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Labour to make school clustering easier
Monday, 30 August 1999, 12:07 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour education spokesperson Trevor Mallard today welcomed the proposed establishment of combined school boards of trustees and said Labour would make the path easier for other schools wanting similar set-ups. More >>
Labour to make school clustering easier
Monday, 30 August 1999, 12:07 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour education spokesperson Trevor Mallard today welcomed the proposed establishment of combined school boards of trustees and said Labour would make the path easier for other schools wanting similar set-ups. More >>
End of a sorry saga
Friday, 27 August 1999, 5:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour tourism spokesperson Damien O'Connor said the cancellation of the Millennium concert planned for Bastion Point was the end of a sorry saga which could have lasting damage to New Zealand's tourism industry. More >>
More competition won't build a knowledge society
Friday, 27 August 1999, 5:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour associate education spokesperson Steve Maharey has slammed the Government's funding announcement for tertiary education as "more of the market driven policies which have been so destructive to the sector over the past nine years". More >>
More competition won't build a knowledge society
Friday, 27 August 1999, 5:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour associate education spokesperson Steve Maharey has slammed the Government's funding announcement for tertiary education as "more of the market driven policies which have been so destructive to the sector over the past nine years". More >>
Mark Peck Speech - Labour's Science approach
Friday, 27 August 1999, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
You have asked me to outline the next Labour Government's approach to Research Science and Technology. More >>
Auckland traffic fines may be invalid
Friday, 27 August 1999, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Have you received a parking ticket from Auckland City Council since March this year? It may be invalid, says Manukau East MP Ross Robertson. More >>
Commissioner asked to investigate Ascot case
Friday, 27 August 1999, 7:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour health spokesperson Annette King has asked the Health and Disability Commissioner to investigate the care Shirleen Casey received at Ascot Hospital in Auckland. More >>
Naming liars
Thursday, 26 August 1999, 6:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour deputy leader Michael Cullen said he stood by everything he said in Parliament this afternoon. More >>
Labour committed to consumer choice on GM Food
Thursday, 26 August 1999, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has repeated its promise that it will, in its first one hundred days of being elected to office, establish a Royal Commission to investigate genetic modification of food. More >>
Banks, petrol companies strain public patience
Thursday, 26 August 1999, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The increases in petrol prices and bank charges show the need for a tougher government attitude towards anti-competitive business practices, says Labour Commerce spokesperson Paul Swain. More >>
IT review welcome but long overdue
Thursday, 26 August 1999, 4:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour state sector spokesperson Trevor Mallard has cautiously welcomed the review of information technology projects in the public sector but said it was long overdue. More >>
Swain welcomes support for takeover code
Thursday, 26 August 1999, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A Merrill Lynch survey showing most international fund managers think New Zealand should have a takeover code has been welcomed by Labour's Commerce spokesperson Paul Swain. More >>
Michael Cullen - Labour and Business
Wednesday, 25 August 1999, 6:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
3.30pm, Wednesday 25 August, 1999 Thank you for the opportunity to be here today. As we approach the election Labour is excited at the possibility of forming new partnerships with business to improve New Zealand's mediocre economic performance. More >>
Helen Clark speech to Employers Federation
Wednesday, 25 August 1999, 10:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party
I have come here today well aware that the Employers' Federation has in many respects nailed its colours to the mast of the policies of the present government. But I also come well aware that Labour's positive programme for industry and business development ... More >>
APEC 10 years & beyond - Mike Moore Speech
Tuesday, 24 August 1999, 12:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
It’s a pleasure to join hands with you today and to speak, not only about New Zealand’s interests and regional interests, but the global imperatives necessary so we can raise living standards and build a better trading system that’s more balanced, fairer ... More >>
Labour blasts Govt fishing betrayal
Monday, 23 August 1999, 6:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour fisheries spokesperson Jim Sutton has strongly rejected Fisheries Minister John Luxton's claim that a controversial measure - designed to enable the government to remove up to 20 per cent of fishing rights from permit holders without compensation ... More >>
Prebble - a problem with the truth
Monday, 23 August 1999, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
ACT leader Richard Prebble has lost the plot on who has done what on Wellington Hospital, Labour health spokesperson Annette King said today. More >>
$8m to real estate agents from state house sales
Monday, 23 August 1999, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has paid almost $8 million in commissions to real estate agents for state house sales, Labour housing spokesperson Graham Kelly revealed today. More >>
Goff moves to toughen Govt bail law
Monday, 23 August 1999, 4:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour justice spokesperson, Phil Goff, said he would move to toughen up aspects of the Government's Bail Bill, reported back to Parliament today. More >>
