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Labour welcomes Family Intervention programme
Friday, 15 January 2010, 10:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Justice spokesperson Lianne Dalziel is welcoming the Family Court’s announcement of the rollout of the successful Christchurch pilot of a scheme designed to involve family courts intervening sooner in urgent cases and placing more emphasis on mediation ... More >>
Death of a RNZAF pilot
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour leader Phil Goff has expressed his sorrow at the death today of a Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot in a flying accident near Ohakea Air Base. Squadron Leader Nick Cree, a highly experienced pilot and member of the Red Checkers display team, ... More >>
Key must surely mean lower taxes across the board
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 3:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
If Prime Minister John Key is still set on lowering personal taxes, then presumably he intends to do so fairly across the board for all hard-working Kiwis, says Labour’s Revenue spokesperson Stuart Nash. “Last year John Key and Bill English delivered ... More >>
Key kneecaps McCully on Rugby World Cup again
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Murray McCully’s bungled handling of the Rugby World Cup has once again forced the Prime Minister to step in and try and clean up his mess, raising real questions about whether he’s up to the job, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson ... More >>
Labour warns against kneejerks on registration
Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 3:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Commerce spokesperson Lianne Dalziel is warning against kneejerk reactions that are being proposed in the wake of concerns about self-certification requirements of company registration. More >>
Bullying Brownlee muzzles power co. boss
Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 10:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee’s ordered removal of a blog criticising his proposed power sector reforms is further evidence he is struggling in his portfolios, Labour’s associate energy spokesman Chris Hipkins said. More >>
Effective diplomatic representation needed
Tuesday, 12 January 2010, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Effective diplomatic representation between New Zealand and Fiji is necessary, notwithstanding differences between New Zealand and the military regime in Fiji, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today. Mr Goff was commenting following the agreement between the Foreign ... More >>
Quick fix Queens Wharf would be disastrous
Tuesday, 12 January 2010, 2:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The future of Queens Wharf must be determined by Aucklanders, not Government ministers intent on railroading through a rushed development at ratepayers’ expense, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Carter congratulates Croatian Social Democrats
Tuesday, 12 January 2010, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Chris Carter, has congratulated Ivo Josipović and his Social Democratic Party on their landslide victory in Croatia’s presidential election. “Croatian voters have given Mr Josipović a clear majority and a mandate ... More >>
Equity of access to study must be protected
Monday, 11 January 2010, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Equitable access to tertiary institutions is a cornerstone of New Zealand’s education system and must be protected alongside the promotion of excellence, says Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan Street. Maryan Street was commenting on concerning ... More >>
McCully’s continued silence on Ady Gil bewildering
Monday, 11 January 2010, 9:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders are bewildered by Foreign Minister Murray McCully’s continued silence and lack of action over the sinking of the New Zealand-registered whaling protest vessel Ady Gill, says Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Chris Carter. “Mr ... More >>
McCully passive while Kiwis at risk, Japan whales
Friday, 8 January 2010, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Government is taking a passive role while Kiwi lives are put at risk and Japan’s whalers get a green light to continue their whale hunt in the Southern Ocean, says Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Chris Carter. “Foreign Affairs ... More >>
Intervention welcome - Cabinet should go further
Friday, 8 January 2010, 4:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The decision of the Environment Minister Nick Smith to intervene in the factory dairy farming resource consents in the Mackenzie Basin has been welcomed by Labour water spokesperson Brendon Burns. Dr Smith announced today that he is working with Environment ... More >>
Victims should not become creditors for defendants
Friday, 8 January 2010, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Party Courts spokesperson Rick Barker is drafting a member’s bill that seeks to change the current emphasis which sees victims forced to act as creditors when they are owed reparations. Rick Barker, commenting today on Ministry of Justice figures ... More >>
Government slap in face for our top Games athletes
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 12:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key and Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman must explain why they consider our elite Commonwealth Games athletes less worthy of media coverage than All Blacks, says Labour Broadcasting spokesperson Brendon Burns. Brendon Burns ... More >>
Smith asked to call in factory farming consents
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 11:13 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Environment Minister Nick Smith has been asked by Environment Canterbury if he wants to call in the resource consents for factory dairy farming operations in the Mackenzie Basin, says Labour water spokesperson Brendon Burns. Brendon Burns says he discovered ... More >>
2010 road toll target gets further away
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 12:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The prospect of New Zealand meeting its target of no more than 300 deaths on the roads by the end of this year is getting further away, not closer, says Labour’s transport safety spokesperson Darien Fenton. More >>
Censoring the internet… will NZ follow Oz?
Wednesday, 30 December 2009, 10:22 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Some worrying developments are occurring across the Tasman as Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy presses ahead with his plan to censor the internet after Government-commissioned trials found filtering a blacklist of banned sites was accurate ... More >>
Funding cuts hit Hamilton Women’s’ Refuge
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Hamilton Women’s Refuge will be struggling to provide its much-needed service over Christmas due to the National Government’s funding cuts, Local Labour MP and spokesperson for Women’s Affairs Sue Moroney said today. More >>
Dust being blown off hospital cash registers?
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The release of a consultation document in Southland showing that it intends to offer hospital based health services at a price is the start of a slippery slope, Labour Deputy Leader Annette King says More >>
