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PM should sort Hide out over super city mess
Monday, 14 December 2009, 9:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The outcome of changes foisted on Auckland by the National-led Government is a mess and the process by which they were arrived at is unacceptable and undemocratic, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. Mr Goff said Aucklanders had no confidence in Local Government ... More >>
Cuts to disabled training a tragedy in the making
Friday, 11 December 2009, 2:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Cuts to the Supported Learning Programme at the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology will be a terrible blow to the 95 students and their families who will not be able to access education opportunities at the polytech next year, if planned decisions ... More >>
Maori amongst hardest hit by ACC cuts – advice
Friday, 11 December 2009, 2:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Maori will be amongst the hardest hit by changes to ACC according to official advice released this week, raising further questions about why the Maori Party is yet to condemn the moves, says Labour’s Maori Affairs spokesperson. A Cabinet paper released ... More >>
Wellington is NZ’s Fair Trade capital
Friday, 11 December 2009, 12:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Wellington MPs are delighted the city is now officially New Zealand’s Fair Trade capital. The Wellington City Council will be officially accredited today by the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ) as a Fair Trade ... More >>
What’s going on with ACTA?
Friday, 11 December 2009, 12:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Kiwi internet users need to be kept in the loop about what is going on in the behind closed doors negotiations of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), Labour’s communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. “ACTA has the potential ... More >>
Hands off travel subsidies for elderly Mr Joyce
Friday, 11 December 2009, 9:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Concerns about the numbers of elderly using SuperGold discounts to visit Waiheke Island is a precursor to Government cutbacks in entitlements, Labour Senior Citizens spokesperson Ross Robertson says. More >>
Maori Party votes to remove Maori representation
Friday, 11 December 2009, 9:43 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Maori Party support for a Bill that removes guaranteed Maori representation on polytechnic councils is incomprehensible, Labour associate spokesperson for Tertiary Education Carmel Sepuloni says. More >>
Hide hits new low
Friday, 11 December 2009, 9:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Local Government Minister Rodney Hide hit a new low in credibility today with revelations about how little work he did on his world trip, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Lower power bills not a priority for National
Friday, 11 December 2009, 9:27 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee’s plan to introduce more competition in the electricity sector does nothing to reduce power bills for New Zealanders struggling to make ends meet, Labour’s Associate Energy spokesperson Chris Hipkins said today. More >>
Hamilton Airport Facing Unnecessary Costs
Friday, 11 December 2009, 9:26 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Customs Minister Maurice Williamson needs to explain why Hamilton International Airport is being lumped with a $450,000 bill to pay for immigration services, Labour’s customs spokesperson Sua William Sio said today. More >>
Dalziel pleased Power will meet Manukau bar
Friday, 11 December 2009, 9:24 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Justice spokesperson Lianne Dalziel, who yesterday called on Justice Minister Simon Power to meet the Manukau criminal bar to get their perspective on issues in Dame Margaret Bazley’s Legal Aid Review report, says she is pleased the Minister ... More >>
Member’s Bill a step forward for mental health
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 5:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Luamanuvao Winnie Laban says she’s thrilled her Member’s Bill designed to strengthen the rights of families and whänau of patients who are being dealt with under the Mental Health Act has been drawn from the ballot. "My Member's Bill, the Mental Health ... More >>
Export-led recovery increasingly the stuff of myth
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 4:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Reserve Bank has confirmed that New Zealand is unlikely to experience an export-led economic recovery despite Finance Minister Bill English’s boasting, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. “This underlines again just how few ideas ... More >>
Doubling of workplace deaths predictable
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The doubling of workplace deaths in the last five months of this year was predictable and the government’s cuts to Health and Safety and ACC will mean that unnecessary deaths will continue, says Associate Labour spokesperson Darien Fenton. “Labour ... More >>
Ed Minister in another world on National Standards
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Anne Tolley is living in another world when it comes to National Standards, says Labour Associate Education Spokesperson Kelvin Davis. “Anne Tolley talks as if teachers are opposed to good reporting to parents. They are not, and ... More >>
Investigate crimes against humanity in Burma
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 2:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A significant number of New Zealand MPs are joining the call to urge the UN Security Council to launch an investigation into crimes against humanity committed by the military regime in Burma, says Labour MP Maryan Street. “They are joining over ... More >>
User-pays ACC approach picks off groups one by one
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 2:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s treatment of ACC motorcycle levies is symptomatic of an increasing user-pays approach which is picking off groups of New Zealanders one by one, says Labour’s ACC spokesperson David Parker. “Today’s levy announcement also confirms ... More >>
Cabinet paper proves ACC cuts target low income NZ
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 10:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A Cabinet paper detailing changes to ACC legislation is further proof that hard-working, lower income families and other particularly vulnerable New Zealanders will be hardest hit by the cuts, says Labour’s ACC spokesperson David Parker. “Labour's been ... More >>
TVNZ now an official cash cow, not a broadcaster
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 10:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The bill abolishing the Television New Zealand charter is the latest step by the Government toward making TVNZ a cash cow and ending any requirement to behave as a state broadcaster, says Labour’s broadcasting spokesman Brendon Burns. The Television ... More >>
Power must meet Manukau lawyers
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 9:27 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Justice Spokespeople Lianne Dalziel and Charles Chauvel are calling on Justice Minister Simon Power to meet members of the Manukau criminal bar to get their perspective on Dame Margaret Bazley’s Legal Aid Review report. Lianne Dalziel, ... More >>
