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Vote Winston First = Vote National
Thursday, 4 November 1999, 1:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"At last a New Zealand First MP has confessed that a vote for Winston Peters is a vote for National," says Labour's campaign spokesperson Pete Hodgson. More >>
Act prison policy would cost $838 million
Thursday, 4 November 1999, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
At $838 million in extra spending, Act's prison policy is one of the most expensive promises made by any party at this election, says Labour justice spokesperson, Phil Goff. More >>
Labour and Business - Cullen speech
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 6:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Business development is a huge topic ranging from the most difficult to understand and influence aspects of social attitudes through to the details of the frequency and timing of GST returns. The difficulty is to know where to begin, Labour finance ... More >>
National's "me too" rural health policy
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
As predicted yesterday, National has released their watered down version of Labour's Ten Point Plan for Rural Health, Labour health spokesperson Annette King said. More >>
National's "me too" rural health policy
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
As predicted yesterday, National has released their watered down version of Labour's Ten Point Plan for Rural Health, Labour health spokesperson Annette King said. More >>
The hologram of electricity competition
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A key industry self-regulator has pointed to delays of up to six months for customers trying to change electricity retailers and says that the delays have the potential to become an election issue. More >>
Pipe Dream Economics from Act
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Act's pipe-dream costings show Richard Prebble and Rodney Hide are living in fiscal fantasy land," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today. More >>
Slippery Shipley shoots dollar-for-dollar Bill
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 11:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party
"Jenny Shipley's sudden rewrite of National's tax policy has exposed Treasurer Bill English's dollar-for-dollar tax-and-spend promise as a shabby con trick," says Labour's finance spokesperson Michael Cullen. More >>
Too long a wait for immigrant doctors
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 9:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government's announcement of a training package for overseas doctors comes far too late and still leaves some questions unanswered, Labour health spokesperson Annette King said. More >>
Labour Party video-clips on-line
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 12:35 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Internet users can now view Labour campaign video clips from their computer desktops, Labour campaign spokesperson Pete Hodgson said today. More >>
"Labour and Tax" - Cullen speech
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 6:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to talk about tax because National is now revealing just how much its agenda is one of personal greed, Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen told a public meeting in Ponsonby this evening. More >>
Shipley's rank opportunism exposed
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"The Prime Minister's claim that an Auckland company is poised to take on the 98 people who will lose their jobs when Bendon closes its Te Aroha factory this month was exaggerated and self-serving," Labour leader Helen Clark said today. More >>
Shipley makes it up, again
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Mrs Shipley's determination to mislead people about her Government's record shows up again today in her claim that domestic purposes benefit numbers are dropping," says Labour's social welfare spokesperson Steve Maharey. More >>
ACT: good health for the rich, forget the poor
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 4:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A National-ACT government would destroy our already struggling public health system and replace it with an American-style user pays model, Labour health spokesperson Annette King said today. More >>
Tell the real story Mrs Shipley!
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 3:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A new student loan report out today shows that Jenny Shipley is completely misrepresenting the number of students with student loans, Labour associate education spokesperson (tertiary) Steve Maharey said. More >>
Tell the real story Mrs Shipley!
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A new student loan report out today shows that Jenny Shipley is completely misrepresenting the number of students with student loans, Labour associate education spokesperson (tertiary) Steve Maharey said. More >>
Shipley heads into fiscal meltdown
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Jenny Shipley's reckless $800 million tax cut promise risks taking New Zealand into fiscal meltdown," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today. More >>
ACC- the facts
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Twenty-five years ago, ACC started in New Zealand. It was hailed as a major breakthrough in the delivery of medical treatment and compensation for people who had suffered an injury. For the first time, non-earners (predominantly then and still now, women ... More >>
What next in National's theatre of the absurd?
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 11:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
"If today's National Party 'policy launch' is going to be as bizarrely entertaining as yesterday's I wish they'd invite me," says Labour campaign spokesperson Pete Hodgson. More >>
Rank outsiders go off the rails in election race
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 11:24 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Truth was a casualty early in the running of the Election Stakes when it was bowled over by the two rank outsiders in the field. More >>
