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Climate Denial Is An Insult To Pacific Leaders
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 6:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“To imply to Pacific leaders that changes to the climate we’re experiencing are no cause for alarm, is an insult to those fighting to save their islands from rising seas. More >>
Uber Court Decision Recognises Workers' Rights
Monday, 26 August 2024, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Currently regarded as contractors by Uber, this court decision means that drivers will be recognised as employees and have the employment rights they have always deserved. This a victory for workers and shows the law works as it should,” said Labour workplace ... More >>
Labour Calls On Govt To Divest From Illegal Settlements
Monday, 26 August 2024, 10:07 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party is calling on the Government to tell the two major wealth funds, the NZ Super Fund and ACC, to withdraw investments from companies listed by the United Nations as complicit in Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian ... More >>
Govt Backtrack On Fast-track Still Not Enough
Sunday, 25 August 2024, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National must listen to the countless environmental groups, experts and iwi that say they don’t want this Bill out of fear for the damage it will cause. We can certainly have a process that speeds up decision-making for projects, but it must ... More >>
Chris Hipkins’ Speech To Local Government New Zealand
Friday, 23 August 2024, 11:43 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Local councils will always have at their core of their work the provision of the infrastructure we all rely on everyday like roads, water, and waste disposal. But their role in building thriving communities and providing social infrastructure is ... More >>
Regional Deals Can’t Leave Ratepayers Picking Up The Bill Again
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 2:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“The Government clearly wants to rely on private investment that will push costs yet again on to ratepayers,” Labour local government spokesperson Kieran McAnulty said. More >>
Govt In Thrall To Tobacco Lobbyists
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 11:25 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“Today’s revelations that tobacco lobbyists have been trying to portray their products as healthy, and target political parties to get favourable tax cuts and less regulation demonstrates how much influence they have over NZ First in particular,” ... More >>
Christopher Luxon Hangs Councils Out To Dry
Wednesday, 21 August 2024, 6:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The fact is that the Government hasn’t taken any action to support councils, forcing them to rely solely on rates that won’t even cover the basics. A spineless and cynical political move. The equivalent to tying someone legs together then criticising ... More >>
New Zealand Behind In Workplace Health And Safety
Monday, 19 August 2024, 11:27 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand is falling behind our overseas counterparts when it comes to workplace health and safety a new report shows, yet the National Government is pushing ahead with cuts to the agency responsible for improving workplace safety. More >>
Minister Blames Family Support Services For Her Own Incompetence
Friday, 16 August 2024, 4:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Instead of scapegoating providers and trying to spin the issue as their fault, Karen Chhour must recognise that the ones paying the ultimate cost of these cuts are vulnerable children and families. More >>
National Takes The Knife To Nelson Hospital
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government has plans to downgrade the rebuild of Nelson Hospital, leaving the people of Nelson high and dry, and there isn’t even a business case for it. More >>
Govt Delivers Its Biggest Blow To Disability Communities
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 10:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
After months of targeting disabled people, the Government has dealt its harshest blow yet by slashing Whaikaha, the Ministry of Disabled People. More >>
Boot Camps Experiment Drags On
Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 4:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Karen Chhour has done little to quell worries for these young people’s safety and has recently failed to front up to the hard questions, instead opting to blame those who ask them. More >>
Aucklanders Want Better Transport Not Tax
Monday, 12 August 2024, 11:32 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“The newly released State of the City report shows the Government’s decisions have slowed progress in Auckland, but when the city calls out for leadership Simeon Brown has put his hand out for more cash from whānau in Tāmaki Makaurau,” Labour ... More >>
Consultation Farce As Agenda Is Set On Firearms Changes
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“The ACT Party campaigned on getting rid of the firearms registry, now the Minister is blocking the public from giving their views on proposed changes to it,” Labour police spokesperson Ginny Andersen said. More >>
Emergency Housing Changes Will See More People On Streets
Friday, 9 August 2024, 4:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Government is making it harder to access housing and easier to be kicked out - we’re talking about people with nowhere else to go and now anxiously waiting to find out if they still have a home. More >>
Funding Cuts Will Hurt Community Mental Health
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Not only was that funding halved to $5 million per year, but the Minister has also made the criteria so restrictive that very few organisations will be able to apply. More >>
Government Confirms Rates To Go Up
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 10:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Rates are about to go up even further now with the Government pushing local councils under a borrowing bus. More >>
9000 More Kiwis Out Of Jobs Under National
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Many economists predicted unemployment would rise, with the Treasury predicting it will still reach 5.3% this year. Yet the government has done nothing to support people into work or provide any certainty or confidence for the business community. More >>
Labour Calls For Ban On Procurement From Illegal Settlements
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 10:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party is calling on the Government to support the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling by using its procurement rules to ban government agencies from purchasing goods or services from Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied ... More >>
