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Households and climate better off under Labour
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 11:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is the only major party New Zealanders can trust to do the right thing for climate change, Labour's energy and climate change spokesperson David Parker said today, as he released Labour's energy and climate change policies. More >>
The two faces of National
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 9:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English’s recorded comments on TV3 tonight once again reveal the true face of National, rather than the one their spin doctors have told them to show to the public, Defence Minister Phil Goff said today. More >>
Key names lame duck health spokesman as Minister
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 9:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key has today confirmed Tony Ryall as a potential Minister of Health and the public should be very concerned. More >>
Key names lame duck health spokesman as Minister
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 9:27 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key has today confirmed Tony Ryall as a potential Minister of Health and the public should be very concerned. More >>
Nats break first promise before Election Day
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National is off to a flying start with promise breaking, notching up its first broken promise even before polling gets underway, according to Labour’s tertiary education spokesperson Pete Hodgson. More >>
Affordable homes for all New Zealanders
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Housing Minister Maryan Street today released Labour’s housing policies, including plans for a new approach to sustainable urban development and to grow investment in not-for-profit housing providers More >>
Labour’s Education plan – for the future
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Education Minister Chris Carter says Schools Plus forms the basis of Labour’s Education policy, released today, and that it also includes good news for small rural schools. More >>
Labour leads with more medical students
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister of Health David Cunliffe today announced $12 million over the next five years to help fund additional training places for postgraduate medical students. More >>
Nats roll out 'pork barrel' in Tauranga
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 2:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National's deliberately misleading pledge to build the Tauranga Central Corridor within five to six years has no more substance than its earlier pledge to complete the Waikato Expressway within 10 years at a cost of an extra $790 million, says Transport ... More >>
National’s sports policy out of touch
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 11:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Sport and Recreation Minister Clayton Cosgrove said the National Party must have no idea of the huge gains made for the sport and recreation sector in the past nine years nor a vision for its future, given the content of its new policy. More >>
Minister welcomes TUANZ ICT manifesto
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 11:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Communications and Information Technology Minister David Cunliffe says the manifesto paper released today by TUANZ, Towards a National Digital Architecture, provides valuable input into discussions on New Zealand’s ICT future. More >>
Inga now a right winger says Laban
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 10:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party
"We always knew that Michael Jones played for the blue team, but Inga was a left winger on the rugby field. Now he is telling us he is a right winger,” says Pacific Island Affairs Minister Luamanuvao Winnie Laban. More >>
Disability Services Priority signalled
Monday, 3 November 2008, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister of Health David Cunliffe today announced a $ 91.375 million funding package over five years to improve wages and conditions for disability support and increase accessibility to services. More >>
Wherescape ‘tip of R&D iceberg’
Monday, 3 November 2008, 2:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The possibility of rapidly growing ICT company Wherescape pulling its R&D out of New Zealand is just the tip of the R&D iceberg, according to Science Minister Pete Hodgson. More >>
Bennett’s admission unsurprising
Monday, 3 November 2008, 1:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Science Minister Pete Hodgson says he is unsurprised by Hamilton East MP David Bennett’s admission that the National Party has got its science policy wrong. More >>
Employment survey shows need for strong leadership
Monday, 3 November 2008, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s Quarterly Employment Survey again reminds New Zealand why we need a leader that can be trusted, Social Development Spokesperson Ruth Dyson said today. More >>
Ryall overeggs conspiracy pudding
Monday, 3 November 2008, 11:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Health Minister David Cunliffe says National’s Tony Ryall is again grasping at straws in his outrageous claim that the government has somehow hidden the submission from the northern District Health Boards to the National Capital Committee. More >>
Nothing new in Key’s latest education promise
Monday, 3 November 2008, 11:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Education Spokesperson Chris Carter said today that National's Education policy continues to promote increases in spending on private schools. More >>
Promoting and protecting Kiwi jobs
Sunday, 2 November 2008, 7:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister Helen Clark today released more details of Labour’s comprehensive plan to promote and protect Kiwi jobs during the international downturn. More >>
Policy continues drive to reduce road toll
Friday, 31 October 2008, 5:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Transport Policy will underpin the Government’s drive to continue reducing New Zealand’s road toll, says Transport Safety spokesperson Harry Duynhoven. More >>
