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Pacific Island communities still hurting

Thursday, 6 May 2010, 4:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

More action needs to be taken to address the hurt in Pacific Island communities from the continued rise in Pacific unemployment, Labour’s Pacific Island Affairs spokesperson Luamanuvao Winnie Laban said today. More >>

Renewable energy is the way of the future

Thursday, 6 May 2010, 4:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Rimutaka MP Chris Hipkins is delighted the Electricity (Renewable Preference) Amendment Bill has been drawn from the ballot and will now be debated in Parliament. More >>

Huo: Wong blasé about record Asian unemployment

Thursday, 6 May 2010, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Associate Ethnic Affairs spokesperson Raymond Huo says Ethnic Affairs Minister Pansy Wong must take action as the Asian unemployment rate continues to spiral out of control. More >>

Fenton: Workers deserve fair treatment

Thursday, 6 May 2010, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Speech moving the Employment Relations (Statutory Minimum Redundancy Entitlements) Amendment Bill More >>

The cuts which keep on hurting

Thursday, 6 May 2010, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Sign Language classes across the country have been stopped because of the Government’s cuts to Adult and Community Education, despite assertions to the contrary, Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan Street and Disability spokesperson Lynne Pillay ... More >>

Ethical investment Bill drawn from ballot

Thursday, 6 May 2010, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

A bill, sponsored by Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson aiming to ensure that government investment funds are managed in a socially and environmentally responsible way will be debated in Parliament after being drawn from the Private Members Ballot. More >>

Government majorly downsizes Whanau ora

Thursday, 6 May 2010, 12:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

“Tariana Turia must feel a little short changed after the government decided to allocate a mere $33.5 million dollars a year for 4 years to fund Whänau ora, $800 million dollars short of what she first expected”, says Labour’s spokesperson ... More >>

Whanau ora – Don’t believe the hype

Thursday, 6 May 2010, 12:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government’s Whanau Ora policy has failed to live up to the hype that it would transform social services in New Zealand, Labour Deputy Leader Annette King said today. More >>

Government must take lead in nuclear negotiations

Thursday, 6 May 2010, 11:05 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Spokesperson for Disarmament and Arms Control Phil Twyford called on the Government to take a lead role in nuclear disarmament negotiations during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference being held in New York. More >>

National turns back on workers

Thursday, 6 May 2010, 9:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour MP Darien Fenton said today she was disappointed at the Government’s decision today not to support her Bill to give basic redundancy protection to thousands of workers. More >>

Cynical Government programmes real low value

Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 5:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government is set on scrapping what it calls lower quality spending --- like home support for the elderly --- at the same time as continuing to fund what the Treasury calls low value spending on the national cycleway, says Labour Finance spokesperson ... More >>

New annual cost for student loan borrowers

Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

“The Government is giving students $50 with one hand, and then taking it off them again with the other” says Labour’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson Maryan Street. More >>

Trialling NCEA but not National Standards daft

Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Parents and schools deserve an explanation from Education Minister Anne Tolley on why the Government is backing trials for tweaks to NCEA but has stubbornly ruled them out for National Standards in primary schools, Labour’s Education spokesman ... More >>

Will the real Peter Saunders please stand up

Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 4:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Social Development Minister Paula Bennett must immediately clear up her embarrassing mistake on the identity of a man she hired for her Welfare Working Group, Labour’s Deputy Leader Annette King says. More >>

Nationwide meetings on aged care to start

Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The first of 19 Grey Power-hosted meetings around New Zealand are to take place next week at which the elderly, their families and others are invited to have their say on the state of aged care, it was announced today. More >>

Joyce should visit Dunedin and see Kiwi workers

Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 4:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Dunedin South MP Clare Curran has invited Transport Minister Steven Joyce to Dunedin, so he can see first hand that the workers at the Hillside Rail workshop are capable of building the rolling stock needed for the Auckland electrification ... More >>

Joyce doesn’t back Kiwi workers to get job done

Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 4:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The extraordinary dismissive attitude of the Transport Minister Steven Joyce shows National does not back our rail workers to complete the job of building the rolling stock for Auckland’s rail network, Labour’s Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes ... More >>