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Weak advice from ministry should alarm NZ women

Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 10:29 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokesperson Sue Moroney says New Zealand women should be alarmed at the weak advice the Ministry of Women’s Affairs has given new minister Pansy Wong about closing the gender pay gap. More >>

NZ needs decision not delay on minimum wage

Monday, 2 February 2009, 4:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

It’s clear Prime Minister John Key is unable and unwilling to make the tough calls after his decision to take the minimum wage off Cabinet’s agenda, Labour spokesperson Trevor Mallard said today. More >>

Labour to work with Nats to toughen boy racer law

Monday, 2 February 2009, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Cosgrove says Labour will work with National to toughen boy racer laws still further. Labour law and order spokesman Clayton Cosgrove says he is disappointed that judges haven’t taken up the opportunity the existing law has given them to confiscate ... More >>

National Must Commit On Ak Infrastructure

Monday, 2 February 2009, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour spokesperson on Auckland Issues Phil Twyford says National must demonstrate leadership and support for major Auckland infrastructure proposals because they are far too important to be allowed to drift. More >>

Horomia congratulates Te Karere

Monday, 2 February 2009, 11:14 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Maori Affairs spokesman Parekura Horomia today congratulated Te Karere for a quarter of a century’s successful work gathering and presenting Maori news and says he is looking forward to its new bulletin. More >>

Statement on Zimbabwe

Sunday, 1 February 2009, 5:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Rt Hon Helen Clark, Labour Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs said today hopes would be high that the power sharing agreement announced in Zimbabwe would offer a fresh start for the traumatised nation. More >>

High hopes but low expectations on minimum wage

Sunday, 1 February 2009, 3:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

High hopes but low expectations on minimum wage The pressure will be on Cabinet tomorrow to come through for New Zealanders earning the minimum wage by raising their pay rates, Labour spokesperson Trevor Mallard said today. More >>

Phil Goff urges support for Sir Keith Park Statue

Sunday, 1 February 2009, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Phil Goff urges favourable decision on permanent statue to Battle of Britain hero Sir Keith Park More >>

Treasury to National - You’ve got it wrong

Friday, 30 January 2009, 3:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Phil Goff has welcomed the release of a Treasury briefing today revealing that influential officials advised the National government that it would be wrong to scrap several key Labour initiatives when it came into power. More >>

Goff calls for National to heed UN call

Friday, 30 January 2009, 12:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon’s call for a global "Green New Deal" that creates jobs and fights climate change exposes just how out of touch the National Government is on these issues, Labour Leader Phil Goff and Climate Change spokesperson Charles ... More >>

Wilkinson out on her own

Friday, 30 January 2009, 9:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Why did it take a report by the International Labour Organisation on unemployment for Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson to realise the importance of employment issues, Labour spokesperson Trevor Mallard said today. More >>

Gang crime continues to claim lives

Thursday, 29 January 2009, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove says New Zealanders must be wondering when National’s rhetoric on getting tough with gangs is actually going to hit the road. More >>

Protecting Civilians Must Be Priority In Sri Lanka

Thursday, 29 January 2009, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Associate Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Grant Robertson today endorsed the call of the UN Secretary-General for absolute priority to be given to the protection of civilians caught up in the conflict in Northern Sri Lanka. More >>

Ryall pursues partisan agenda

Thursday, 29 January 2009, 12:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

If Health Minister Tony Ryall sacks the chair of the Otago District Health Board Richard Thomson he would effectively be making the public health system a political tool for himself, says Dunedin North MP Pete Hodgson. More >>

Bollard’s action shows up National’s inaction

Thursday, 29 January 2009, 12:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Phil Goff has welcomed the decisive action taken by Reserve Bank Governor Dr Allan Bollard today to address the effects of the global recession by lowering the Official Cash Rate to 3.5%. More >>

Joyce lifts one of National’s “seven veils”

Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 4:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour transport spokesperson Darren Hughes says Transport Minister Steven Joyce has wittingly or unwittingly lifted one of National’s secret “seven veils” in terms of how it will fund new roading infrastructure projects. More >>

Call for wider central-local govt partnership

Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 2:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour local government spokesperson Shane Jones says the Government should investigate the call by former Papakura Mayor John Robertson to set up a Crown fund to stimulate local government infrastructure projects during the economic downturn. More >>