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Iwi short-sighted if private prisons approved
Friday, 16 April 2010, 10:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Any iwi leaders who see private prisons as a positive for their people are short sighted and bereft of initiative, says Labour Associate Maori Affairs and Education spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>
Government Hui On Foreshore And Seabed A “Farce”
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 4:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Shane Jones says the Foreshore and Seabed hui are a farce. “Maori Party MP Hone Harawira has already derided essential features of the Government’s Foreshore and Seabed proposals,” Shane Jones said. More >>
Sending Shipping Contract Overseas Short-Sighted
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 3:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Economic Development spokesperson Shane Jones says he is deeply concerned that the Government has not thought through the full implications of its decision to award the contract for upgrading the NIWA vessel RV Tangaroa to a Singapore company. More >>
Opportunity Missed For Leadership Role
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Obama Presidency presents new opportunities for New Zealand to build on its proud record of leadership for a world free of nuclear weapons, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today. More >>
50 Frontline Health Service Cut In 18 Months
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 12:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A conservative stock take of health services show that 50 frontline services have been cut by the National Government in 18 months, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Government Puts Its Own Forum Under Threat
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 12:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s own initiative through its Land and Water Forum to get the balance right on freshwater management is under threat because of its legislation axing Environment Canterbury, says Labour’s water spokesman Brendon Burns. More >>
‘Party Central’ Now A Camp Site
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Fortunately Kiwis know how to party, with or without the dubious help of Prime Minister John Key, says Labour Tourism spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>
Polytechnics Will Struggle To Embody Communities
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 10:20 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“Steven Joyce has weighted the ministerial appointments heavily with business experience, which, while extremely useful in many areas of activity, may not be sufficiently responsive to the totality of needs of the communities which the polytechnics serve." More >>
Jailing Is Job For State, Not Private Enterprise
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Locking people up in jails is a job for the state, not for private businesses whose prime motivation will inevitably be to make money out of a PPP venture, says Labour Law and Order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Key Should Show Courage On Nuclear issue
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is questioning the Prime Minister's reluctance to talk about New Zealand's nuclear free policy at President Obama's nuclear security summit, said Labour's spokesperson on Disarmament and Arms Control, Phil Twyford. More >>
More Short-Sighted Plans From Steven Joyce
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Selling off the student union building to make up for a shortfall in education funding will do nothing to secure the financial future of our Universities, says Labour’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson, Maryan Street. More >>
Goff: Address to Grey Power AGM
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
There are a number of changes being made that affect senior New Zealanders, and I want to focus my comments on these today: The changes in the tax system that increase the GST you pay; The long term future of superannuation; And cuts to health care. More >>
Aucklanders are not happy campers
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 10:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“The Government has missed a unique opportunity to develop Auckland’s Queens Wharf into a showcasing venue for the Rugby World Cup and are instead looking at simply pitching a tent” says Labour Spokesperson on Auckland Issues, Phil Twyford More >>
National continues to undermine Tertiary education
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 9:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Tightening entrance standards for all degree programmes puts polytechnic students at risk of being turned away at the door, says Labour’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson, Maryan Street. More >>
Labour mourns with Poland
Monday, 12 April 2010, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party extends its deepest sympathies to the Government and people of Poland following the tragic deaths of Polish President Lech Kaczysnki, his wife, and so many other respected Poland officials, politicians and academics in a plane crash ... More >>
Monte Cecilia decision must be investigated
Monday, 12 April 2010, 12:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Carol Beaumont has written to Auckland Transition Agency chair Mark Ford asking the agency to review Auckland City Council’s decision to shift Mt Roskill’s Monte Cecilia School from its present site. More >>
Media Censorship A Step Backwards For Fiji
Monday, 12 April 2010, 10:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Chris Carter, says a draconian new media censorship proposal in Fiji marks another step backwards in the restoration of genuine democracy in Fiji. More >>
Opportunity knocks for a bit of leadership #ACTA
Monday, 12 April 2010, 10:06 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Will try to keep this short and snappy. I’m feeling hopeful this week that the Government will show us it’s got some balls. After all, we have a fairly major international treaty (trade agreement) a bit hard to know what to call it, being ... More >>
Is Government paying lip service to transparency?
Monday, 12 April 2010, 9:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government should demand that the details of secret trade talks are made public when the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations start in Wellington tomorrow, says Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare ... More >>
Key’s Whaling Plan Going Nowhere
Sunday, 11 April 2010, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A number of nations in the whaling debate submitted comments to the International Whaling Commission last week. The plan, first proposed and now championed by New Zealand, would allow Japan, Norway and Iceland to legally hunt whales, breaking the ... More >>
