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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 >>