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West Aucklanders sound alarm on Waitakeres

Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

West Aucklanders rang alarm bells about the future of the Waitakere Ranges at today’s Auckland Governance Select Committee hearing public submissions on the third super city bill, says Labour Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>

Labour supports diplomatic ties with Fiji

Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The New Zealand Labour Party supports the Government’s efforts to strengthen the diplomatic capacity of our Suva mission, says Labour Foreign Affairs spokesperson Chris Carter. More >>

Insulation plan puts more people out of work

Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 2:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National’s poorly designed subsidies for home heating and insulation companies are putting people out of work, Labour’s Associate Energy spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>

Time for Minister to get on the blower

Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 9:20 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The time has come for Communications Minister Steven Joyce to demand some answers from Telecom following the latest major outage in the XT network, Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>

Redundancy grievances double in one year

Monday, 22 February 2010, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson needs to front up and look into why the number of personal grievances due to redundancy complaints has doubled in the last year, Labour’s Associate labour spokesperson Darien Fenton said today. More >>

Submitters overwhelmingly negative on super city

Monday, 22 February 2010, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford says public submissions at the first day of the Auckland Governance Select Committee hearings have been overwhelmingly negative about the super city. More >>

Make consumers your priority Steven

Monday, 22 February 2010, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Communications Minister Steven Joyce must put consumers first when responding to the Commerce Commission’s report on mobile termination rates, Labour Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>

Labour to take GST campaign to communities

Monday, 22 February 2010, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Phil Goff today announced his MPs will travel the length of the country to campaign against John Key’s plans to increase GST to 15%. More >>

Honesty has always been the best Health Policy

Monday, 22 February 2010, 10:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Minister of Health Tony Ryall cannot be trusted to speak the truth on doctor training nor on doctor numbers if his comments this morning are anything to go by, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>

Maori tertiary opportunities jeopardised

Monday, 22 February 2010, 9:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Access to tertiary education for Maori will be threatened if the government does away with free student loans, says Labour's Spokesperson for Maori Education Kelvin Davis. More >>

Carter - Close the Gap with Australia on Whaling

Sunday, 21 February 2010, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Chris Carter is urging the National-Act Government to consider backing Australia’s ultimatum to Japan to end whaling or face international legal action. More >>

Tertiary Education Opportunities to Be Denied

Sunday, 21 February 2010, 1:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Tertiary students appear likely to face new barriers to gaining skills and qualifications under plans being hinted at by the new Tertiary Education Minister, says Maryan Street, Labour’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson. More >>

Confidence Falls While National Dithers

Sunday, 21 February 2010, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Falling confidence levels in New Zealand's economy should be a wake-up call for the National Government that their lack of an economic plan can't continue, Labour Finance Spokesperson David Cunliffe says. More >>

Power Has To Answer For Human Rights Appointments

Sunday, 21 February 2010, 12:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Papers released under the Official Information Act show that Cabinet by-passed the normal process for appointing members of the Human Rights Review Tribunal and inserted five members, including former MPs Brian Neeson and Ken Shirley and National candidate ... More >>

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