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Are kohanga reo getting a fair deal?

Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 1:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour education spokesperson Trevor Mallard said the Education Review Office's report into Te Kohanga Reo National Trust raised serious questions about whether individual kohanga reo were getting a fair deal from the trust. More >>

Are kohanga reo getting a fair deal?

Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 1:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Cultural desecration at Nat Library must ceasse

Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that new reports of the disposal of priceless collections of books and other material from the National Library is a public scandal. More >>

Bradford's Otago Report Facile

Tuesday, 6 July 1999, 3:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour's energy spokesperson Pete Hodgson has described the Ministry of Commerce's report into the Central Otago power cuts as facile and fictional. More >>

Govt failure to address family violence

Tuesday, 6 July 1999, 11:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government's failure to address family violence means New Zealand can no longer claim to be a good place to bring up children, Labour social welfare spokesperson Steve Maharey said. More >>

Another flick of the veil

Tuesday, 6 July 1999, 11:14 am | New Zealand Labour Party

· "Nothing specific of course. Just another mincing little step in Bill English's absurd dance of the seven hundred veils," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today. More >>

Committee urges dumping of bee products' warning

Tuesday, 6 July 1999, 9:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party

A regulation that had upset the bee industry by warning that certain products could cause severe allergic reactions appeared to make "an unexpected or unusual use" of regulation-making powers in the Food Act 1981, says a parliamentary committee. More >>

Labour welcomes abandonment of road policies

Monday, 5 July 1999, 5:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour transport spokesperson Harry Duynhoven today welcomed confirmation that the Government would not try and ram through its controversial roading reforms before the general election. More >>

Goff slams CYPFA and calls for law change

Monday, 5 July 1999, 11:21 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour justice spokesperson Phil Goff is calling for a law change to allow Police to request secure custody for child offenders. More >>

Silliness from Employers Federation

Monday, 5 July 1999, 12:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party

"The Employers Federation survey on the Employment Contracts Act contains bizarre leaps of logic and has poignantly failed to ask the key question as to whether the Act meets with New Zealanders' approval," says Labour Spokesperson on Labour ... More >>

Food decision a victory for commonsense

Friday, 2 July 1999, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government's about-face on food safety is a victory for Labour and for common-sense, Labour health spokesperson Annette King said. More >>

Lianne Dalziel speech to Youthline Conference

Friday, 2 July 1999, 11:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party

I wish I could come here today, and say that your work as Youthline counsellors would soon be over. That the worries and concerns that drive young people to use your service had been significantly diminished. That the next generation of young people, entering ... More >>

Labour welcomes local content study

Thursday, 1 July 1999, 4:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour cultural affairs spokesperson Judith Tizard has welcomed the comparative study on local content released by New Zealand on Air saying it backed up the need for Labour's policy of local content quotas. More >>

Govt. cuts youth allowances by stealth - Labour

Thursday, 1 July 1999, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour youth affairs spokesperson Lianne Dalziel says young people have been dealt a dirty blow by the Government's transfer of responsibility for the Youth Corps programmes allowance payments from the Ministry of Youth Affairs to WINZ. More >>

Prisons Monty Python style

Thursday, 1 July 1999, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The case of the Wanganui burglar who used the local prison as his base may sound like a Monty Python skit, but it highlights serious deficiencies in New Zealand's prison service, Labour justice spokesperson Phil Goff said today. More >>

Labour demands vote on de facto property bill

Thursday, 1 July 1999, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour spokesperson on women's affairs Dianne Yates says that Justice Minister Tony Ryall is procrastinating on the De Facto Property Bill. More >>

CFA/CYPFA merger costs face blowout: Labour

Thursday, 1 July 1999, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The merger of CYPFA and the Community Funding Agency, already slated to cost $2.3 million, could blow out by up to another $4 million on management salaries alone, according to documents obtained by Labour social welfare spokesperson Steve Maharey. More >>

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