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Chauvel congratulates essay competition winner
Friday, 7 September 2007, 9:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Vincent Wylie, the Youth Parliamentarian nominated by Charles Chauvel, the Wellington Regional Labour List MP, has just become runner up in the New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust Essay Competition. Vincent’s essay was titled: “Experiences ... More >>
Time to regulate working hours?
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 11:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Darien Fenton has today called for a national discussion on whether working hours should be limited through regulation. Speaking in the second reading of the Flexible Working Hours Amendment Bill last night, Darien Fenton said that New Zealand ... More >>
Better than the Aussies in greenhouse emissions
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Energy and Climate Change Minister David Parker says New Zealand is doing much better than Australia on greenhouse gas emissions, contrary to what National’s Nick Smith claims. More >>
Diabetes: A Real Problem For NZers, says Hodgson
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 5:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Diabetes remains one of New Zealand’s largest public health challenges but managed the right way, this Labour-led Government will continue to make big inroads, says Health Minister Pete Hodgson. More >>
Anti-Spam Legislation Comes Into Force
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 4:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand actively joins the global fight against spam tomorrow, with the government’s new anti-spam legislation coming into effect. More >>
Prestigious international position for Robertson
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Manukau East MP and Assistant Speaker, Ross Robertson, has been invited to become a member of the Parliamentary Ethics Task Force established by GOPAC (Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption). “The work I have been doing to establish ... More >>
Barker welcomes WTO apple decision
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 9:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Rick Barker today welcomed the decision by the Labour-led Government to initiate WTO dispute settlement proceedings against Australia. "All Hawke’s Bay growers are asking for is a fair deal and the restrictions that Australia continue ... More >>
Manukau mayoralty about community service
Friday, 17 August 2007, 2:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The debate about who will become the next Mayor of Manukau should be about who is the best person for the job, and not about their ethnicity, says Jerome Mika, Chair of the New Zealand Labour Party’s Pacific Sector Council. More >>
Social Housing Investment Great For Bay
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 4:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Rick Barker said today he was delighted the Labour-led Government and the Hastings District Council have teamed up to modernise the Council’s 220 elderly housing units. More >>
Harawira told to stop gripping the kangaroo tail
Monday, 13 August 2007, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“Mr. Harawira is not the MP for the Aussie outback even though he seemed to enjoy gnawing his way through a kangaroo tail. I've got to say he certainly runs the risk of being stranded there with his media stunts because his Maori party leaders are ... More >>
MPs Release Australian Travel Itinerary
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 3:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
MPs Hone Harawira, Nandor Tanczos, Lynne Pillay, Ann Hartley and Charles Chauvel resolved yesterday to release the itinerary of the Justice and Electoral Committee in Melbourne this week. More >>
Point Scoring May Affect Victims' Rights Enquiry
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 9:27 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Political point-scoring by National MPs may affect a Government enquiry into victims’ rights, Waitakere MP Lynne Pillay says. More >>
Gosche Opposes Sale of Auckland Airport
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 10:28 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“The proposals to sell a controlling share in Auckland International Airport to foreign owners is one that should be opposed by all Auckland City Councillors because of the strategic importance of this asset” said Maungakiekie MP Mark Gosche. More >>
Northland gets additional funding for storm damage
Tuesday, 17 July 2007, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MPs Dover Samuels and Shane Jones have welcomed additional funding to help meet response and recovery costs after storms struck Northland last week. “The damage caused by last week’s storm is heartbreaking. I have seen the damage caused ... More >>
Spotless should get out of NZ Hospitals
Friday, 13 July 2007, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“Hospital contractor Spotless should get out of NZ Hospitals as their bullying approach to their workforce shows they have no place in our taxpayer funded public health system” said MP Mark Gosche today. More >>
Northland's Labour MP's welcome fast response
Thursday, 12 July 2007, 10:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The quick response from the Labour-led Government for the Northland community coping with floods and gale winds has been welcomed by Labour MPs Shane Jones and Dover Samuels. More >>
MP Welcomes Findings On Wellington's Labour Market
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Wellington-based Labour MP Charles Chauvel today welcomed a new report showing unemployment in the Wellington region has declined over the past five years and labour force participation in the region is at an all time high. More >>
20 Hours Free ECE for 3730 Wellington children
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 3:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Around 3730 three and four year old children will be benefiting from 20 hours free early childhood education at 104 services across Wellington.* More >>
20 Hours Free ECE for 2,761 Bay kids
Monday, 2 July 2007, 5:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Over 2,760 three and four year old children will be benefiting from 20 hours free early childhood education (ECE) at 82 services across Hawke's Bay. Announcing the local figures, Labour MP Rick Barker said uptake of the Labour-led Government's 20 ... More >>
Chauvel: Lowering voting age needs consideration
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 12:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“Engaging New Zealand’s citizens in the political process at a younger age has real potential to strengthen our representative democracy” says Labour List MP resident in Wellington, Charles Chauvel. More >>
