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Chauvel calls for Govt action against loan-sharks
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 9:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Payday loans from loan-sharks at 2000% a year are a disgrace and New Zealand is about the only country left in the world that does not have laws in place to deal with them, Labour Associate Justice and Commerce Spokesperson Charles Chauvel says. Charles ... More >>
Joyce reveals his smoke and mirrors for third time
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 9:24 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Transport Minister Steven Joyce has re-announced his so-called billion dollar plan for state highways so often that he must almost be able to see himself in the mirror despite the smoke, says Labour transport spokesperson Darren Hughes. “It’s real ... More >>
Nat’s maternity announcement vague, underwhelming
Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 4:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s maternity announcement fails to tell women how they will actually improve maternity services in New Zealand, Labour Deputy Leader Annette King says. “Additional funding for maternity services will always be welcomed, but today’s announcement ... More >>
Borrows’ honesty on Rankin welcomed
Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Maryan Street has welcomed National MP Chester Borrow’s honest admission that Christine Rankin’s appointment was a mistake and urged other concerned National MPs to follow his lead and put an end to the silliness. Maryan Street and Chester ... More >>
Brownlee’s biodiesel plan a sham
Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 11:58 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The announcement today by Gerry Brownlee that he wants to kick start the New Zealand biodiesel industry is laughable, Labour Energy Spokespersons Charles Chauvel and Chris Hipkins say. More >>
Bennett’s six months - bungle after bungle
Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 11:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Paula Bennett’s blunder over the Christine Rankin appointment is the most recent in what is now a string of bungles, raising real concerns about her own appointment, says Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Annette King. More >>
Urgent action needed to help Sri Lankan civilians
Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 11:08 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Sri Lankan Government needs to move rapidly to address reconciliation with Sri Lanka’s Tamil community and assist those affected by the ongoing conflict, Labour Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Chris Carter says. More >>
Government creates Super City chaos
Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 9:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s Super City plans are unravelling rapidly as the full extent of its mishandling of the reforms become clear, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. “Earlier today Aucklanders were told by John Banks that the Government’s ... More >>
Government creates Super City chaos
Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 9:43 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s Super City plans are unravelling rapidly as the full extent of its mishandling of the reforms become clear, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Government running scared on Super City
Monday, 18 May 2009, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Cabinet appears to have blocked Rodney Hide’s proposed appointments to the Auckland Council transition agency as it suffers an attack of nerves over its plans, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Chauvel elected Chair of Privileges Committee
Monday, 18 May 2009, 11:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Annette King welcomed the election of Charles Chauvel as Chair of Parliament’s Privileges Committee replacing Hon Dr Michael Cullen in that position. More >>
Sham trial of Aung San Suu Kyi a disgrace
Monday, 18 May 2009, 11:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Burma’s military junta must not be allowed to perpetuate the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi through a sham trial, says Labour Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs Chirs Carter. More >>
Govt response to Christchurch job losses urged
Monday, 18 May 2009, 11:06 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is being urged to make available funding so one of the 102 Lane Walker Rudkin staff made redundant on Friday is employed to help find them jobs. More >>
Mt Albert campaign lifts off from Rocket Park
Monday, 18 May 2009, 10:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The by-election campaign of Labour's Mt Albert candidate David Shearer lifted off today in the heart of the electorate, with activists out on the streets in an electorate-wide parade. More >>
Government’s ‘Have Your Say’ advert insulting
Monday, 18 May 2009, 10:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government’s newspaper ads this weekend headlined ‘Have Your Say on Auckland Local Government’ is an insult, given that the Bill in question is already being rammed through Parliament under urgency, says Su’a William Sio, Labour’s ... More >>
Sealord must show commitment to workers’ rights
Friday, 15 May 2009, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Sealord is continuing to trample on worker’s rights and Labour’s Maori caucus says it had expected better of the half iwi-owned company, which employs many Maori workers, says the party’s Maori Affairs spokesperson Parekura Horomia “Sealord ... More >>
John Key must seek answers from Bakshi
Friday, 15 May 2009, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Serious questions over the behaviour National MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi must be answered, Labour Immigration Spokesperson Pete Hodgson says. More >>
Huo saddened by silence of National’s Asian MPs
Friday, 15 May 2009, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Auckland-based Labour List MP Raymond Huo says that as a first-term MP of Asian origin he is astonished and disappointed this week that the National Party’s Asian MPs have been “silent and smiling collaborators in legislation that will deny a meaningful ... More >>
Labour: time to talk about the true costs
Friday, 15 May 2009, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s Super City plan will cost Auckland ratepayers up to $750 each to implement - a cost estimated to be well over 30 per cent higher than the Royal Commission’s plan, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. Job ... More >>
Kiwis don’t want Key to mess with Superfund
Friday, 15 May 2009, 12:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Finance spokesman David Cunliffe says a clear message has been sent to John Key over his plans to suspend contributions to the New Zealand Super Fund (NZSF). “61% percent of New Zealanders believe it would be a mistake to suspend contributions ... More >>
