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Labour thanks Auckland Harbour Bridge Workers
Friday, 29 May 2009, 4:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Darien Fenton today hosted the event at Stokes Point memorial in Northcote to pay tribute to the workers of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, which was attended by original and present workers, unions and local community members. Darien Fenton ... More >>
Shearer seeks community input on Mt Albert centre
Friday, 29 May 2009, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Upgrading Mt Albert’s shopping centre is a priority for Labour’s Mt Albert candidate David Shearer. Today he is launching a survey of local residents and shopkeepers about their preferences for development of the shopping centre. David Shearer says ... More >>
Rural New Zealand abandoned in the Budget
Friday, 29 May 2009, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Rural New Zealanders have been abandoned by the National/Act Party’s Budget, said Labour Rural Affairs Spokesperson Hon Damien O’Connor. “Cuts to Adverse Climate Events management will reduce the ability of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries ... More >>
Natl’s decade of deferrals creates $35B Super hole
Friday, 29 May 2009, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s decision for a decade of deferrals to the “Cullen” Super Fund will leave a super-sized hole in the New Zealand Superannuation Fund when it comes time for entitlements to be paid from it, Labour Leader Phil Goff says. “Closer analysis ... More >>
Reduced border funding will hinder fight against P
Friday, 29 May 2009, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Reduced funding for border surveillance in the Budget will only make it easier for people to smuggle ingredients to manufacture P into the country, says Labour’s Biosecurity spokesperson Damien O’Connor. More >>
RS&T a big loser in Budget 2009
Friday, 29 May 2009, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Research, science and technology is one of the big losers of Budget 2009, with small increases in some areas offset by massive funding cuts across the board, says Research and Development, Science and Technology spokesperson Moana Mackey. “The Government ... More >>
War Memorial Park off the agenda
Friday, 29 May 2009, 11:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government appears to have indefinitely shelved the War Memorial Park in Wellington, Grant Robertson, Labour MP for Wellington Central said today. “While Mr Finlayson kept very quiet yesterday, the Budget documents reveal that money allocated ... More >>
Another broken promise - health spending cut
Friday, 29 May 2009, 11:28 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Health Minister Tony Ryall has delivered a Budget with a pretty veneer, but a closer inspection of the detail reveals it will be a disaster for the long-term health of New Zealanders, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. “One hundred million ... More >>
Budget fails to protect jobs for Maori
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 5:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Maori will be deeply disappointed with today’s Budget which does nothing to keep whanau in work and includes no new Maori Affairs spending whatsoever, says Labour’s Maori Affairs spokesperson Parekura Horomia. “With more than one in ten Maori now ... More >>
Budget the death knell for Super entitlements
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Budget’s “decade of deferrals” of payments to the New Zealand Super Fund is the death knell for superannuation for generations of New Zealanders, says Labour leader Phil Goff. More >>
Budget fails to protect Kiwi jobs
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Hardworking New Zealanders will be disappointed by the failure of John Key’s first Budget to set out a real plan to keep Kiwis in work, Labour Leader Phil Goff says. More >>
National votes down $15 minimum wage
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 10:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Darien Fenton’s Minimum Wage and Remuneration Bill was voted down by the National/Act Government in Parliament last night. The Bill would have brought minimum wage rights to thousands of contractors who are currently without protection ... More >>
Another 220 jobs axed under National
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 9:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
On the eve of the Budget ACC has confirmed that 220 jobs are being axed, bringing the total number of public sector jobs lost this year to about 1,200, says Labour’s State Services Spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
$2000 a day to work from home for purchase advisor
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 9:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English needs to release in full all details around the contracting of his private purchase advisors, Labours Internal Affairs Spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. “Today it was revealed thanks to in-depth questioning by a reporter that his own department ... More >>
Bennett won’t guarantee funding for over 800 group
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Paula Bennett is refusing to guarantee funding for over 800 community and voluntary sector groups who expected automatic increases in tomorrow’s Budget, says Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Annette King. “Under the Pathway to Partnership ... More >>
Key and English at odds on eve of Budget
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders looking for direction, urgency and action on the jobs front from tomorrow’s budget must be alarmed at the lack of unity between John Key and his deputy Bill English, Labour Leader Phil Goff says. “Once again the Prime Minister and the Finance ... More >>
English leaves vulnerable at mercy of loan sharks
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 4:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Finance Minister Bill English and the National Government are dragging their heels on reining in loan-sharks, Labour Associate Justice Spokesperson Charles Chauvel says. “Vulnerable New Zealanders are being charged up to 2000 percent interest ... More >>
NZ Govt’s lack of response to N Korea provocation
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party condemns North Korea’s latest sabre-rattling missile launch, and the New Zealand Government’s lacklustre response to it, says Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Chris Carter. “During the past 48 hours North Korea has outraged world opinion, ... More >>
Sharples planned Budget no-show appalling
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is appalled to discover that Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples was planning to avoid fronting on tomorrow’s Budget and remain in Australia instead, says Labour’s Maori Affairs spokesman Parekura Horomia. “We understand it dawned on someone in ... More >>
National’s spin on public services busted
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Tomorrow’s Budget should be about developing a public service that can provide New Zealanders with the services they need and deserve, rather than cutting services and jobs, Grant Robertson, Labour State Services Spokesperson says. More >>
