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Bill advocates consultative debate on new flag
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 11:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Charles Chauvel’s New Zealand Flag Bill, in the ballot for Member’s Bills today, advocates a wide-ranging, consultative debate on a new flag for New Zealand. More >>
Bill advocates consultative debate on new flag
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 11:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Charles Chauvel’s New Zealand Flag Bill, in the ballot for Member’s Bills today, advocates a wide-ranging, consultative debate on a new flag for New Zealand. More >>
New bill aims to improve environmental reporting
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 9:58 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Improving the quality of information available on the state of New Zealand's environment is at the heart of a new Environmental Reporting Bill introduced into the Members Ballot by Labour MP Chris Hipkins today. More >>
Policy change with no reason?
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 9:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Today the Hon Steven Joyce, speaking on behalf of the Minister of Labour, confirmed that changes to the rights of workers to have their union representatives enter their workplace have been developed without any significant reason for doing so, Labour ... More >>
Does Steven Joyce know the answers?
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 9:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Communications Minister Steven Joyce today ducked a question in Parliament on why his decision to regulate mobile termination rates contradicts plans to provide a new fibre network with a ten year regulatory holiday on the pricing of fibre. More >>
Blood alcohol bill designed to give Nats courage
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 9:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes says he hopes his Member’s Bill aimed at lowering the blood alcohol limit for drivers will give spine to a National government that is dithering on the issue. More >>
Health cuts mean DHB must decide: kids or seniors?
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
While the Government continues to cut health services across the country, children and elderly in Porirua might soon be pitted against each other in the fight for health funding, said Mana MP Luamanuvao Winnie Laban today. More >>
Wong in denial on gender pay gap
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Women’s Affairs Minister Pansy Wong is spending her time going into denial about the increasing gender pay gap, rather than developing a comprehensive plan to close the gap, says Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokesperson Sue Moroney. More >>
Silence from Georgina te Heuheu on PEDA deafening
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The silence from Minister Georgina te Heuheu on whether or not a purchase agreement has been signed with the Pacific Economic Development Agency is deafening, says Labour’s Associate Pacific spokesperson Su’a William Sio. More >>
Child Support "posturing" comes back to haunt Nats
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 11:54 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Hysterical posturing by Judith Collins when she was in Opposition on the issue of child support has come back to haunt the National Government, says Labour Revenue spokesperson Stuart Nash. More >>
Showcasing Science and Technology on TVNZ 7
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 11:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour spokesperson for Research, Science & Technology David Shearer congratulates TVNZ 7, the Royal Society of New Zealand and MoRST for bringing Spotlight on Science and Technology to our screens in the month of August More >>
Time for broadband oversight, transparency
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 11:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has today called for Telecommunications Commissioner Ross Patterson to be given an independent oversight role in the government’s ultrafast broadband (UFB) scheme. More >>
The right decision on mobile termination rates
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 10:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour today welcomed Communications Minister Steven Joyce’s decision to regulate mobile termination rates. More >>
Loss of New Zealand soldier
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 9:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Today with enormous sadness we learned of New Zealand’s first combat loss in Afghanistan, with the tragic death a New Zealand soldier who was serving with the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Bamyan, Labour Leader Phil Goff said. More >>
High Country decision reflects Labour position
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 9:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
High country rentals based on earning capacity is a good principle to base lease payments to the Crown said Damien O’Connor Labour’s Agriculture Spokesperson. More >>
Minister’s reluctance to look at dairy regulations
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 9:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s decision to continue subsidised support for foreign owned dairy companies in New Zealand is unfortunate and will undermine Fonterra at a time of major change, said Damien O’Connor Labour’s Agriculture Spokesperson. More >>
Joyce a bystander as students are locked out
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 5:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Steven Joyce’s plans for performance funding for tertiary institutions runs the risk of being an exercise in compliance rather than helping develop quality tertiary education, Labour’s spokesperson for Tertiary Education Grant Robertson said today. More >>
National should sort out concerns in pork industry
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 5:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister David Carter needs to step up and resolve the growing concerns in the pork industry, says Labour Agriculture spokesperson Damien O’Connor. More >>
Tolley can’t have it both ways
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Anne Tolley can’t have it both ways ---- saying she’s disappointed some schools are just reporting on reading, writing and mathematics standards, though that’s what she told them to do, says Labour Education spokesperson Trevor Mallard. More >>
Gender pay gap widens under National
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 4:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
As the gender pay gap increases, it is clear the Government has no plan to reduce that gap despite the Minister of Women’s Affairs saying it was a top priority, Labour women’s affairs spokesperson, Sue Moroney says. More >>
