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National window dressing on Seabed and Foreshore

Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 2:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National's preferred option on the foreshore and seabed shows that the whole process has been window dressing, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today. More >>

Labour opposes suspending access to the internet

Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour today announced it would support the Government’s Copyright Infringement File Sharing Amendment Bill but remains strongly opposed to some aspects of the Bill. More >>

McCully throws temper tantrum

Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 10:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Chris Carter says Foreign Minister Murray McCully’s refusal to clarify his Government’s position on allowing limited commercial whaling to proceed is petty. More >>

Come on Mrs Tolley – moderation or not?

Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 5:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Education Minister Anne Tolley needs to come clean with schools and say whether under National Standards they will have to create added bureaucracy to ensure the standards they set are nationally consistent, Labour Party education spokesman Trevor Mallard ... More >>

Urgent legislation undermines outstanding rivers

Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 5:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The National Government, already embroiled in controversy over mining in national parks, is today passing legislation that will substantially undermine water conservation orders in Canterbury, says Labour Conservation spokesperson David Parker. More >>

National rushed ‘Smartgate’ into action

Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Official documents have revealed the Government rushed the “Smartgate” electronic passport control system into New Zealand’s airports against the advice of three Government departments, Labour’s customs spokesperson Su’a William Sio said today. More >>

More misery doled out to Maori Party by National

Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Again today the Maori Party says it was not consulted on government policy changes that will hit Maori people hard, Labour’s Maori Affairs spokesperson Parekura Horomia says. More >>

Firing of council outrageous affront to democracy

Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 2:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National’s decision to replace the Environment Canterbury Council with government-appointed commissioners for the next three-and-a-half years is an outrageous affront to democracy, says Christchurch Central MP Brendon Burns. More >>

Govt short sighted on smart meters

Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 11:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Meridian Energy's decision to axe its trial in Christchurch of how smart meters can help save power is short-sighted, the Labour Party says. More >>

First Small Steps In The Right Direction

Monday, 29 March 2010, 5:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Research, Science and Technology spokesperson David Shearer today welcomed the first incremental steps the Government has taken to put innovation at the forefront of our economic growth. More >>

National Standards- a potential risk for ECE

Monday, 29 March 2010, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Spokesperson for Early Childhood Education, Sue Moroney said today that she shared the concerns of the NZEI Te Riu Roa forum regarding the negative impact national standards may have on early childhood education. More >>

Archives And Library Merger Does Not Stack Up

Sunday, 28 March 2010, 11:33 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government's proposal to merge Archives New Zealand and the National Library into the Department of Internal Affairs could save as little as$165,000 a year, while seeing more than a dozen jobs go, and risking compromising key components of our ... More >>

Dalziel: “What will Turn the Tide”

Sunday, 28 March 2010, 10:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party

“Our [prison] system simply fails to rehabilitate or deter, and our high recidivism rate is a clear indication of that failure. One reason for that failure is that imprisonment does not confront the inmate with his or her crime. More >>

More Dodgy Dealings From National?

Sunday, 28 March 2010, 10:09 am | New Zealand Labour Party

National needs to come clean about the promises it made to the mining industry before the 2008 election on digging up our protected Schedule 4 land, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. More >>

Labour Committed To Safer Communities

Sunday, 28 March 2010, 10:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party

In a speech to the National Restorative Justice Practitioners’ Conference in Wellington today Lianne Dalziel said a bipartisan approach would allow those at the coal face who deal with offenders to work with certainty. More >>

Brownlee Correcting Mistakes Still Obfuscates

Saturday, 27 March 2010, 11:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party

This morning's release by Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee correcting some of his misinformation about mining under the last Labour government is a welcomed acknowledgment of yet another mistake by the National government on this issue, Labour ... More >>