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Concern expressed for Tongan ferry passengers
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 2:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff and Pacific Island Affairs spokesperson Luamanuvao Winnie Laban today expressed sympathy for those Tongan families still waiting for news of loved ones missing following a ferry accident. More >>
Government failing our whanau
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 1:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
6 August 2009 Media Statement Government failing our whanau Confirmation that 2000 people are being made unemployed each week shows the Government is failing to do enough to take the sharp edges off the recession ... More >>
Government failing to take the sharp edges off
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 12:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Confirmation that 2000 people are being made unemployed each week shows the Government is failing to take ‘the sharp edges off the recession’ for hurting New Zealand families, Labour Social Development spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Labour welcomes Tolley back-down
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 9:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour welcomes Tolley back-down Labour Education Spokesperson Trevor Mallard today welcomed the back-down from Education Minister Anne Tolley on ramming through National Standards that would have created league tables of schools. More >>
Carbon market a kiwi money-spinner
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 5:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Climate Change Spokesperson has welcomed news that major Gisborne forestry operator Ernslaw One has secured a multimillion-dollar deal selling the carbon credits from 7941 hectares of forest on the East Coast to offset carbon pollution generated ... More >>
Heartless funding cut condemns Brittany
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The MP for Waimakariri Clayton Cosgrove says the bleak future now facing a 12-year-old Kaiapoi resident and Addington School pupil suffering from cerebral palsy provides compelling reason why National should reverse its decision to cut special needs funding ... More >>
Minister refuses guarantee on Job Ops jobs
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 4:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Paula Bennett today refused to guarantee that her two Job Op ‘poster youth’ had taken newly created jobs, says Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Annette King. More >>
Ministers concede 90 day policy hurts young people
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 4:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Minister of Labour confirmed in Parliament today that employers taking on a young worker under National’s Job Opportunities package will not be able to use the 90 day trial period, an admission that this is bad for vulnerable workers, Labour says. More >>
National cuts health services for thousands
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Health Minister Tony Ryall is approving plans that will see thousands of patients around the country having the services they receive cut, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Shearer to take on R&D and environment roles
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Mt Albert MP David Shearer has been appointed to the roles of Research, Science and Technology, and will also be Labour's Associate Environment spokesperson. More >>
Fenton Bill for redundancy protections drawn
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Darien Fenton’s says she is very pleased that her bill, the Employment Relations (Minimum Redundancy Entitlements) Amendment Bill has been drawn from the ballot today. The bill is due for first reading on the 19th August. More >>
Court decision on Taito Phillip Field
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 9:24 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour acknowledges the jury’s decision today on charges brought against Taito Phillip Field after a long and difficult trial, Labour Chief Whip Darren Hughes said. More >>
Tolley hides in House
Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 4:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Anne Tolley’s decision to hide in the House instead of meeting the hundreds of people who marched to bring their concerns about ACE cuts to Parliament shows just how much she cares, says Labour Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan Street. More >>
Government cuts put most vulnerable kids at risk
Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government’s decision to cut funding for special needs kids in our schools is wrong and must be reversed, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today. More >>
Bennett denies public “full story” on unemployment
Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 12:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key’s claim that Labour is scaremongering on unemployment numbers is hypocritical given his Social Development Minister has repeatedly refused to release her weekly updates, Labour Social Development spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Govt must assure Kiwis public holidays are safe
Monday, 3 August 2009, 4:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government’s decision to vote down a Matariki public holiday is a worrying sign ahead of a significant Government review of New Zealanders’ holiday entitlements, says the Labour Party’s Associate Labour spokesperson Darien Fenton. More >>
Guide dog result asserts rights for the blind
Monday, 3 August 2009, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A two year fight for a blind woman who was denied accommodation because she had a guide dog is over, but it never should have happened, Labour disability issues spokesperson Lynne Pillay said today. More >>
Cuts to Uni’s ability to meet needs is shameful
Monday, 3 August 2009, 8:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Disestablishing programmes designed to assist people to prepare for tertiary education is shameful and a backward step, said Opposition Tertiary Education spokesperson, Maryan Street today. “The government is applying enormous pressure to our universities ... More >>
Bennett confused over access to TIA funding
Monday, 3 August 2009, 8:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s spokesperson on Justice Lianne Dalziel has challenged Paula Bennett to spell out what parts of the student loan scheme apply to people who are trying to get off benefits by undertaking degree or diploma level courses. “I am sick of ... More >>
Youth job initiatives ok, but too timid
Monday, 3 August 2009, 8:43 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s jobs and training package for young people is a step in the right direction but is not ambitious enough, Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan Street and Youth Affairs spokesperson Jacinda Ardern said today. “Labour has been calling ... More >>
