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Richard Worth fails basics of Ministerial role
Sunday, 10 May 2009, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
What is Internal Affairs Minister Richard Worth trying to hide with his refusal to answer standard Parliamentary questions, Labour’s Internal Affairs spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Steve Chadwick congratulates Film Festival winner
Saturday, 9 May 2009, 1:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour spokesperson for Arts, Culture and Heritage Steve Chadwick congratulates all the winners of the University of Northampton’s International Community Film Festival 2008. More >>
Customs and Police on Drugs Haul
Friday, 8 May 2009, 5:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Custom Spokesperson Su’a William Sio congratulates NZ Customs Service and the NZ Police following the successful interception of a 77 kilogram powder concealment of Contact NT, an ingredient destined for the production of methamphetamine or P, ... More >>
Thoughts are with Snee whanau
Friday, 8 May 2009, 4:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Ikaroa Rawhiti MP Parekura Horomia has expressed his distress at the death of Senior Constable Len Snee and says his thoughts are with the Snee whanau during this terrible time. “Napier has been rocked by this tragic death of an officer killed in the ... More >>
Nick Smith misleading on climate change
Friday, 8 May 2009, 4:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National needs to fix the mess that it has made of climate change policy and Labour is willing to help, Labour Climate Change spokesperson Charles Chauvel says. More >>
Pacific communities to have say on Super City
Friday, 8 May 2009, 4:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Auckland’s Pacific communities are being urged to come together to voice their views on the Super City at a public meeting being held next week. Hosted by Manukau City Council, and supported by Auckland-wide Pacific leaders and media, the public ... More >>
Youth Affairs Minister needs to step up
Friday, 8 May 2009, 4:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The latest unemployment figures showing nearly one in five young New Zealanders under 20 are unemployed should be a serious wake-up call for Paula Bennett, says Labour’s Youth Affairs spokesperson Jacinda Ardern. The Household Labour Force Survey released ... More >>
Maori Party rhetoric rings hollow
Friday, 8 May 2009, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia must explain how her claims today that the party represents an authentic an independent Maori voice can be reconciled with recent statements by Hone Harawira, says Labour’s Maori Affairs spokeperson Parekura Horomia. ... More >>
Do reduced health targets signal budget cuts?
Friday, 8 May 2009, 11:43 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Health services seem almost certain to be cut with the National Government’s announcement of a reduction in health targets, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. “Minister of Health Tony Ryall today confirmed that DHBs and the Ministry of Health will no ... More >>
More than one in 10 Maori now unemployed
Friday, 8 May 2009, 11:28 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Unemployment rates for Maori have jumped to 11.9 percent up from 9.8 percent according the Household Labour Force Survey Labour Maori Affairs spokesperson Parekura Horomia says. More >>
Complex surgery set to be cut?
Friday, 8 May 2009, 10:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Complex surgery for serious medical conditions may be cut back to achieve the Minister of Health’s new targets, Labour Health Spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. “Yesterday the Minister of Health announced his plan to increase the number of people having ... More >>
Death of a Police Officer
Friday, 8 May 2009, 10:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff today offered his deepest sympathies to the family, friends and work colleagues of Senior Constable Len Snee of Taradale who was shot and killed in Napier yesterday. "I and my Labour Party colleagues are stunned and deeply saddened ... More >>
Government Stops Action for Women
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong should come clean about her plans to axe the Action Plan for New Zealand Women, Labour Women’s Affairs Spokesperson Sue Moroney says. “The plan sets goals for improving paid parental leave, eliminating the gender ... More >>
Rodney plays hide and seek with Super City costs
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Rodney Hide been finally forced to admit the Government has no idea what its Super City proposals will cost Auckland ratepayers, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. “The Minister has been caught out trying to mislead Aucklanders about ... More >>
Suspending Super contributions doesn’t make sense
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The logic behind National's plans to suspend contributions to the "Cullen" Superfund has been shot down by the positive signals sent by the Guardians of the fund today, Labour Commerce spokesperson Lianne Dalziel said today. "The Guardians told MPs today ... More >>
Number of Pacific jobless dramatically increases
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Unemployment rates for New Zealand Pacific Islanders have jumped to 13.1 percent up from 8.7 percent according the Household Labour Force Survey Labour Pacific Affairs spokesperson Luamanuvao Winnie Laban says. More >>
National failing on the jobs front
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The lives of hardworking Kiwis are being blighted by the rapidly increasing levels of unemployment witnessed in the latest jobs statistics released today, Labour Leader Phil Goff said. “This will be having a major social impact on the families of those ... More >>
Action and urgency needed to keep Kiwis in work
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 12:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National must do more to protect New Zealanders jobs Labour Finance spokesman David Cunliffe said following the release of the latest Household Labour Force Survey which shows another increase in unemployment. More >>
Time to relax benefit assistance criteria
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 12:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling on the Government to relax the Work and Income criteria for special assistance, in the wake of the latest unemployment figures and growing evidence of increased hardship, says its Social Development spokesperson Annette King. More >>
Future cuts to superannuation on the cards
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 9:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government has given its clearest signal yet that superannuation entitlements will be cut in the future, Labour Associate Finance spokesman David Parker says. More >>
