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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 >>
Bill's secret seven: The consultants strike back
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 4:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Public servants facing the prospect of widespread job cuts will be dismayed to see consultants being paid $1500 a day to do Bill English's dirty work, Grant Robertson Labour State Services Spokesperson says. More >>
$533,000 on Super City PR blitz in four weeks
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has spent $533,000 promoting its Super City plans over the past four weeks, but has kept Aucklanders in the dark about the costs of the plans, says Labour’s Auckland issues spokesperson PhilTwyford. More >>
Government back-down on broadband confirmed
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Communications and IT Minister Steven Joyce today confirmed that his government has backed away from his government’s election pledge to provide ultrafast broadband to 75% of New Zealand homes, Labour Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran ... More >>
Crown accounts show New Zealanders are hurting
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The deteriorating state of the Government books show that New Zealanders are hurting from the combination of the economic downturn and the Government’s inadequate action to counter it, Labour Finance spokesman David Cunliffe said today. More >>
Supermarket admission on loss leading
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 12:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Justice Spokesperson, Lianne Dalziel, is demanding the National Government take action in light of both supermarket chains admitting that they have been selling liquor below cost which has the effect of enticing people to drink more. More >>
Hawkins to champion local communities
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 11:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Labour Party Spokesman on Local Government, George Hawkins, intends to become the champion of local communities in the Auckland governance restructuring process. More >>
National challenged to come clean on Tunnel
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 11:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Mt Albert candidate David Shearer today challenged the National Government to front up with what it plans to do with the Waterview Tunnel. More >>
Social Development a critical area for Maori
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 9:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Nanaia Mahuta has welcomed her role as Labour’s new Maori Social Development spokesperson, saying the job is even more critical during recessionary times. Labour leader Phil Goff announced Nanaia Mahuta’s new role during a Labour caucus reshuffle today. ... More >>
Collins’ lack of care for Prison Officers
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 9:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Corrections Minister Judith Collins’ dismissal of an extremely serious assault that resulted in prison officers having bones broken as ‘minor injuries’ is appalling , Labour Law and Order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove says. “The Minister attempted ... More >>
Time for Bennett to ditch the weasel words
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 9:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
It’s time Paula Bennett ditched the weasel words and began to front up with some honest answers about what Government has planned for the NGO sector, says Labour’s Social Development Spokesperson Annette King. “The Social Development Minister ... More >>
