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Key’s priorities the real ‘load of nonsense’
Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Prime Minister’s fixation with tax cuts, despite a failure to pay down any debt and growing pressure on public services is the real ‘load of nonsense’, says Labour Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
Young Kiwis struggling under record mortgage debt
Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 9:43 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government needs to step in and start building affordable homes for first homebuyers now more than ever, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. More >>
Wellington business relief package needs flexibility
Monday, 28 November 2016, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s Wellington business support package is welcome news but needs to be implemented so that all affected businesses get the help they need, says Labour MP for Wellington Central Grant Robertson. More >>
EQC’s staff cuts show disregard for quake victims
Monday, 28 November 2016, 11:26 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Earthquake Commission’s stubborn insistence on slashing its workforce and its operational funding by nearly half shows callous disregard for victims of the Kaikoura earthquake and the thousands of Cantabrians still waiting to resolve claims, says ... More >>
Māori Land Court job losses must be delayed
Monday, 28 November 2016, 8:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell must request that pending job losses at the Māori Land Court are put on hold until the Māori land reform process is resolved and the risk of losing centuries of collective institutional knowledge is ... More >>
Landowners let down by Maori Land Bill
Saturday, 26 November 2016, 8:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Māori landowners have been seriously let down by a flawed Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill which lacks broad support, fails to address the obstacles to development and instead risks further alienation of land, says Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP Meka Whaitiri. More >>
Financial support needed for urgent earthquake strengthening
Friday, 25 November 2016, 11:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must provide urgent support to residents for important earthquake strengthening work so that it happens quickly, says Grant Robertson, Wellington Central MP. More >>
Labour welcomes equal pay
Thursday, 24 November 2016, 1:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has long appreciated the value of women’s work and welcomes the Government’s decision to address pay equity for women, say’s Labour’s associate Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson Sue Moroney. More >>
Surgeons’ letter a damning indictment
Thursday, 24 November 2016, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A letter from Waikato Hospital’s orthopaedic surgeons claiming that hospital managers are stopping them from making follow-up checks on patients is a damning indictment of the health system, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King More >>
Out of touch Nats continue state house sell-off
Thursday, 24 November 2016, 11:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government should be focused on building houses for families to buy and more state houses for families in need, not flogging them off, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. More >>
Joyce drags feet while Capital businesses suffer
Thursday, 24 November 2016, 11:07 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Wellington businesses affected by the earthquake are continuing to struggle while the Government drags its feet on getting a business assistance package up and running, says Grant Robertson, Wellington Central MP. More >>
Earthquake exposes training shortfall
Wednesday, 23 November 2016, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil Twyford MP for Te Atatū Building and Construction Spokesperson MEDIA STATEMENT 23 November 2016 More >>
More cops needed to get P off our streets
Wednesday, 23 November 2016, 11:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s cuts to Police funding and drug enforcement officers has seen a surge in cheap P on our streets, says Labour’s Police spokesperson Stuart Nash. More >>
Urgent rethink needed on workplace safety
Wednesday, 23 November 2016, 10:09 am | New Zealand Labour Party
An urgent rethink is needed on the Government’s new workplace safety laws with the number of deaths this year already at the same level as at the same time in the 2015 calendar year, says Labour’s Associate Workplace Safety spokesperson Sue Moroney. More >>
Time to pull the plug on state house sell-off
Tuesday, 22 November 2016, 5:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The collapse of the planned sell-off of state houses in Horowhenua is an opportunity for the Government to call time on its troubled state house sell off policy, says Labour’s housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Treasury sounds warning bell – but National’s not listening
Tuesday, 22 November 2016, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Today's long term fiscal outlook issued by The Treasury is a welcome wake-up call on the need to dramatically improve and diversify our economy and properly plan for the future, Grant Robertson, Labour’s Finance Spokesperson says. More >>
Don't believe the hype - debt has skyrocketed under National
Tuesday, 22 November 2016, 12:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The reckless dangling of tax cuts by the National Government is all the more irresponsible when it is put alongside the failure to pay down debt or put money aside for future superannuation costs, says Labour’s Finance Spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
Talk of tax cuts is plain crazy
Monday, 21 November 2016, 12:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s talk of tax cuts when the Government has $63 billion of debt, superannuation costs are rising by $1 billion a year and the cost of meeting another natural disaster, is just plain crazy, says Labour Leader Andrew Little More >>
Green policies support Labour’s housing plan
Saturday, 19 November 2016, 10:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Green Party’s housing package is a welcome complement to Labour’s plan to fix the housing crisis, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. “It’s clear that, to get the affordable homes we need and save the Kiwi dream of homeownership, ... More >>
Brownlee needs to take quake issues seriously
Saturday, 19 November 2016, 10:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Gerry Brownlee's flippant and ignorant attitude to the issues revealed by this week's earthquakes is unworthy of a government minister responsible for protecting New Zealanders during disasters, says Labour's Civil Defence spokesperson Clare Curran. "This ... More >>
