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Digital dividend must ensure no digital divide
Wednesday, 26 August 2009, 10:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Regional New Zealanders deserve to know if they will benefit from some of the Government’s ‘digital dividend’, says Labour’s broadcasting spokesman Brendon Burns. Commenting on the Government’s announcement of the creation of a Digital Switchover Steering ... More >>
Sexual abuse victims have suffered enough
Wednesday, 26 August 2009, 9:14 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Proposed changes to the delivery of ACC funded counselling for victims of sexual abuse are designed to reduce costs through reduced counselling. This will have adverse effects, especially for those who were abused as children, Labour’s ACC spokesperson ... More >>
Telecom CEO stacks of cash : redundant workers nil
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Associate Labour spokesperson Darien Fenton says that the $5 million salary paid to Telecom Chief Paul Reynolds is a bitter pill for the frontline Telecom workers who are facing a terrible choice between lay-offs with no redundancy pay or buying ... More >>
Patients wait longer for surgery under National
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 4:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Health Minister Tony Ryall is ducking for cover over revelations that more patients are waiting longer for surgery under his Government, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. “Tony Ryall was today forced to admit in Parliament that much of the ... More >>
Labour wants deposit guarantee scheme to continue
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The extension of the former Labour Government’s Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme until the end of 2011 should provide renewed confidence for depositors and institutions, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. David Cunliffe said Labour would ... More >>
New General Secretary selected for Labour
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 3:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Professional campaign organiser and former lawyer Chris Flatt has been appointed the new General Secretary of the Labour Party. The appointment is subject to endorsement from delegates at the Party’s annual conference next month in Rotorua. Labour President ... More >>
Rejection of Maori Seats At Odds With Submissions
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government's decision to oppose Maori seats is in direct opposition to the majority of submissions to the Auckland Governance Legislation Select Committee, says Labour's Associate Local Government and Associate Pacific Affairs Spokesperson ... More >>
NZ Govt should honour Tokelau ferry commitment
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 12:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government should publicly confirm whether it will honour a Labour Government promise to assist the Tokelau Islands to purchase a new ferry, Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Chris Carter and Pacific Island MP Carmel Sepuloni say. “The ... More >>
Super study shows pre-funding suspension stupid
Monday, 24 August 2009, 3:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Confirmation that almost 50 percent of New Zealanders aged over 65 rely on national superannuation for almost all their income explains why it is so crucial that the scheme is not undermined, says Labour finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. David ... More >>
Nats, Act should respect select committee process
Monday, 24 August 2009, 12:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National and Act should abide by their own stated commitment to respecting the select committee process on the super city and back the 60 per cent of submitters who supported Maori seats, says Labour’s Maori Affairs spokesperson Parekura Horomia. “Prime ... More >>
Community must not tolerate tourist attacks
Sunday, 23 August 2009, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Far North community must send a strong message that it won’t tolerate the type of cowardly attack experienced yesterday by three Chinese tourists near Te Paki, says Labour Tourism Spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>
Polytechnic takeover a backwards step
Friday, 21 August 2009, 3:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s plan to seize much greater control of polytechnic governing councils is a short-sighted and backwards step, says Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan Street. Education Minister Anne Tolley yesterday introduced a bill which will ... More >>
Minister must explain Job Ops botch-up
Friday, 21 August 2009, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Paula Bennett must explain the rules around the Jobs Obs subsidy because it looks like she’s botched it, says Labour Social Development spokesperson Annette King. “The New Zealand Herald today reported that two employers who are benefitting from ... More >>
Maori Excluded from Government Health Priorities
Friday, 21 August 2009, 2:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government and its supporters in the Act and Maori parties have again let Maori down by refusing to support the establishment of a working group to investigate why pay rates in the Maori healthcare workforce lag so far behind those working for ... More >>
Speech: Jones - Traversing the landscape
Friday, 21 August 2009, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Speech to Law Society Conference “Governing and Running Maori Entities – Tribal Development and the Law in the 21st Century” at Te Papa Our Ngati Kuri whäea, Saana Murray, said in 1975 during the Roopu Matakite land march from Muriwhenua, ... More >>
New Oz rule fails to differentiate
Friday, 21 August 2009, 12:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The decision to lift the threshold for trans-Tasman investment to $500 million for Australians investing in New Zealand goes too far, Labour’s Associate Finance spokesperson David Parker said today. More >>
Commerce Inquiry aimed at gaps in system
Friday, 21 August 2009, 11:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Commerce spokesperson Lianne Dalziel says she does not want expectations raised that the Commerce Select Committee inquiry that she will head will be able to 'fix' individual cases of financial loss. Lianne Dalziel, who chairs the committee, said ... More >>
Nats duck for cover on community education cuts
Friday, 21 August 2009, 10:11 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National MPs should have had the guts to front up to a public meeting in Auckland last night on cuts to adult and community education, says Labour Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan Street. Maryan Street said Education Minister Anne Tolley had ... More >>
Govt must not scrap ACC services helping abused
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 5:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Any Government move to axe a service which helps parents and caregivers to help sexually abused children recover would be a terrible mistake, says Labour’s Victims Rights spokesperson Lynne Pillay. “ACC has confirmed it is evaluating the future of a ... More >>
Telecom rethink needed or customers will suffer
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 3:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
For the good of customers and its shareholders Telecom must re-examine its proposed maintenance contracting arrangement with Australian based company Visionstream, say Opposition Labour spokesperson Trevor Mallard and Communications and IT spokesperson ... More >>
