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Govt. should come clean on payment to NZQA boss
Wednesday, 16 June 1999, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour education and state services spokesperson Trevor Mallard says the Government should come clean on the payout to former NZQA boss Douglas Blackmur. More >>
Govt. should come clean on payment to NZQA boss
Wednesday, 16 June 1999, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour education and state services spokesperson Trevor Mallard says the Government should come clean on the payout to former NZQA boss Douglas Blackmur. More >>
Lamb failure is Shipley's failure - Labour
Wednesday, 16 June 1999, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Helen Clark and Labour agriculture spokesperson Jim Sutton say it appears the government has failed dismally to protect the interests of New Zealand farmers, amid growing signs that tariffs will be imposed on lamb exports to the United ... More >>
Prison death reflects Govt failure: Labour
Wednesday, 16 June 1999, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The death of a schizophrenic man, Marc Maurice, in Auckland's Mt Eden Prison will not be the last of such incidents unless the Government moves quickly to improve facilities for treating mental patients in state institutions, says Labour justice ... More >>
Banks's comments racist and offensive: Labour
Wednesday, 16 June 1999, 1:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Racist comments by National MP and talkback host John Banks on his radio show this morning are offensive and should not be tolerated, says Labour ethnic affairs spokesperson Mark Gosche. More >>
Govt could have sacked Doone
Wednesday, 16 June 1999, 7:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government had the opportunity to hold the Police Commissioner to account for unauthorised additional spending on INCIS, but failed to do so, Labour police spokesperson George Hawkins said today. More >>
Govt forced to abandon police review
Tuesday, 15 June 1999, 5:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government has buckled under pressure from the Opposition and the weight of public opinion and stopped the senseless sacking of vital police support staff, Labour police spokesperson George Hawkins said. More >>
Labour reveals plan to axe RNZ news
Tuesday, 15 June 1999, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that a restructuring plan proposed by Radio New Zealand Board member Richard Rayner would destroy RNZ's news and current affairs services, and calls into question Mr Rayner's position on the Board. More >>
Govt fails as beneficiary numbers trend upwards
Tuesday, 15 June 1999, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour social welfare spokesperson Steve Maharey today released figures, based on projections in the 1999 budget, which show beneficiary numbers trending upwards despite Government claims to the contrary and despite a long-running campaign to treat beneficiaries ... More >>
Electricity reforms nutty: Labour
Tuesday, 15 June 1999, 2:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Regulation to restrain actual and potential anti-competitive practices amongst electricity retailers will be essential to salvage anything out of the Government's electricity restructuring, according to Labour's energy spokesperson Pete Hodgson. More >>
Simply too red
Tuesday, 15 June 1999, 1:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"The latest debt figures are alarming and under current economic policies can only get worse," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today. More >>
National Minister further undermines public radio
Tuesday, 15 June 1999, 10:05 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that comments by the Minister Responsible for Radio New Zealand, Marie Hasler, suggest that the RNZ board has the full support of Ms Hasler in pursuing the contracting out of the RNZ news service. More >>
no costings done for INCIS stage one
Monday, 14 June 1999, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is in no position to evaluate whether or not to continue with INCIS, because of its own failure to work out what benefits, if any, would flow from the first stage of the computer project, Labour police spokesperson George Hawkins said. More >>
Licensing debacle in Wanganui
Monday, 14 June 1999, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A Wanganui man has his fingers-crossed that his new driving licence will finally arrive this week - after a six week wait, three temporary licences and four requests for his photograph. More >>
Labour offers way out of food fight
Monday, 14 June 1999, 10:22 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has offered the National Government a way through the log jam in a select committee which has seen plans for a new food safety agency stalled. More >>
Home Invasion bill a farce says Labour
Sunday, 13 June 1999, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government's Home Invasion legislation contains such serious anomalies that to pass it in its present form would make our sentencing laws a farce, Labour justice spokesperson Phil Goff said today. More >>
Trying To Clean Up The ACC Mess
Friday, 11 June 1999, 1:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"The latest ACC changes are a recognition that the Government's previous round of reforms to create a new workplace insurance market was ill-conceived," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today. More >>
English 0, England 2
Friday, 11 June 1999, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour deputy leader Michael Cullen says Finance Minister Bill English needs to do some more research before issuing facile statements on tax matters. More >>
Trade Figures Show Govt In Cloud Cuckoo Land
Friday, 11 June 1999, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"The latest merchandise trade figures show conclusively that the National Government is living in a fool's paradise," says Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen. More >>
Apec Commercials To Advance National's Agenda?
Friday, 11 June 1999, 1:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that she would be submitting questions to the government asking why Apec organisers have launched a television advertising campaign promoting the event to New Zealanders. More >>
