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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 >>
Chance tomorrow for National to back workers
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Darien Fenton is calling on the Government to show some heart tomorrow by supporting her Redundancy Protection Bill, which gives basic redundancy protection to thousands of workers. More >>
Low wage growth underlines barren approach
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 1:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Struggling Kiwis can’t expect to find any encouragement in this month’s Budget even though latest statistics show the lowest increase in salary and wage rates for almost a decade, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
10 years of New Zealand Music Month
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 12:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand Music Month celebrates 10 years of creative sounds and diversity, arts, culture and heritage spokesperson Steve Chadwick said. More >>
Water Funding Delays Put More Kiwis At Risk
Monday, 3 May 2010, 11:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government continues to sit on more than $80m of allocated funding which should be helping small communities make their drinking water safe, says Labour water spokesman Brendon Burns. More >>
ECE Funding Cuts The Tip Of An Iceberg
Monday, 3 May 2010, 11:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Funding cuts to the childcare allowance affecting 11,000 families revealed yesterday are just the tip of the iceberg, says Labour spokesperson for Early Childhood Education Sue Moroney. More >>
Failure to support KiwiRail shows lack of faith
Monday, 3 May 2010, 10:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Dunedin South MP Clare Curran says a lack of support for a KiwiRail build of Auckland’s electric trains shows no faith in Kiwi skills and capability. More >>
Govt should create jobs with rail blueprint
Monday, 3 May 2010, 9:24 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government should take up the recommendations of a recent study to manufacture the rolling stock for Auckland's electric rail network here in New Zealand to create and keep jobs for Kiwi workers, Labour's Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes said ... More >>
Promise To Superannuitants Hollow And Cynical
Sunday, 2 May 2010, 12:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Superannuitants will not receive enduring benefit from National’s tax cuts for our wealthiest earners, and will still be paying higher GST on basic essentials long after National’s so-called compensation package expires, says Labour. More >>
NZ Must Express Concern Over Tonga’s Problems
Saturday, 1 May 2010, 12:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Government must make it clear to Tongan authorities that it has serious concerns over the recent developments with its judiciary, Labour’s Associate Foreign Affairs spokesperson Phil Twyford said today. More >>
Government blocks probe into industrial law change
Friday, 30 April 2010, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The decision by the Industrial Relations Select Committee to dismiss a petition to review the Employment Relations Amendment Act is a blow for Kiwi workers, Labour’s Darien Fenton said today. More >>
Government to allow private ownership of water for
Friday, 30 April 2010, 11:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Rodney Hide’s Bill allowing private companies to own the water infrastructure of councils for up to 35 years is privatisation in spite of Government denials, says Labour’s spokesperson on Auckland Issues Phil Twyford. More >>
Government confusion but education, health cuts
Friday, 30 April 2010, 9:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National is planning to cut hundreds more public service jobs this year and is targeting the health and education sectors, Cabinet Papers just released under the Official Information Act reveal. More >>
Special Education Review Ignores Voices of Manukau
Friday, 30 April 2010, 9:23 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Associate Minister of Education Heather Roy has ignored a plea to include the voice of Pacific consumers in the special education review. More >>
Parents to pay more for ECE under National
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 4:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government needs to detail the cuts they are making to early childhood education, now they have let the cat out of the bag, Labour's ECE spokesperson Sue Moroney says. More >>
Smith’s spin allows rape victims to be misled
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nick Smith has clearly deliberately misled his colleagues into telling rape victims that the Government is increasing support for them, Labour’s Victims Rights spokesperson Lynne Pillay says. More >>
