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US election cover won’t save Māori Party

Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 1:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Under the cover of the United States election the Māori Party have again done the business of National, this time on the amendments to the RMA, says Labour Environment spokesperson David Parker. More >>

Kiwi housing dream slipping further away

Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 1:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

ASB’s latest housing confidence survey is more evidence that the Kiwi dream of owning your own home is fast disappearing, says Labour’s Housing Spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>

Pacific kids at risk of rheumatic fever

Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Pacific children are being left at risk of rheumatic fever and lifelong health issues following the Government’s refusal to tackle the housing crisis and child poverty says Labour’s associate, Pacific Health spokesperson Jenny Salesa. More >>

Bennett’s refusal to join cross party approach arrogant

Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 9:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett has refused to join a cross-party round table to discuss the recommendations of the homelessness inquiry by Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party, says Labour’s housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>

Small business would benefit from 3 years free training

Tuesday, 8 November 2016, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

A new survey which says 44 per cent of small businesses don’t think the education system gives graduates the skills their business needs shows the positive impact Labour’s three years free training policy would have on our economy, says Labour’s ... More >>

ComCom merger decline a win for media diversity

Tuesday, 8 November 2016, 10:12 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour welcomes the Commerce Commission’s draft decision to decline the merger of NZME and Fairfax as a clear sign that diversity in New Zealand’s media content is critically important, says Labour’s Broadcasting spokesperson Clare Curran. More >>

National’s housing crisis drives need for emergency housing

Tuesday, 8 November 2016, 9:07 am | New Zealand Labour Party

National’s belated copying of Labour’s emergency housing policy still fails to address the causes of the housing crisis, says Labour Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>

Speech: Little - Labour Party Conference

Sunday, 6 November 2016, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

E nga mana E nga tapu E Te whanau o te roopu reipa Tena koutou katoa Talofa lava Kia orana Malo e lelei Nǐ hǎo Namaste Jacinda, thank you so much for that introduction. Can I acknowledge party president Nigel Haworth, and all of our hard working New ... More >>

Labour offers hope for young people out of work

Sunday, 6 November 2016, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour will get young people not in education, training or employment, working in our communities, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. “A Labour Government will provide hope to the 74,000 young people not in employment, education or training ... More >>

Botany Labour to Contest Howick Local Board By-Election

Saturday, 5 November 2016, 1:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Following the resignation of Lucy Schwaner, the wife of the local National Party MP and Campaign Manager of the Vision & Voice (National Party front) Team, Jami-Lee Ross, from the Howick Local Board thus triggering a by-election the Botany Labour ... More >>

Minister needs to stop Housing New Zealand heartlessness

Friday, 4 November 2016, 2:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Bill English needs to stop the heartless treatment of grieving families by Housing New Zealand, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>

Government must act on new Novopay debacle

Thursday, 3 November 2016, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The latest sorry chapter in the Novopay saga is a serious privacy breach and the Government must find out what has gone wrong, says Acting Education spokesperson Jenny Salesa. More >>

Select Committee suppresses Smith’s bungling of RMA reforms

Thursday, 3 November 2016, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

After 11 months, including 5 months of inaction, Government members of the Environment Select Committee today took what the Clerk of Parliament called the “extraordinary” step to block any report back to Parliament explaining the delay, says Labour’s ... More >>

Red Zone mental health issues won’t go away

Thursday, 3 November 2016, 2:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Today’s Human Rights Commission report shows that the nightmare of the Christchurch earthquakes has not gone away for a lot of Cantabrians and more money has to be spent on the city’s mental health services, says Labour’s Canterbury spokesperson Megan ... More >>