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Hughes: Joyce cannot get away with half-truths
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 12:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour transport spokesman Darren Hughes says that while National MPs in Opposition found they could get away with porkies or half-truths, a higher standard is expected of ministers like Transport Minister Steven Joyce. More >>
Hughes: Joyce cannot get away with half-truths
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 11:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour transport spokesman Darren Hughes says that while National MPs in Opposition found they could get away with porkies or half-truths, a higher standard is expected of ministers like Transport Minister Steven Joyce. More >>
Labour spokesperson supports trade effort
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 10:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Trade spokesperson Maryan Street today offered her best wishes to Trade Minister Tim Groser, as he departs for Davos and urged him to seek a meeting with European Union representatives over the reinstatement of subsidies on dairy products. More >>
Sio Calls for Calm & Support for Naitoko Family
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 9:29 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP for Mangere Su’a William Sio has today expressed his deepest sympathies to the family of Halatau Naitoko who was killed in a crossfire during an armed police operation on Friday on Auckland’s North-western motorway. More >>
Housing options need more than words
Monday, 26 January 2009, 5:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Party housing spokesperson George Hawkins today called on the Government to provide a comprehensive housing and economic plan. More >>
Threat of Kauri rot potentially disastrous
Monday, 26 January 2009, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour biosecurity spokesperson Kelvin Davis says the Government may need to consider more drastic action to arrest the spread of the newly-identified disease known as Kauri dieback or Kauri rot (Phytophthora taxon agathis or PTA) if New Zealand is ... More >>
Heather Roy needs to join the “real world”
Friday, 23 January 2009, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Consumer Affairs spokesperson Carol Beaumont says New Zealanders should be very concerned that Consumer Affairs Minister Heather Roy in her first public statement seems more focussed on ACT ideology than she is on the needs of consumers. More >>
Cosgrove: Judith Collins out of her depth
Friday, 23 January 2009, 11:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The failure of Police and Corrections Minister Judith Collins to take any decisive action over six prisoner escapes in a week provides no reassurance for the families of victims and suggests she is already floundering in her portfolios, says Labour ... More >>
What about low wage workers?
Friday, 23 January 2009, 10:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party Associate spokesperson on Labour, Darien Fenton, is asking the Prime Minister to come clean about his intentions for minimum wage workers. More >>
Call for an accident free Auckland Anniversary Day
Friday, 23 January 2009, 10:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Party spokesperson for Transport Safety, Darien Fenton, is calling on boaties, swimmers, jet skiers and other water users to take special care on Auckland Anniversary Day and aim for an accident free day. More >>
Collins needs to explain three escapes in six days
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove says Police and Corrections Minister Judith Collins needs to explain how three separate escapes, involving a total of six prisoners, could have happened in the past week, and to tell New Zealanders what ... More >>
Government puts fair play at risk at Kindy
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 11:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Carter and Early Childhood spokesperson Sue Moroney endorsed the NZEI’s campaign to exempt Kindergarten teachers from the impact of the new 90 day “fire at will” law. More >>
Toll Road a great tribute to roading
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 11:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour transport spokesperson Darren Hughes says the Northern Gateway Toll Road is a great example of how a government genuinely committed to improving New Zealand’s roading infrastructure “gets on with the job”, and is also a fine tribute to ... More >>
Twyford: Hide hasty in “slash and burn” approach
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 11:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford says Local Government Minister Rodney Hide is out to slash Auckland City jobs six weeks before the Royal Commission has even delivered its report. More >>
Twyford: Hide hasty in “slash and burn” approach
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 10:14 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford says Local Government Minister Rodney Hide is out to slash Auckland City jobs six weeks before the Royal Commission has even delivered its report. More >>
Nat’s put politics ahead of patients and promises
Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 11:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government has scrapped a health conference for political reasons, breaking a promise to listen to frontline health professionals, Labour Party Deputy Leader Annette King says. More >>
Obama Speech Offers Hope And Vision
Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 11:24 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Barack Obama rose above the myriad of economic and international problems immediately confronting his presidency to give an inaugural speech which offered vision and hope for the future, Labour leader Phil Goff said today. More >>
Goff – Obama Presidency time of hope
Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 9:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff has welcomed Barack Obama’s inauguration as the 44th President of the United States. More >>
Elderly must be treated with respect
Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 2:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Party Associate Health spokesperson Luamanuvao Winnie Laban today spoke about the need to treat elderly with respect and dignity. More >>
Israel ceasefire necessary - Helen Clark
Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 9:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Rt Hon Helen Clark, Labour Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, said today that Israel's ceasefire in Gaza is a necessary step towards stopping the conflict which has taken the lives of more than 1200 people and destroyed a significant amount of the territory's ... More >>
