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More porkies from Prebble?
Friday, 19 November 1999, 9:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Mr Prebble told One Network News last night: "I've got employers in my electorate who've had people who've turned up, worked for two days, and they have then had to pay them $4000 just because they didn't like the job." More >>
Mr 'Me Too' strikes again
Thursday, 18 November 1999, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Nick Smith has reverted to 'me too' mode with the announcement that National supports a Labour proposal for a professional standards body for the teaching profession, Labour education spokesperson Trevor Mallard said. More >>
Mr 'Me Too' strikes again
Thursday, 18 November 1999, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Nick Smith has reverted to 'me too' mode with the announcement that National supports a Labour proposal for a professional standards body for the teaching profession, Labour education spokesperson Trevor Mallard said. More >>
Another Prebble backtrack
Thursday, 18 November 1999, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Broadcasting Spokesperson and Wellington Central candidate Marian Hobbs says Act Leader Richard Prebble has once again disputed comments made by his Arts and Culture spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata - this time to do with National Radio. More >>
Act would butcher public health system
Thursday, 18 November 1999, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A National-Act government would mean more people missing out on surgery and an extension of the user-pays and profit-making agenda in health, Labour Leader Helen Clark warned today. More >>
Nasty Xmas shock for employers
Thursday, 18 November 1999, 2:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Hundreds of businesses are in for a nasty Christmas shock as a result of the mishandled ACC reforms of Murray McCully, Labour ACC spokesperson Ruth Dyson said today. More >>
Quick! Put her back in the jar!
Thursday, 18 November 1999, 9:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
"The rowdy reception Coromandel people gave Jenny Shipley last night in her first public meeting of the election campaign shows why her campaign is hermetically sealed," says Labour campaign spokesperson Pete Hodgson. More >>
Report backs need for Labour's changes
Thursday, 18 November 1999, 9:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Education Spokesperson Trevor Mallard has welcomed the release of a report today marking ten years since the introduction of the Labour Government's Tomorrow's Schools reforms. More >>
Report backs need for Labour's changes
Thursday, 18 November 1999, 9:35 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Education Spokesperson Trevor Mallard has welcomed the release of a report today marking ten years since the introduction of the Labour Government's Tomorrow's Schools reforms. More >>
Littlewood report rebutted
Wednesday, 17 November 1999, 5:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Deputy Leader Michael Cullen said today the criticisms of Labour's superannuation scheme by Michael Littlewood and others had been heard before from the same ideological quarters. More >>
Arts policy an exciting change of direction
Wednesday, 17 November 1999, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand's unique cultural identity will be fostered and encouraged through a wide range of measures announced today in Labour's Arts and Culture policy. More >>
Labour's arts policy - Heart of the nation
Wednesday, 17 November 1999, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A well developed arts and cultural sector is integral to Labour's vision for New Zealand, Labour Leader Helen Clark said today. More >>
The high price of "success" National-style
Wednesday, 17 November 1999, 9:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said it was absurd for the Treasurer to claim increasing interest rates were simply a sign of the success of the National Party's economic policies. More >>
Act rural policy worth less than manure
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 6:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"A few truckloads of manure would be worth more to rural New Zealand than Act's rural policy," says Labour agriculture spokesperson Jim Sutton. More >>
Sweat shops need inspectors
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Department inspectorate would be beefed up by an incoming Labour-led Government so that backyard sweatshops such as the one discovered in Otahuhu can be dealt with immediately. More >>
Only Labour will pay decent pension - Clark
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 4:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Anyone with an elderly parent or grandparent and anyone near retirement or planning to retire in New Zealand has a lot at stake in these elections," Labour Leader Helen Clark told Grey Power meetings in Havelock North and Napier today. More >>
Exciting new plans for sports under Labour
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Increased numbers of sporting scholarships will be available under a Labour government, Labour sports spokesperson Trevor Mallard said today. More >>
Prebble is starting to sweat
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 10:28 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The heat is on and Richard Prebble is beginning to wilt, observed Labour MP Trevor Mallard today. More >>
National's campaign of lies continues
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 10:23 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Deputy Leader Michael Cullen says the increasing desperation of the National Party's campaign is shown by the fact they've now resorted to outright lies in their advertising. More >>
We must save Epsom from the extreme right
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 7:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour candidate for Epsom David Jacobs today called upon the voters of Epsom to resist the lure of Act and its populist right-wing candidate Rodney Hide. More >>
