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Wake Up Don, we've already done it!

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Don Brash needs to come up with his own health policies, rather than trying to repackage ours, says Associate Minister of Health Pete Hodgson. More >>

Housing too important for Brash's secret agenda

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Don Brash not knowing that his party would reintroduce market rents for state house tenants is further evidence that he is not ready to lead his caucus, let alone the country, Housing Minister Steve Maharey said today. More >>

Pacific Success Vital For New Zealand's Success

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 11:21 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour's vision of Pacific people is a strong endorsement of the significant contribution that Pacific people have contributed to New Zealand society. Labour's Pacific policy, revealed that the success of the Pacific people is vital for New Zealand's future ... More >>

National's comm's policy: confusion or duplicity

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 11:08 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Maurice Williamson's attempt to talk tough on regulating Telecom is totally at odds with the policy National released yesterday. More >>

Labour supporting state and rental housing

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 9:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Prime Minister Helen Clark and Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey today released Labour's policy for state and rental housing, and challenged the National Party to outline its policy in this area. More >>

Brash in motorway smash with Williamson

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 12:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party

National's latest attempt to announce its transport policy has degenerated into a public scrap between Don Brash and the party's transport spokesman Maurice Williamson says Minister of Transport Pete Hodgson. More >>

Key can’t even make next year’s figures add up

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 12:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Finance Minister Michael Cullen today challenged John Key to put out a proper alternative budget with all policies fully costed as Labour used to do in Opposition. More >>

National's health policy a return to user pays

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 12:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party

National's empty promise to do more elective surgery over the next three years will come at the expense of cheaper doctor visits for all New Zealanders, says Health Minister Annette King. More >>

Sam Neill supports David Parker

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 12:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Sam Neill has thrown his support behind David Parker's campaign to be re-elected as Otago MP. More >>

National has no vision for telecommunications

Monday, 5 September 2005, 7:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National's lack of commitment to economic growth is clear by the size and detail of its communications policy, says Labour Communications Spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>

National must be made to come clean

Monday, 5 September 2005, 5:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Finance Minister Michael Cullen today accused National of trying to buy their way to power and challenged it to come clean about how it plans to fund its tax cuts and other promises. More >>

Nats' foreign policy lacking in credibility

Monday, 5 September 2005, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Foreign Minister Phil Goff says National's foreign policy, slipped out without today fanfare, is hypocritical and lacks credibility. More >>

National to reintroduce market rents

Monday, 5 September 2005, 2:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National's plans to reintroduce market rents for state house tenants and sell off the state housing stock is another sign that the hard-right faction within the party is winning the policy battle, Housing Minister Steve Maharey said today. More >>

Social Development, Housing Policy Documents

Monday, 5 September 2005, 11:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour's social development policy (pdf): http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/0509/social_development_policy.pdf Labour's housing policy (pdf): http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/0509/housing_policy.pdf More >>

A good start for every child

Monday, 5 September 2005, 11:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour's Social Development Policy is focused on ensuring every child gets the best possible start in life, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today. More >>

Labour supporting state and rental housing

Monday, 5 September 2005, 11:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Prime Minister Helen Clark and Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey today released Labour's policy for state and rental housing, and challenged the National Party to outline its policy in this area. More >>

National 'all talk on roads' - MP

Monday, 5 September 2005, 10:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party

National's track record on Auckland roading speaks for itself, says Auckland MP Ann Hartley. More >>

Housing a barometer of tensions within National

Monday, 5 September 2005, 9:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The fate of income-related rents in National’s soon-to-be-released Housing policy will be a barometer of the tensions between the Business Round Table clique led by Don Brash and Murray McCully and the more moderate voices within National, Housing ... More >>

Tax cuts don't build roads

Monday, 5 September 2005, 9:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party

National has no chance of completing Auckland's strategic roading network in eight years because it is giving the money away in tax cuts, according to Minister of Transport Pete Hodgson. More >>

Poll a mistake not a trend

Monday, 5 September 2005, 9:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The latest Colmar Brunton poll, showing National eight points ahead of Labour, is almost certainly wrong according to Labour's campaign spokesman Pete Hodgson. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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