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Minister at odds with his own statements
Monday, 24 May 2010, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Environment Minister Nick Smith is at least a year out on delivering the Environmental Protection Authority he promised, says Labour’s water spokesman Brendon Burns. More >>
Budget takes Women Backwards
Monday, 24 May 2010, 3:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
While her Government is eroding choice for women in Budget 2010, the Minister of Women's Affairs Pansy Wong is wasting time doing research that has already been done on pay equity, Labour Women’s Affairs spokesperson Sue Moroney says. More >>
English’s cunning plan: Get Mum and Dad investors
Monday, 24 May 2010, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Mum and Dad Kiwi investors already own KiwiBank and other state assets, but Finance Minister Bill English wants them to shell out again so that he can fund the tax cuts for the wealthy, says Labour SOE spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Labour welcomes re-think of police firearms policy
Monday, 24 May 2010, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Law and Order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove is welcoming a re-think of the controversial decision by police to limit firearms training for metropolitan police in particular. More >>
Household power bills up by $200-plus this year
Monday, 24 May 2010, 1:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key's admission on television this morning that National’s ETS will add 5 per cent to household power bills on July 1 will pile even more pressure on family incomes, Labour’s Energy spokesperson Charles Chauvel says. More >>
Special Ed kids deserve some straight answers
Monday, 24 May 2010, 12:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
If the option of closing special schools is off the table, the Associate Minister of Education Heather Roy should act immediately and announce it, Labour MP Rick Barker said today. More >>
Government says ‘NO’ to Aucklanders
Monday, 24 May 2010, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Government has said 'no' to the two big things that Aucklanders wanted that would help fix their broken super city model and shift control back into their hands, says Labour’s spokesperson for Auckland Issues Phil Twyford More >>
National lining up asset sales to pay for tax cuts
Monday, 24 May 2010, 10:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key's National government is softening up New Zealanders to prepare them for a sell off of publically owned iconic assets such as Kiwibank, Labour leader Phil Goff says. More >>
Agriculture misses out in Budget
Monday, 24 May 2010, 9:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government failed to recognise let alone assist Agriculture or the other primary industries in this weeks budget announcements, said Damien O'Connor, Labour's Associate Agriculture spokesperson. More >>
Agriculture misses out in Budget
Monday, 24 May 2010, 9:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government failed to recognise let alone assist Agriculture or the other primary industries in this weeks budget announcements, said Damien O'Connor, Labour's Associate Agriculture spokesperson. More >>
Schools Funding Fails To Match Inflation
Sunday, 23 May 2010, 11:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Operations grants for schools in Budget 2010 are funded at only two thirds the level needed to maintain programmes, Labour’s Education spokesman Trevor Mallard said today. More >>
Schools Funding Fails To Match Inflation
Sunday, 23 May 2010, 10:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Operations grants for schools in Budget 2010 are funded at only two thirds the level needed to maintain programmes, Labour’s Education spokesman Trevor Mallard said today. More >>
National Government Fails Housing In Budget
Sunday, 23 May 2010, 10:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has dropped the ball on Housing in Budget 2010, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Moana Mackey says. More >>
Tourist Beaters Un-Maori
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 12:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
In the wake of an attack on three French tourists in Mangamuka, Northland by two Maori males, Labour Party Maori MP and Tourism spokesperson Kelvin Davis says he is sickened and ashamed of the way some of his own people treat visitors. More >>
Youth Week Reminder To Celebrate Young People
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
This week marks the beginning of New Zealand’s Youth Week, a week where all New Zealanders should celebrate the achievements of young people and their involvement in our communities. More >>
Dunedin parents will be hit by ECE changes
Friday, 21 May 2010, 5:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Parents of children under three in Dunedin early childhood education centres will be hard hit by the Government’s Budget and face an increase of $42.50 per child per week, Labour MP for Dunedin South Clare Curran said today. More >>
Unemployed the unspoken losers in the Budget
Friday, 21 May 2010, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The unspoken losers from this Budget over the next five years are those Kiwis who can’t find work, Labour‘s social development spokesperson Annette King said today. More >>
Budget misses opportunity to help Selwyn families
Friday, 21 May 2010, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
By the time inflation, GST increases and increased costs in childcare are passed on, most families in Selwyn will be worse off under National’s tax swindle, says Labour List MP, Maryan Street. More >>
Parents hit with huge extra costs
Friday, 21 May 2010, 1:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government's tax swindle Budget fails to invest in New Zealand's future by cutting funding to early childhood education, Labour's Spokesperson for Early Childhood Education Sue Moroney said today. More >>
2010 Budget means record health cuts
Friday, 21 May 2010, 11:04 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government’s decision to nearly halve the budget increase for District Health Boards around the country will lead to record health cuts, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
