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Aucklander’s to pay for super city most don't want
Friday, 28 May 2010, 9:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Auckland ratepayers will be hit with a bill of $170 each to pay for a super city model most of them don’t want, says Labour’s spokesperson for Auckland Issues Phil Twyford. More >>
English adds to Kiwibank confusion
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 4:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Finance Minister Bill English, Prime Minister John Key and Kiwibank chair Jim Bolger continue to be at odds with each other about a possible partial sale of the bank, says Labour State Owned Enterprises spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Job Ops rule change not fair on young workers
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 4:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Changes in the Budget that apply a 90-day trial period to the Government’s Job Opportunities scheme will expose out of work young people to unnecessary exploitation, Labour’s Associate spokesperson for Labour Darien Fenton says. More >>
National silences notice of motion
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 3:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Party Senior Whip, Chris Tremain, refused to support moving a motion on today’s Parliamentary Order Paper calling for Japan to cooperate with Maritime New Zealand in determining who was responsible for the sinking of the Ady Gil. More >>
PGP delays = lost opportunities
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 12:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Agriculture Minister David Carter has again chosen unwise words, this time in over the Government’s drawn out process to approve Primary Growth Partnership funding, Labour’s Research, Science and Technology spokesperson David Shearer said today. More >>
Budget short-changes Pasifika students
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Cuts to tertiary education funding in the 2010 Budget will hit Pasifika students harder than most other groups, says Labour MP Carmel Sepuloni. More >>
Bulk funding through the back door
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 12:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders continue to reject the idea of bulk funding our schools, says Labour’s spokesperson for Education Trevor Mallard. More >>
Goff pledges to return ECan to democratic control
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 10:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will introduce a Member’s Bill to return Environment Canterbury to democratic control, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. More >>
Parl't notes call for Japan to front on Ady Gill
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 10:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Chris Carter today in Parliament called on the Japanese authorities to urgently assist with investigation into the sinking of the Ady Gill. More >>
New flight services a big boost for Kiwi tourism
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 9:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“Direct non-stop flights from Houston to Auckland will help encourage more Americans to visit us down under,” Spokesperson for Tourism, Kelvin Davis said today. More >>
Even mining companies want Govt to back down
Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 4:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Mining companies are among the more than 35,000 people and organisations who have made submissions to the Government urging it not to remove Coromandel land from schedule 4 protection, Labour Conservation spokesperson David Parker says. More >>
Kiwibank CEO resignation's unanswered questions
Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 11:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s shock resignation by Kiwibank’s outstanding chief executive Sam Knowles adds to unanswered questions following Finance Minister Bill English’s blunder last Friday about selling the bank, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Tobacco Tax was just another swindle
Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 11:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has refused to boost resources for tobacco cessation and health promotion despite hitting smokers with an extra $200 million in taxes each year, Labour Associate Health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says. More >>
Super Fund fears reinforced
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 5:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s projection by Statistics New Zealand that the share of workers aged 65 and over is projected to grow from 12 percent in 2006 to 21 percent in 2061 shows the real dangers in National’s continued undermining of the Cullen Fund, says Labour ... More >>
Budget misses chance to help Kiwi-Asian families
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
At a time of record-high Asian unemployment, most Asian families will be worse off under National’s tax swindle budget by the time inflation, GST and increased costs in childcare are passed on, Associate Ethnic Affairs Spokesperson Raymond Huo says. More >>
Budget misses chance to help Kiwi-Asian families
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
At a time of record-high Asian unemployment, most Asian families will be worse off under National’s tax swindle budget by the time inflation, GST and increased costs in childcare are passed on, Associate Ethnic Affairs Spokesperson Raymond Huo says. More >>
Parents to pay up to $60 a week more for ECE
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government confirmed today that parents could face costs of $20-40 a week more per child for early childhood education but some centres estimate the real cost could be up to $60 per week per child, Labour Spokesperson for Early Childhood Education ... More >>
te Heu Heu’s “answers” spark more questions
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 10:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The attempt by Pacific Island Affairs Minister Georgina te Heu Heu to diffuse a controversial funding decision has only raised more questions around the Government’s Budget processes, Labour’s MP for Mangere Su’a William Sio said today. More >>
Transparency needed around Pacific Island funding
Monday, 24 May 2010, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Pacific Island Affairs Minister must start answering questions around the nearly $5 million of funding given to a little known company to provide social services to Pacific Islanders, Labour’s Mangere MP Su’a William Sio said today. More >>
Govt risks broadband and operational separation
Monday, 24 May 2010, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must explain the timing of its announcement about Telecom’s request to structurally separate and whether this has compromised the tender process for its $1.5 billion broadband rollout,” Labour ICT spokesperson Clare Curran says. More >>
