>
Elderly bear brunt of cost cutting
Friday, 3 September 2010, 1:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Capital and Coast DHB's decision to cut home help for elderly people without a community services card is a disaster for the region, says Labour spokesperson for Aged Care Luamanuvao Winnie Laban. More >>
Kiwis want to own their own future
Friday, 3 September 2010, 1:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders want to ensure they own their own future by keeping hold of strategic assets and prime land, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today. More >>
500 elderly denied help in cruel cost cutting
Friday, 3 September 2010, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The plan to cut home help for 500 elderly is disastrous and will cause irreparable harm say MP for Rongotai Annette King and Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson. More >>
Minister of Health must take the blame for strike
Friday, 3 September 2010, 11:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister of Health Tony Ryall must take at least some of the blame for the radiographers’ strike that will this weekend affect hundreds of patients, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Supergold Card free travel scheme at risk again
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 5:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The possibility that pensioners in Dunedin may have to pay for what have been free bus trips under the SuperGold Card free travel scheme shows National can’t be trusted to keep the scheme going anywhere, says Labour transport spokesperson Darren Hughes. More >>
Minister must act to help Queenstown housing
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 4:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling on Housing Minister Phil Heatley to step in to help the Queenstown Lakes Community Trust in order to ensure that it can continue to provide affordable housing, Housing spokesperson Moana Mackey says. More >>
Government’s ‘child neglect’ options now open
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 3:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
After almost two years in government, and five years after National claimed that failure to pay child support was tantamount to ‘child neglect’, the best National can do is a discussion document, says Labour Revenue spokesperson Stuart Nash. More >>
Overseas aid NGOs face more cuts from McCully
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 10:03 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully continues to slash aid delivered through non-government organisations, says Labour's associate foreign affairs spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Treasury board challenges a neutral public service
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 4:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The appointment of a Board to run the Treasury is a significant constitutional step and represents a continuation of National's policies to undermine our independent and neutral public service, Grant Robertson, Labour State Services Spokesperson and ... More >>
Takapu discharges disappointing, says Chauvel
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
News that a potentially intentional dumping of pollutants into the Takapu stream from a stormwater outlet is disappointing, according to Labour List MP based in the Ohariu electorate and Labour spokesperson for the Environment Charles Chauvel. More >>
Workplace access lacks reason for policy change
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 2:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has failed to come up with any real justification for limiting the right of employees to see a union representative in their worksite, Labour’s Associate Labour spokesperson Carol Beaumont said. More >>
