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Prebble's attempted con can't be believed
Friday, 29 October 1999, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Richard Prebble's claim that Act will not be party to any government which relies upon New Zealand First simply cannot be believed," Labour campaign spokesman Pete Hodgson said today. More >>
Labour urges RBNZ not to jump gun on rates
Friday, 29 October 1999, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Today's CPI result shows there is no immediate pressure on the Reserve Bank to push up interest rates in the November 17 Monetary Policy Statement," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said. More >>
Labour: Shipley shows cowardice
Friday, 29 October 1999, 11:58 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Pete Hodgson said today that the Prime Minister was doing a splendid job of emulating her predecessor’s hermetically-sealed election campaign in 1996. More >>
Clark: Shipley continues to hide
Friday, 29 October 1999, 11:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that she was astonished at the Prime Minister’s refusal to debate her on Radio Pacific’s Jenny Anderson show. More >>
Landonline computer blowout must be probed
Friday, 29 October 1999, 9:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Luxton must front up to the Landonline computer debacle and accept an inquiry into the project, says Labour lands spokesperson Jim Sutton. More >>
Sowry: fool or liar?
Friday, 29 October 1999, 12:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
"Roger Sowry's claim that 250,000 low-income families would lose the accommodation supplement under Labour shows he is either a fool or a liar," says Labour's housing spokesperson Graham Kelly. More >>
Govt robs $117m from state housing
Thursday, 28 October 1999, 5:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Housing New Zealand's obscene $117 million profit shows National's determination to bleed the poor so it can cut taxes for the rich," says Labour housing spokesperson Graham Kelly. More >>
Labour wants police force second to none
Thursday, 28 October 1999, 4:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour police spokesperson George Hawkins said today that the Labour government will put in place measures to halt the decline in police numbers in the provinces. More >>
Prebble's big fat lie
Thursday, 28 October 1999, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"To expect honesty from Richard Prebble would be naïve. But a lie? That big? On the first televised leaders' debate of the campaign? That's pushing it, even for him," Labour state services spokesperson Trevor Mallard said today. More >>
Calm down, Bill. They're coming.
Thursday, 28 October 1999, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"The National Party is clearly running scared after Helen Clark beat Jenny Shipley in the first of the leaders''debates last night," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today. More >>
Workers won't be fooled by Shipley's flimflam
Thursday, 28 October 1999, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Labour is indebted to the Prime Minister for finally putting National's miserable anti-worker agenda on the official record," Labour employment relations spokesperson Pete Hodgson said today. More >>
New shocking student loan figure
Thursday, 28 October 1999, 9:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Student debt is now $3.44 billion - a figure so shocking it is easy to understand why it has become a major election issue, Labour associate education spokesperson (tertiary) Steve Maharey said today. More >>
New shocking student loan figure
Thursday, 28 October 1999, 9:01 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Student debt is now $3.44 billion - a figure so shocking it is easy to understand why it has become a major election issue, Labour associate education spokesperson (tertiary) Steve Maharey said today. More >>
National's breastfeeding neglect
Thursday, 28 October 1999, 12:58 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government's abject failure to address the health issues facing New Zealand has been starkly demonstrated by a survey in the NZ Medical Journal showing declining rates of breastfeeding, Labour Leader Helen Clark said. More >>
Act wants ghetto schools
Thursday, 28 October 1999, 12:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Act's education policies would create ghetto schools and are in fact the policies that National wants to implement but is scared to promote, Labour education spokesperson Trevor Mallard said today. More >>
Act wants ghetto schools
Thursday, 28 October 1999, 12:54 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Act's education policies would create ghetto schools and are in fact the policies that National wants to implement but is scared to promote, Labour education spokesperson Trevor Mallard said today. More >>
Prebble the loser!
Thursday, 28 October 1999, 12:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Wellington Central candidate Marian Hobbs has welcomed the start of the television leaders debates saying that they showed voters how lacklustre and incoherent Richard Prebble is. More >>
Time Act came clean on tax policy - Labour
Thursday, 28 October 1999, 12:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
"Act must be made to answer the hard questions about their tax policy," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today. More >>
Employers' survey backs Labour on holidays
Wednesday, 27 October 1999, 4:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour industrial relations spokesperson Pete Hodgson today welcomed a survey showing that a clear majority of employers endorse Labour's policy in wanting the Holidays Act cleaned up. More >>
Booking system report highlights problems
Wednesday, 27 October 1999, 4:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour health spokesperson Annette King says that a report into the public hospital surgery booking system vindicates Labour's concerns while contradicting the government's claim that all is well with the system. More >>
