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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 >>
National Library culling scandal is real - Labour
Thursday, 8 July 1999, 4:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour spokesperson on communications and information technology, Marian Hobbs, said today Labour continued to receive information about the culling of priceless books at the National Library. More >>
Tariff decision a vicious blow - Sutton
Thursday, 8 July 1999, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The unilateral US decision to impose a tax on New Zealand lamb has provoked an angry response in Parliament. More >>
National Conference Nero-esque
Thursday, 8 July 1999, 11:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party
"The ra-ra speeches and tin drum banging at the National Party's conference this weekend will not be able to drown out the accumulating evidence of nine years of economic mismanagement and missed opportunity," Labour finance spokesperson ... More >>
Policy focuses on eradication of poverty
Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 2:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A Labour Government would focus its overseas aid and development budget on measures to help the eradication of poverty, Labour overseas aid and development spokesperson Graham Kelly said today. More >>
Heartless Govt shows its true colours
Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour health spokesperson Annette King has condemned Health Minister Wyatt Creech for his point-blank refusal to consider compensation for the families at the centre of the baby chest-tapping scandal. More >>
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
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 >>
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 >>
