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National fiddles while Kiwis suffer
Tuesday, 12 May 2009, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National is fiddling at the margins with vital public services with its latest announcement of a redeployment strategy, Labour State Services Spokesperson Grant Robertson says. More >>
Nats confirm preference for above ground motorway
Monday, 11 May 2009, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Today National’s candidate for Mt Albert Melissa Lee confirmed her preference for an above ground motorway to link SH20 to the Northwestern Motorway. During an interview on 95bfm Melissa Lee said she preferred the surface option over a tunnel and indicated ... More >>
Lee happy about six-lane motorway in Mt Albert
Monday, 11 May 2009, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s candidate for Mt Albert Melissa Lee today revealed she is happy for about 500 homes in the electorate to be bowled to make way for an overground motorway through Mt Albert rather than a tunnel underneath it, Labour Transport Spokesman ... More >>
Government must release Auckland bills now
Monday, 11 May 2009, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling on the Government to release today the two Auckland governance bills it plans to ram through under urgency this week, says its Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. “Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee confirmed last week that the ... More >>
Wrong photo on National’s billboard
Monday, 11 May 2009, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National is misleading the voters of Mt Albert by having list MP Melissa Lee's photograph on their hoardings, according to Labour’s Darren Hughes. More >>
Labour welcome Key commitment to investigate Worth
Monday, 11 May 2009, 12:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Internal Affairs spokesperson Chris Hipkins has welcomed the commitment made by Prime Minister John Key on Breakfast TV this morning to investigate the refusal by one of his Ministers to answer written parliamentary questions or Official Information ... More >>
Govt needs to come clean on student loan interest
Monday, 11 May 2009, 10:18 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National-led Government needs to come clean on whether it is planning to change the interest free student loan system, in the light of fresh speculation about its intentions, said Labour’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson, Maryan Street. More >>
National should come clean on tunnel
Monday, 11 May 2009, 9:18 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Melissa Lee needs to tell Mt Albert people whether she supports the Waterview tunnel. On TVNZ’s Q+A program today Melissa Lee was repeatedly asked to make her position clear on whether she supported a tunnel to connect SH20 to the Northwestern motorway ... More >>
National should come clean on tunnel
Sunday, 10 May 2009, 8:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Melissa Lee needs to tell Mt Albert people whether she supports the Waterview tunnel. On TVNZ’s Q+A program today Melissa Lee was repeatedly asked to make her position clear on whether she supported a tunnel to connect SH20 to the Northwestern motorway ... More >>
Government needs to come clean on student loans
Sunday, 10 May 2009, 8:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National-led Government needs to come clean on whether it is planning to change the interest free student loan system, in the light of fresh speculation about its intentions, said Labour’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson, Maryan Street. More >>
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 >>
