The Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson needs to take control of the biggest issue in her portfolio and give New Zealanders certainty that there will be no mining in National Parks, Labour Conservation spokesperson David Parker says.
Labour's Auckland Issues spokesperson, Phil Twyford says “Minister of Local Government, Rodney Hide is misleading Aucklanders on a daily basis as the list of super city critics grows longer and longer.”
Preventing alcohol and drug addicts from accessing addiction services in Canterbury is a short-sighted and stupid move, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson and Corrections spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove say.
The Government needs to release its report on where it thinks more mining should be allowed in the conservation estate now, so the public can see for themselves just what it is planning, Labour Conservation spokesperson David Parker says.
A political stitch-up seems to have been negotiated which has seen the unfortunate politicisation of Auckland’s popular Pasifika Festival, Labour List MP Carmel Sepuloni said today.
Prime Minister John Key's proposal to reintroduce commercial whaling threatens to undo years of good work in marine mammal conservation and sustainable development in the Pacific, Labour's Pacific Island Affairs spokesperson Luamanuvao Winnie Laban says.
Revelations today that the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs faces funding cuts in the Budget are extremely concerning, Labour's Pacific Island Affairs Spokesperson Luamanuvao Winnie Laban says.
"During my time as Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, real progress was made in advancing Pacific people in New Zealand.
Transport Minister Steven Joyce's forced reassurance today to senior citizens that subsidised off peak transport will "not be cut" appears clear cut, but the devil will be in the detail, Labour’s Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes said today.
The Labour Party’s online petition opposing John Key’s apparent plans to resume commercial whaling has been signed by more than 2,000 people in less than 48 hours, Labour Foreign Affairs spokesperson Chris Carter says.
Confirmation that the military junta has barred opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in Burma’s upcoming elections has been condemned by Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Chris Carter.
