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More bullheadedness from Bradford

Wednesday, 14 July 1999, 10:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that after Max Bradford's record of failure on electricity his claims to be the consumer's friend are preposterous. More >>

Timberland beeches will be wood chips

Tuesday, 13 July 1999, 4:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The management of SOE Timberlands West Coast Ltd must be heaving a huge sigh of relief as a result of the National Government's new Forest Amendment Bill 1999 due to be introduced under urgency in Parliament today, said Labour's conservation spokesperson ... More >>

Show us your mandate, Mrs Shipley

Tuesday, 13 July 1999, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen today challenged the Prime Minister to make National's tax bribe legislation subject to a confidence vote and to bring it before Parliament. More >>

Labour withdraws support, announces price freeze

Tuesday, 13 July 1999, 1:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour will not support Government legislation to price regulate electricity line companies, and has instead launched a strong attack on the Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford. More >>

Native seabirds at risk

Tuesday, 13 July 1999, 10:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party

John Luxton's refusal to talk to conservation groups about the death of seabirds is typical of the Minister's hands-off, do-nothing approach, Labour conservation spokesperson Jill Pettis said. More >>

Labour welcomes collapse of White Paper

Monday, 12 July 1999, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Confirmation by the Minister of Tertiary Education that the Government's Tertiary White Paper is on hold is "great news" says Labour associate education (tertiary) spokesperson Steve Maharey. More >>

Labour welcomes collapse of White Paper

Monday, 12 July 1999, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Confirmation by the Minister of Tertiary Education that the Government's Tertiary White Paper is on hold is "great news" says Labour associate education (tertiary) spokesperson Steve Maharey. More >>

Helen Clark lauds polar airdrop mission

Monday, 12 July 1999, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Helen Clark today paid tribute to the United States' Air Force crews responsible for an emergency airdrop of medical supplies for a woman scientist wintering over at the South Pole. More >>

Another giant step for income inequality

Monday, 12 July 1999, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The pitiful tax cut announced by Bill English at the weekend is as good as it gets for ordinary New Zealanders under National, says Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen. More >>

National's kick-start won't work

Sunday, 11 July 1999, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National's policy to kick-start the economy is mostly about putting a stop to their craziest ideas and tinkering with a few laws. More >>

Bad econimics and feeble politics

Sunday, 11 July 1999, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen has dismissed National's proposed tax cut as bad economics and feeble politics. More >>

National out of ideas, out of time, out of touch

Sunday, 11 July 1999, 1:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that only a party as out of touch as National could believe it could win an election by offering people on the average wage a tax cut barely above $4 a week. More >>

PM's speech tired and defensive

Sunday, 11 July 1999, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that the Prime Minister's speech to the National Party conference had failed to live up to the expectations created by her spin doctors that she would relaunch her party by giving the speech of her life. More >>

Rural tour a flop - Labour

Friday, 9 July 1999, 10:43 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley's comment that National MPs who participated in a recent tour of rural electorates 'now have a better grasp of the things rural people are concerned about' will be greeted with a hollow laugh in the heartland, according ... More >>

Tax cuts irresponsible

Friday, 9 July 1999, 12:13 am | New Zealand Labour Party

"A decision to proceed with tax cuts by the National Party conference this weekend would be grossly irresponsible and evidence of political desperation in light of trade data for May showing continuing weakness in New Zealand's external accounts," ... More >>

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