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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 >>
Labour will remove GST from fresh fruit and veges
Monday, 27 September 2010, 12:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil Goff today launched a campaign against National’s GST increase to 15 per cent, announcing that Labour will remove GST from fresh fruit and vegetables. More >>
Reinstate support and funding for special needs
Monday, 27 September 2010, 9:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Funding for occupational and physical therapists working in schools should be reinstated immediately so that disabled kiwi kids receive the help they need and deserve, Labour Spokesperson for Disability Issues Lynne Pillay said today. More >>
Families face more uncertainty over ECE costs
Monday, 27 September 2010, 9:26 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Early Childhood Education spokesperson Sue Moroney said she was concerned to hear confirmation of Anne Tolley's decision to undertake a wide-ranging review of ECE. More >>
Labour Selects Dunedin North Candidate
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 12:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour candidate for Dunedin North in the 2011 General Election is University Warden David Clark. Announcing the candidacy today, Senior Vice President Moira Coatsworth said there were 3 nominees considered. More >>
Labour Supports Papatoetoe Election Probe
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Anyone found to have acted improperly or unlawfully in relation to local body election enrolments should face the full consequences of the law, the Labour Party says. More >>
Student success and experience undermined
Saturday, 25 September 2010, 11:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The decision by National and ACT to support a bill to make student association membership voluntary will destroy the representation, advocacy and services that students receive from student associations, and as a result will undermine the educational success ... More >>
Children's art house for Wellington discussed
Friday, 24 September 2010, 4:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
This coming Monday (27th of September) Wellington Central Labour MP Grant Robertson is hosting a meeting to discuss the possible establishment of a children's art house in the Wellington city area. This follows a visit that Grant Robertson made to Opotiki ... More >>
Government failed to listen on meal breaks bill
Friday, 24 September 2010, 12:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The government has taken almost no notice of submitters’ concerns about the meals and rest breaks bill, which was today reported back to Parliament, says Darien Fenton, the Labour Party’s associate spokesperson for labour issues. More >>
Government’s Electricity Bill Gambles Assets
Friday, 24 September 2010, 11:03 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is back-tracking on a commitment to lower domestic power prices and is leaving that up to a competitive retail market with a "shop around" message" to consumers, Labour's Energy spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta and Associate Energy spokesperson ... More >>
National fiddles while growth burns
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe says today's very disappointing GDP growth figures confirm that the recovery is in trouble and that the Government has no effective economic plan for New Zealand. More >>
Onehunga branch railway line sure to succeed
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Huge numbers of people at the long awaited opening of the Onehunga branch line bode well for the success of passenger services between Onehunga and Britomart, Labour MP Carol Beaumont said today. More >>
Why isn’t McVicar standing up for Garrett victims?
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove is asking why Sensible Sentencing Trust head Garth McVicar and Prime Minister John Key are failing to stand up for the victims of David Garrett’s offending. More >>
Rodney Hide needs to be accountable for Super City
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford has called on Local Government Minister Rodney Hide to sort out Michelle Boag’s involvement in John Banks' mayoral campaign. More >>
Retrospective rule change will hit students hard
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 3:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government's decision to make the changes to eligibility for student loans retrospective is unfair to students and has the potential to have disastrous consequences for the finances of tertiary institutions, Grant Robertson, Labour Tertiary Education Spokesperson ... More >>
