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Cancer Drug Delay Is The Cruel Result Of Govt's Bad Decisions

Monday, 5 August 2024, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government’s decision to delay the free availability of life-saving cancer drug Keytruda means more waiting for patients who have already been hurt by National’s bad decisions. More >>

National Away With The Ferries In Botched Deal

Sunday, 4 August 2024, 1:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The consequences of these decisions will mean Kiwis pay more, wait years longer for new boats and face increased freight costs. More >>

Document Dump Still Doesn’t Make The Case For AUKUS

Friday, 2 August 2024, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The document release today coincides with warnings by Australian defence expert Hugh White, who said escalating strategic rivalry carries a serious risk of escalating to a nuclear conflict. More >>

Labour Leader Statement On Cancellation Of March 15 Royal Commission Of Inquiry Recommendations

Friday, 2 August 2024, 12:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Calling it quits before implementing all the recommendations while hinting at liberalisation of the law around semi-automatics is out of touch. More >>

National Have Their Heads In The Sand Over Climate

Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

“The Government is offering almost no policy to reduce pollution from livestock and is failing to maintain the electric vehicle uptake rates achieved under Labour,” said Megan Woods. More >>

Anti-scam Bill To Help Protect People’s Money

Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 9:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party

A new Member’s Bill to increase protections from scams, including for vulnerable customers, is being introduced to the Ballot today. More >>

Majority Say No To Govt’s Maōri Wards Bill

Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 5:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

“This is an utterly shameful bill that local councils do not want. Majority of Select Committee submissions were in support of keeping the wards as they are. But Simeon Brown has turned a deaf ear to push his own political agenda,” Kieran McAnulty ... More >>

Kiwis Lose More Than They Get Under National

Monday, 29 July 2024, 6:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

“The Government can make up all the reasons it likes, but the facts of the matter are Kiwis are worse off, as are our health and education systems under National,” Barbara Edmonds said. More >>

Labour Calls For Health NZ Books To Be Opened

Monday, 29 July 2024, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The public has the right to see the state of the books for themselves so Labour is calling for all of Health New Zealand’s monthly financial reports to be released. More >>

Chris Hipkins’ Auckland Hui Address

Saturday, 27 July 2024, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

I think most New Zealanders want to see us come together. I think most New Zealanders want us to work on improving outcomes for Māori. I think most New Zealanders celebrate Māori culture and identity and the fact that it makes us so unique in the world. More >>

Charter Schools To Remove The Rights Of Teachers

Friday, 26 July 2024, 1:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The coalition Government is driving to dismantle our public school system and instead promote a privatised, competitive structure that puts profits before kids, Labour education spokesperson Jan Tinetti said. More >>

National Disgrace For Children In Poverty

Thursday, 25 July 2024, 4:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

"Lifting children out of poverty is the moral obligation of any good government. This one clearly doesn’t have any,” Carmel Sepuloni said. More >>

Opposition Parties Unite To Protect ECE

Thursday, 25 July 2024, 10:23 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour, the Green Party and Te Pāti Māori are uniting to stop the Government’s dangerous changes to the Early Childhood Education sector. The Government’s Regulatory Review of ECE is being rushed through, with a Bill to be proposed in October that will negatively affect our youngest tamariki. More >>