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Statement from a spokesman for Helen Clark
Friday, 27 March 2009, 8:43 am | New Zealand Labour Party
"Helen Clark is greatly honoured by the Secretary-General's nomination for the role of Adminstrator of the United Nations Development Programme. As the General Assembly has yet to meet on the matter, she will not be making any further comment ... More >>
Goff congratulates Clark on UN nomination
Friday, 27 March 2009, 8:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff today congratulated the Rt Hon Helen Clark on her success in being nominated to head the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). More >>
McCully says one thing and does another
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has misled the international aid donor community on his intentions to radically re-engineer New Zealand’s overseas aid programme, said Labour’s associate spokesperson on foreign affairs Phil Twyford More >>
Frontline health getting nothing from National
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 5:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Claims from Waikato DHB that it believes it has too many nurses make nonsense of claims from Tony Ryall that he intends to move staff to the frontline. More >>
National’s public service cap just PR spin
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 4:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The cuts to the public service already made by National make a mockery of the announcement today of a cap on the core public service, Labour’s State Services Spokesperson Grant Robertson says. More >>
Keeping Kiwis well low priority for National
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Minister of Health’s refusal to answer questions in Parliament about priorities in primary health care shows how little importance the National Government is placing on keeping Kiwis well, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson say. “Tony Ryall recently ... More >>
Goff to attend intl conference on global crisis
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 10:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff leaves today for a major conference in Chile at which leading politicians and economic experts will share ideas on ways to tackle urgent global issues such as the world economic and financial crisis. The two-day event, organised ... More >>
Public access to coast, rivers and lakes at risk
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 5:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s plans to dilute legislative controls around the sale of land to overseas buyers puts public access to coastal areas, lakes and rivers at risk, says Labour’s associate finance spokesman David Parker. “New Zealanders have become ... More >>
Action needed on cigarette displays
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s revelation that a 10-year-old working in a Hawkes Bay store sold cigarettes to other minors shows the urgent need to get cigarettes out of sight in shops, Labour Associate Health Spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says. “This shocking incident ... More >>
Minister refuses to rule out further delays to ETS
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 4:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Environment Minister Nick Smith’s refusal in Parliament this afternoon to rule out further delays in the implementation of New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a cause for considerable alarm,” Labour’s Climate Change Issues spokesperson ... More >>
Labour will free Govt from ACT climate extemists
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 3:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will work constructively with the Government to reconfigure the Emissions Trading Scheme and on environmentally-friendly measures to stimulate the economy, but National has been captured by extremists in the ACT Party, says Labour climate ... More >>
Pansy Wong has some explaining to do
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Ethnic Affairs Minister Pansy Wong should come clean over her use of the Office of Ethnic Affairs to drum up support for National’s Law and Order legislation within the Chinese community, Labour’s Ethnic Affairs Chris Carter said today. “The ... More >>
Common sense should prevail on settlement deadline
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 1:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government should admit its 2014 Treaty settlement deadline is unrealistic and push it out to avoid jeopardising the entire process, says Labour’s Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations spokesperson Michael Cullen. “There have been mixed reports in recent ... More >>
Senior citizens should be told of medicine choice
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 1:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
In a speech to the Wellington AGM of Grey Power, Labour spokesperson for Senior Citizens Ross Robertson has reminded the group that tough times lie ahead for the rapidly-approaching baby boomer population blip. More >>
Fenton seeks political commitment to minimum wage
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 1:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Darien Fenton today tabled a Supplementary Order Paper seeking a commitment by all political parties to the minimum wage. Darien Fenton said it was time all parties in Parliament laid their cards on the table and made it clear whether or ... More >>
Talks on Internet copyright issues positive
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 12:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A meeting last night of stakeholder groups to discuss Internet copyright issues made good progress, Labour spokesperson on Communications and IT Clare Curran said today. More >>
Let seniors know there is a choice of medicines
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 11:27 am | New Zealand Labour Party
In a speech to the Wellington AGM of Grey Power the new Labour Spokesperson for Senior Citizens reminded the group that tough times lie ahead for the rapidly approaching baby boomer population blip. “The costs of health and disability support services ... More >>
$200 million to be stripped from existing roads
Tuesday, 24 March 2009, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is stripping almost $200 million out of local roads and existing state highways over three years at the same time as it plans to charge people an extra 6c a litre for 91 octane petrol to help pay for Auckland’s transport needs, says ... More >>
Labour welcomes un decision on aung san suu kyi
Tuesday, 24 March 2009, 1:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour welcomed the release today of the decision of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that the on-going house arrest of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is illegal under both international and Burmese law. “We join with the UN in ... More >>
TVNZ faces death by a thousand cuts
Tuesday, 24 March 2009, 9:29 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Prime Minister’s announcement that the Television New Zealand charter is being axed is another step towards eventual sale of TVNZ, says Labour’s broadcasting spokesman Brendon Burns. More >>
