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Labour welcomes expansion of Maori trade training
Friday, 24 July 2009, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour welcomes the expansion of the Maori trade training initiative announced yesterday, says Labour’s Maori Affairs spokesperson Parekura Horomia. “The InfraTrain industry training deal which will see 250 Maori gain skills, qualifications and jobs in the ... More >>
Expect more strikes over redundancy pay
Friday, 24 July 2009, 3:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Associate Labour spokesperson Darien Fenton says today’s strike by Telco workers throughout the country seeking redundancy protection highlights the problem of having no statutory redundancy entitlements. “The Government has shown no interest in ... More >>
Rodney’s super-sized super city blunder
Friday, 24 July 2009, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Rodney Hide’s most recent super-sized super city blunder is yet another example of why his reform plans have met with such widespread scepticism, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. Radio New Zealand reported today that: ... More >>
Pleased Nats continues sexual violence law work
Friday, 24 July 2009, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is welcoming the Government’s plans to continue working to reform sexual violence legislation in New Zealand, says Labour’s Justice spokesperson Lianne Dalziel. More >>
Labour condemns arrest of Methodist leaders, Fiji
Friday, 24 July 2009, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Foreign Affairs spokesperson Chris Carter has condemned the arrest of Methodist church leaders in Fiji. “This is an attack on the freedom of Fijian people and will only further isolate the military rulers from the rest of the world and create ... More >>
English’s foreign investment case doesn’t stack up
Friday, 24 July 2009, 2:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Finance Minister’s argument that New Zealand needs more foreign investment because Kiwis don’t save enough is laughable given National’s gutting of Kiwisaver, Labour’s Associate Finance spokesperson David Parker said today. More >>
New Zealanders want action on pay equity
Friday, 24 July 2009, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders are sending the Government a clear message that they want action on pay equity, Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokesperson Sue Moroney says. “Yesterday I was presented with 10,000 more signatures on a petition supporting pay equity. ... More >>
Sir Roger’s influence on Govt’s local body agenda
Friday, 24 July 2009, 11:20 am | New Zealand Labour Party
It is now clear the Government’s local government agenda owes much to the philosophy of ACT founder Sir Roger Douglas, said Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. “At the super city select committee today Sir Roger modestly denied his ... More >>
Time for Maori Party to stand up
Friday, 24 July 2009, 10:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is challenging the Maori Party to say whether it supports Labour’s call for families suffering a redundancy to get more financial help and to take a stand on the Don Brash appointment, say Nanaia Mahuta and Mita Ririnui. “Labour this ... More >>
Artist urged to get involved in bank inquiry
Friday, 24 July 2009, 9:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour list MP in Nelson Maryan Street is urging local artist Roger Griffiths to make a submission to the independent inquiry into banking, after his frustrating experiences with Westpac resulted in him withdrawing $190,000 in life savings. The ... More >>
Government jobs boast for Kopu Bridge questioned
Friday, 24 July 2009, 9:25 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has admitted that steel used in the construction of Kopu Bridge will come from overseas, thereby costing Kiwi companies jobs and potential earnings, says Labour's Transport Safety spokesperson Darien Fenton. More >>
Government jobs boast for Kopu Bridge questioned
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has admitted that steel used in the construction of Kopu Bridge will come from overseas, thereby costing Kiwi companies jobs and potential earnings, says Labour's Transport Safety spokesperson Darien Fenton. In Parliament today (23/7), ... More >>
National blocks move to remove provocation
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Party today stopped Labour's Justice Spokesperson, Lianne Dalziel, from advancing her bill to remove the partial defence of provocation. Ms Dalziel was seeking leave to place the bill on Parliament's order paper for debate, however the move ... More >>
Is Auckland Airport ownership about to take flight
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 2:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s weakening of legislative protection for strategically important infrastructure has opened the door for the gateway to New Zealand being sold to offshore investors, Labour’s Associate Finance spokesperson David Parker said today. More >>
Provocation defence should be consigned to history
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 9:24 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The partial defence of provocation is an anachronistic relic of New Zealand’s legal past and must be repealed, Labour’s Justice Spokespersons Lianne Dalziel and Charles Chauvel said today. More >>
Privatisation now on agenda, whatever the Nats say
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 3:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
When something looks like privatisation, sounds like privatisation and smells like privatisation, the chances are it is privatisation, says Labour SOE spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. Clayton Cosgrove said that while State Owned Enterprises Minister ... More >>
English confirms National’s privatisation agenda
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
English confirms National’s privatisation agenda The Finance Minister has confirmed that moves towards greater efficiency in the public sector are a smokescreen for increasing privatisation in the public service, Labour’s ... More >>
It’s people, not pixies, Mr Key
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 2:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key needs to explain why he so dismissively rejected the plight of people like Helensville man Bruce Burgess whose redundancy may have shattering consequences for him and his wife, Labour Social Development Spokesperson Annette ... More >>
Another nail in the coffin of slave labour
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A bill to ban imports made from slave labour, sponsored by Opposition Trade Spokesperson Maryan Street, has been drawn from Parliament’s Members’ Bills ballot today. More >>
It’s about NZers, Mr English, not politicians
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s arrogant dismissal of a cross-party inquiry into banking profits as pointless is, in fact, a dismissal of the concerns of thousands of New Zealand families and businesses, says Labour finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. The cross-party ... More >>
