Education Minister Erica Stanford still can’t confirm when the Government will deliver the $2 billion worth school upgrades she cut earlier this year.

Labour acknowledges the hundreds of workers today losing their jobs as the Winstone Pulp mill closes and what it will mean for their families...

Te Whatu Ora’s financials from the last year show the Government has manufactured a financial crisis to justify making cuts that are already affecting...

Associate health minister Casey Costello has made a fool of the Prime Minister, because the product she’s been fighting to get a tax cut...

Time has run out for Nicola Willis who has failed to keep her promise to deliver a solution to replace the Interislander ferries by...

Labour supports Buller and Dunedin communities who are marching today and calling on the Government to act urgently to fix the health crisis.

News that the Smithfield meatworks could close is devastating for the hundreds of people who work there, Timaru and the wider region.

The Government is taking tertiary education down a worrying path with new reporting finding that fourteen of the country’s sixteen polytechnics couldn’t survive on...

The non-announcement in Dunedin today had Ministers leaving broken promises and a likely severely diluted hospital build in their wake.

The New Zealand Labour Party welcomes the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed today with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Government has shown its true intentions for the public service and economy – it’s not to get more public servants back to the...

The National Government is hiding the gaps in the health workforce from New Zealanders, by not producing a full workforce plan nearly a year...

The Government has cut funding for bus drivers to get paid fairly for the work they do, Labour transport spokesperson Tangi Utikere said.

Gun lobbyist Nicole McKee and her conflict of interest has struck again, this time removing safety regulations from shooting clubs and ranges in New...

The real problem in the public sector is ongoing job losses and cuts to the front line.  

The National Government is oblivious to the impact cuts to services will have on New Zealanders who are doing the hard yards caring for...

Nicola Willis has set up the public service to fail to pay for reckless tax cuts for landlords and the tobacco industry.

National continues to dismantle environmental protections in the interests of rushing through unsustainable development that will ultimately cost communities. 

The economy has stagnated and the National Government is having to face the consequences of its atrocious lawmaking, as beneficiary numbers skyrocket past even...

There are 104 fewer police officers now than there were when National came into Government.

The National Government’s decisions have hindered, not helped the economy.

The Government is failing the manufacturing sector with no plan for its future.

Sentencing policy announced by Minister Paul Goldsmith today is anything but new, merely window dressing to make up for backwards violent crime statistics under...

David Seymour doesn’t stick to his own standards of good regulation despite having a multimillion-dollar vanity ministry set up to do so. 

Labour Leader Chris Hipkins will travel to the United Kingdom this week to attend the annual UK Labour Party conference in Liverpool and meet...

Scrapping the Progressive Procurement programme designed to support and grow Māori businesses is a missed opportunity.

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has cut grants helping overseas family of victims to attend the next phase of the Coronial Inquiry into the 15...

Labour’s Mangere MP Lemauga Lydia Sosene has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will shortly take medical leave.

The Government is taking a wrecking ball to our public education system by reinstating charter schools.

The National Party is wasting millions of dollars allowing David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill to be drafted and go to Select Committee.

The Migration figures released by Stats NZ today show National is continuing to drive Kiwis away from New Zealand in record numbers.

New Zealanders needing aged care support and the people who care for them will be worse off if the Government pushes through a flawed...

Labour is devastated at news hundreds of workers are set to lose their jobs following the closure of Winstone Pulp mills.

National Party Ministers have a majority in Cabinet and can stop David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill, which even the Prime Minister has described as...

The National Government is so determined to hide the list of potential projects that will avoid environmental scrutiny it has gagged Ministry for the...

Labour has complained to the Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission about the high number of non-disclosure agreements that have effectively gagged staff at...

The National-led government has been given a clear message from the local government sector, as almost all councils reject the Government’s bid to treat...

The Labour Party congratulates Kuīni Ngā Wai hono i te po Paki on being crowned as the eighth Te Ariki Nui – head of...

Labour backs the call from The Rainbow Support Collective members for mental health funding specifically earmarked for grassroots and peer led community organisations to...

As expected, the National Land Transport Programme lacks ambition for our cities and our country’s rail network and puts the majority of investment into...

News that the annual number of building consents granted for new homes fell by more than 20 percent for the year ended July 2024,...

The Government must guarantee New Zealanders will not be at risk after making changes to the way mental health callouts are handled. 

With disability communities still reeling from the diminishing of Whaikaha, a leaked document now reveals another blow with National restricting access to residential care...