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Roading cuts could force Crown Range closures
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Tourism operators in central Otago should be very concerned at the possibility of the Crown Range Road being closed for long periods next winter because of the Government’s cuts to local road maintenance funding, Labour’s Transport spokesperson Darren ... More >>
Brownlee’s foot in mouth over West Coast dam
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Gerry Brownlee’s comments on the Meridian Energy-backed Mokihinui River hydro-generation application confirm that he is out of his depth in his portfolio, and that National does not understand how to plan for our country's future energy security, Labour's ... More >>
National won't monitor complex health issues
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 1:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National has admitted it has committed the ultimate PR spin on difficult health issues, it simply will not monitor them, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Bill English decisions on Super, ACC short-sighted
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 1:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s $175 million operating deficit for the first three months of the financial year would be far worse if Super Fund and ACC investments had not made gains, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Declining work - bad times for redundant workers
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Figures out today showing that jobs and hours continue to decrease means more hard times for workers facing redundancy, says Darien Fenton, Labour’s Associate Labour spokesperson. The Quarterly Employment Survey released by Statistics New Zealand ... More >>
Nick Smith gets rev up over ACC bike hike
Monday, 2 November 2009, 3:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Slapping huge increases on ACC levies for motorbikes is unjustified, unfair and divisive, Labour leader Phil Goff said today. More >>
Archives independence should be protected
Monday, 2 November 2009, 1:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Plans by the National Government to put Archives New Zealand under the control of another government department are a backward step, Labour State Services Spokesperson Grant Robertson said. The Government is undertaking a review of where Archives New ... More >>
National’s own supporters don’t want ETS changes
Monday, 2 November 2009, 10:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Maori Party should re-think its support for National's changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme in light of the overwhelming public opposition to those changes, including from Maori voters, says Labour's climate change issues spokesperson Charles Chauvel. ... More >>
Visit to Samoa and Tonga
Friday, 30 October 2009, 4:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff leaves Monday for a four-day visit to Samoa and Tonga. The visit will focus on recovery and rehabilitation needs in both countries following the tragic loss of life and major damage caused by the recent tsunami. "New Zealanders ... More >>
National brushes aside voices for fair pay
Friday, 30 October 2009, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National has dismissed out of hand a call by nearly 16,000 Kiwis to reduce the pay gap for women, Labour’s Associate Spokesperson on labour issues Darien Fenton said today. The National Party-majority Transport and Industrial Relations Committee today ... More >>
ACC reforms will short-change older New Zealanders
Friday, 30 October 2009, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s unprecedented attack on New Zealand’s world-leading accident compensation scheme will have serious impacts on older New Zealanders who are particularly vulnerable to injury, says Labour’s Senior Citizens spokesperson Ross Robertson. More >>
Tolley deluged with complaints from colleagues?
Friday, 30 October 2009, 3:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Anne Tolley's refusal to provide correspondence about night class cuts from National MPs to herself and John Key, on the grounds that it would take too much work to collate, suggests the pair have been deluged with correspondence from unhappy National backbenchers, ... More >>
Hands Up for Learning
Friday, 30 October 2009, 12:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff joined in World Teachers Day at May Road Primary School in his Mt Roskill Electorate today. World Teachers Day celebrates the value of teaching and learning, with thousands of teachers, students, children and parents joining ... More >>
Progress on new broadband company
Friday, 30 October 2009, 9:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The newly announced board of Crown Fibre Holdings seems balanced between a traditional Telco and a wider infrastructure-based approach to rolling out ultra fast broadband, but significant questions remained about the role of Telecom, Labour IT and Communications ... More >>
Biased Bill English promo pulled off air
Friday, 30 October 2009, 9:35 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe has welcomed TVNZ’s back down over its biased promo featuring Bill English, and their decision to pull the promo off air by the end of the week. “This promo for a series of economic programmes was a thinly-disguised ... More >>
Minister of Education failing early childhood ed
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister of Education Anne Tolley is failing parents, children and teachers in the early childhood education sector, Labour Early Childhood Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. More >>
Further Proof ACC Does Not Need Privatizing
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 1:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The release of figures showing the number of work-related injuries is declining is further evidence that there is no justification for cutting ACC cover and moving to privatise it, says Labour’s ACC spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Last day for liquor law submissions tomorrow
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 11:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Justice spokesperson Lianne Dalziel is urging New Zealanders to take the “once-in-a-generation” chance to have their say about the sale, supply and marketing of alcohol. More >>
Super city corporatisation a shocker
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 10:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The proposed structure of the new Auckland council will corporatise the city and is a betrayal of Auckland's democracy, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. Labour has been leaked the details of the new structure which reveal ... More >>
Health Restructuring Architect Gets Room at Top
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 10:13 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The appointment by Tony Ryall of Dr Murray Horn as the Chair of the new National Health Board reeks of cronyism, and reflects a return to the hard right policies of the 1990s, Grant Robertson, Labour State Services Spokesperson and Ruth Dyson ... More >>
