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Address to theTelecommunication Summit
Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 1:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
We live in an exciting time. Huge technological developments are changing the way we communicate and interact with each other. More >>
McCully winds back clock on sport and recreation
Monday, 22 June 2009, 4:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Sports Minister Murray McCully is winding back the clock with plans to split high-performance sport from the umbrella of SPARC, Labour’s Sport and Recreation spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Senior citizens have no voice in National Govt
Monday, 22 June 2009, 2:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Senior Citizens Minister John Carter is gaining a reputation as the “spokesperson who has lost his voice”, says Labour senior citizens spokesperson Ross Robertson. “As far as John Carter is concerned, it is not so much a deafening silence, but ... More >>
Medical students access to scholarships slashed
Monday, 22 June 2009, 9:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has cut nearly $100 million worth of scholarships from tertiary education, limiting the financial assistance available for those wanting to train for careers in health, Labour Health Spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Government urged to bring back R&D tax credit
Sunday, 21 June 2009, 1:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Finance Minister Bill English needs to listen to the concerns of those in the tradable sector, says Labour's Research and Development, Science and Technology spokesperson Moana Mackey. More >>
Value volunteers, MPs told
Friday, 19 June 2009, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Volunteers need to be valued for the skills they bring to organisations and their community and for the work they do to keep New Zealand running. That was the message delivered to Labour MPs Iain Lees-Galloway and Rajen Prasad at a breakfast meeting ... More >>
$94 million in literacy and numeracy cuts
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s claims the Government is focusing on lifting educational achievement by investing in literacy and numeracy is a farce given he slashed $94 million from literacy and numeracy programmes in the Budget, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. “Responding ... More >>
National continuing to politicise public service
Friday, 19 June 2009, 9:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Parliament's ability to hold the public service accountable for its effectiveness is being sabotaged by the new National Government, Labour's Internal Affairs spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Labour works w Government to improve road safety
Friday, 19 June 2009, 9:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party is pleased the Government has chosen to adopt commonsense law changes put forward by the Opposition that will give police greater powers to tackle the issue of drug impaired drivers, Trevor Mallard says. More >>
Soccer Match a Community Get Together
Friday, 19 June 2009, 9:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson will host a screening of the Confederations Cup football game between New Zealand and Iraq this Sunday morning at the New Crossways Community Centre in Mt Victoria. The game starts at 6.30am. “This is a chance for ... More >>
Minister abandons DPB Mums already
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Paula Bennett’s promise to bring ‘ambition and goals’ to women on the DPB has been exposed as nothing but empty rhetoric in the wake of an $8.7 million cut to training incentive allowances for sole parents, says Labour’s Associate Development ... More >>
Wong backs away from fair pay statement
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister of Women’s Affairs, Pansy Wong, today backed away from commitments she made to the National Council of Women to work on fair pay for women, Labour’s spokesperson for Women’s Affairs, Sue Moroney says. More >>
English: Lion turns lamb
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 4:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Finance Minister Bill English confirmed in Parliament today that representations from “three” or “four” major banks lay behind National’s change of emphasis on bank interest rates, Labour finance spokesperson David Cunliffe says. More >>
National Over-Egging the Home Insulation Package
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National is over-selling the extent of its home insulation programme, details of which were announced today, says Labour's Energy Spokesperson Charles Chauvel. More >>
Fisheries Minister won’t support jobs for Kiwis
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 4:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley conceded today that increased employment for New Zealanders in the fishing industry was not a Government objective, says Labour’s Rural Affairs spokesperson Damien O’Connor. More >>
Brownlee Bumbles On
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 3:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Energy-efficient light bulbs are a must for New Zealand contrary to what the Minister of Energy believes Labour’s Energy spokesperson Charles Chauvel says. More >>
Pita Sharples creates another diversion
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
If the problem is Maori students failing at school, sending them to university en masse will not fix the problem at its source, says Labour’s spokesperson for Maori Education Kelvin Davis. More >>
Cabinet paper: no confidence for national cycleway
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Papers released by Tourism Minister John Key’s office and the Tourism Ministry give no confidence that the vision of a cycleway the length of New Zealand will ever be anything more than a disconnected patchwork of small tracks, says Labour tourism ... More >>
Six months Paid Parental Leave on the Agenda
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 11:21 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Investing in building strong families is one of the most valuable things that Governments can do, which is why Labour Women’s Affairs spokesperson Sue Moroney has drafted a Bill seeking an extension to Paid Parental Leave “Extending PPL allows parents ... More >>
National block votes to kill bill on liquor ads
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 9:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Party tonight used a block “conscience” vote to defeat a bill which would have put curbs on television liquor advertising. The bill’s sponsor, Labour MP Brendon Burns, says it was a disappointing result when New Zealanders were looking ... More >>
