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Brash completely out of touch on minimum wage
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 9:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Don Brash’s 2025 Task Force recommendation that the Government should quickly lower the minimum wage to the relative level it was in 1999 shows how out of touch National was in appointing Dr Brash to lead up the 2025 taskforce, Labour Leader Phil Goff ... More >>
Australian ETS stalemate underlines Nats' folly
Monday, 30 November 2009, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Difficulties the Australian Government faces in passing its Emissions Trading Scheme underline the folly of New Zealand forcing through its own legislation under urgency, says Labour Climate Change spokesperson Charles Chauvel. “National’s headlong ... More >>
Goff: Brash report a sham and waste of time
Monday, 30 November 2009, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s report by Don Brash’s 2025 Task Force is a sham designed to cover up the fact that National has done nothing to help hard-working Kiwi families struggling to make ends meet now, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. “The taskforce has been a ... More >>
Joyce must ensure mobile market is fair for all
Monday, 30 November 2009, 9:29 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Communications and IT Minister Steven Joyce will soon face a big test on whether to regulate mobile termination rates, Labour’s ICT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. A draft Commerce Commission recommendation has said that the Government should ... More >>
Pasifika Ed plan takes wrong turn under Nats
Friday, 27 November 2009, 4:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s announcement today that it is shoehorning its controversial National Standards into the Pasifika Education Plan puts ideology before effectiveness, Labour's spokesperson for Pacific Island Affairs Luamanuvao Winnie Laban said. “The Pasifika ... More >>
Dalziel: Legal aid report exceeds expectations
Friday, 27 November 2009, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Justice spokesperson Lianne Dalziel says she is impressed with the scope and quality of recommendations in Dame Margaret Bazley’s Legal Aid Review report. Lianne Dalziel, who made a submission (attached) to the review, said that the report, published ... More >>
Jones: This ain’t puppy love, Maori Party
Friday, 27 November 2009, 4:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Maori Party leaders boast they will select the governments of the future, but if this is their mission they must stop using the crutch of victimhood to sustain themselves, says Labour MP Shane Jones. “Their ETS complicity shows them to be ... More >>
Maori Party criticism misguided
Friday, 27 November 2009, 2:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Senior Labour MP Parekura Horomia today rejected criticism of Phil Goff’s speech. “Phil’s my mate. I’ve known him for more than 20 years and he isn’t a racist,” Parekura Horomia said. “The comment by Pita Sharples that Phil didn’t have the ... More >>
Labour MPs join rallies to end pay freeze
Friday, 27 November 2009, 1:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Twenty five Labour MPs including leader Phil Goff, and Labour supporters, are joining the thousands of workers rallying around New Zealand today to end a wage freeze in the public service. "The Government needs to listen to the 2700 hospital service ... More >>
Reserve Bank changes reinforce Labour’s call
Friday, 27 November 2009, 12:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard’s confirmation that the Reserve Bank is introducing new complementary monetary policy tools accords with Labour’s call for reform, Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe and Associate Finance spokesperson David ... More >>
National’s Biodiesel grants scheme a total flop
Friday, 27 November 2009, 10:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee must admit repealing the Biofuel Obligation introduced by the previous government was a huge mistake, Associate Energy Spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. “Last year Gerry Brownlee took the backward step of repealing the ... More >>
Horomia welcomes new fisheries chairman
Friday, 27 November 2009, 10:20 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour welcomes the appointment of Ngahiwi Tomoana as the new chairman of Te Ohu Kaimoana and thanks outgoing chairman Sir Archie Taiaroa for his valuable stewardship, says the party’s Maori Affairs spokesperson Parekura Horomia. Parekura Horomia ... More >>
Labour welcomes repeal of provocation
Friday, 27 November 2009, 10:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Parliament ended an anachronism this evening when it struck the partial defence of provocation from the statute book, Labour's justice spokespeople Lianne Dalziel and Charles Chauvel said. Both Labour MPs were responsible for drafting and introducing ... More >>
Speech: Jones - Maori Party support for ETS
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 5:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
There is a famous story in Te Ao Māori. It is about a kahawai, not unlike the Māori Party, and the great white shark. The great white shark said to the kahawai “Let’s learn to live together, let’s swim in a common current, and get a feel for the ... More >>
Paul Quinn puts PR ahead of jobs information
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National Party MP Paul Quinn is continuing to put his party politics ahead of the need for the community to be informed about issues involving Work and Income, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Grant Robertson said today. “Mr Quinn has now decided ... More >>
Film Archives must be protected
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 4:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage, Hon Christopher Finlayson’s support for a philanthropic campaign to raise funds for film archive storage is another example of inadequate funding to ensure protection of a valuable and iconic resource, Labour ... More >>
Labour continues to push for homelessness inquiry
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 4:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has deferred making a decision on the notice of motion to establish a parliamentary inquiry into homelessness in order to allow time to convince Government members of its value, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Moana Mackey. “All indications ... More >>
Look for savage ‘father of all budgets’ in 2010
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Hard-working Kiwis who are already struggling to make ends meet under a National government that has no economic plan or ideas should be afraid of what lies ahead in Budget 2010, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. “The message to ... More >>
Goff: Grey Power Palmerston North
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 2:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
We can celebrate the rich tapestry of our heritage and use it to move forwards as a nation; or re-open wounds and divisions where there can be healing. I want to talk about some of these issues today, and the choices that the Government is making this ... More >>
Other rivers have even worse water quality
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 12:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Other New Zealand rivers have been assessed as having worse water quality than the Manawatu River, today described as one of the most polluted in the Western world, says Labour’s water quality spokesman Brendon Burns. More >>
