Menu

News & Updates

Press release
Press release

Release: Labour formally apologises to state and faith-based care survivors

November 12, 2024

Labour joins with the Government in unreservedly apologising for the abuse, neglect and trauma including torture in state and faith-based care and for ignoring...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Concerns remain over tobacco interference

November 08, 2024

Concerns about the tobacco industry’s ability to interfere in government policy making remain, despite the inability of the Office of the Auditor-General to investigate...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Poroporoaki: Ta Robert (Bom) Gillies

November 08, 2024

Kua hinga te manawa kairākau o Te Rua Tekau Ma Waru Tiwhatiwha te po! Kakarauru i te po! Ka rapuhia kei hea koe kua riro! Haere e...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori call on the Prime Minister to block the Treaty Principles Bill

November 07, 2024

The opposition parties stand united for an Aotearoa that honours Te Tiriti, rather than seeking to rewrite it. Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Winston Peters must apologise

November 06, 2024

The Deputy Prime Minister should apologise to the public servant he named and blamed for something they did not do, and for misusing the...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Government continues to fail small business

November 06, 2024

The Government is leaving small businesses high and dry in difficult economic times, by letting big business get away with not paying their bills....

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Unemployment rising under National

November 06, 2024

Nicola Willis’ policies continue to slow the economy with more Kiwis out of work as a result.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Shovels in the ground this term unlikely

November 06, 2024

National looks set to break another election promise, this time by not beginning construction on a second Mt Victoria tunnel this term, Labour transport...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Government’s disgrace for Christchurch homeowners

November 04, 2024

The Government is backtracking on existing commitments to do the right thing by homeowners let down by EQC (now the Natural Hazards Commission).

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: National’s FamilyBoost a colossal flop

November 04, 2024

Nicola Willis continues to over promise and under deliver, with most families receiving only $30 a week from National’s flagship FamilyBoost flop.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Trade deal with Gulf states welcomed

November 04, 2024

Labour welcomes the conclusion of a trade deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that was restarted under a Labour government after languishing for...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Labour welcomes OAG fast track inquiry

November 04, 2024

The Government should consider the outcome of an Auditor-General report into conflicts of interest before progressing the Fast track Approvals Bill through Parliament. 

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Funding for Gumboot Friday should pause

October 31, 2024

The National Government should review its support for Gumboot Friday after unacceptable comments by its leader and champion Mike King.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Labour backs Christchurch City Council sanctions on Israel

October 25, 2024

Labour is backing Christchurch City Council’s decision not to do business with firms involved in Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Territories.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Government driving away offshore wind industry

October 24, 2024

The Government has created a hostile environment for companies seeking to build offshore wind farms.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Govt cuts school lunches even further

October 22, 2024

The Government has gone back on its word and cut the full school lunch programme in primary schools after saying it wouldn’t.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Appalling process on three strikes law

October 22, 2024

The Government is subverting parliamentary process on laws the evidence already shows don’t work.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Labour calls for investigation into tobacco tax cut

October 22, 2024

The Government’s decision to award a $216 million tax break for Philip Morris’ heated tobacco products reeks of tobacco industry interference and needs to...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Delay to retirement village review won’t help residents

October 21, 2024

The National Government is treading water on a much-needed review of the Retirement Villages Act, kicking any amendments down the road till the next...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Serious concerns ignored in Govt’s fast track bill

October 18, 2024

National’s fast track bill enables the most radical and unbalanced consenting regime in living memory.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Labour supports continuing fight for dairy access

October 18, 2024

Labour welcomes the National Government’s decision to further pursue our access to the Canadian dairy market under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Job losses devastating for Timaru

October 18, 2024

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

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Further uncertainty for Kiwirail as jobs set to go

October 17, 2024

KiwiRail offering voluntary redundancy to all its staff is hugely concerning given the future of New Zealand’s rail system is under threat.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Benefit numbers continue to soar under National

October 17, 2024

National’s all pain approach to beneficiaries has yielded no gain as benefit numbers continue to surge past projected figures.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Lack of funding puts pressure on frontline Police

October 17, 2024

News that 173 roles are being cut at Police will only put more pressure on the frontline.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Bipartisan agreement on outdated marriage law

October 17, 2024

Changes to outdated relationships legislation has passed its third reading giving family violence survivors the power to quickly dissolve abusive marriages.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Cuts to Apprenticeship Boost will fail future NZ

October 16, 2024

The Government’s cuts to the Apprenticeship Boost programme will leave New Zealand without the workforce it needs to build homes, schools and hospitals.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Sluggish economy means struggles ahead for Kiwis

October 16, 2024

While today’s inflation numbers are good news for Kiwis, there are still struggles ahead with rising rents, rates, insurance and high unemployment.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Govt changes threaten depleted Hauraki Gulf

October 13, 2024

The National Government has sneakily reneged on protecting the Hauraki Gulf, reducing the protected area of the marine park and inviting commercial fishing in...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: No time to slow-down on disaster response

October 10, 2024

Labour welcomes the release of the Government’s response to the report into the North Island weather events but urges it to push forward with...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Where are the 100,000 families?

October 10, 2024

Nicola Willis has once again shown her promises are based on ghost families, with less than half registering for the FamilyBoost payments.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Bill restoring Samoan Citizenship progresses

October 09, 2024

Labour is pleased the Samoan Citizenship Bill has unanimous support as it enters second reading.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: National bent the rules to keep coalition commitment

October 09, 2024

The National Government bent all sorts of rules to give $24 million to Gumboot Friday just to fulfil a coalition agreement.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: National’s deficit stories don’t hold up

October 08, 2024

Te Whatu Ora’s finances have deteriorated under the National Government, turning a surplus into a deficit, and breaking promises made to New Zealanders to...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Politics over police safety puts shame on PM

October 08, 2024

The Prime Minister’s decision to back his firearms minister on gun law changes despite multiple warnings shows his political judgement has failed him yet...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Govt takes the scalpel to regional health budgets

October 07, 2024

At Labour’s insistence, Te Whatu Ora financial documents have been released by the Health Select Committee today showing more cuts are on the way...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Fast track list reveals Govt’s backroom deals

October 07, 2024

The coalition Government’s backroom deals with coal and ironsands mining companies have finally been revealed – and it’s not pretty.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Nicole McKee unfit for firearms portfolio

October 07, 2024

Fresh questions have been raised about the conduct of the Firearms Minister after revelations she misled New Zealanders about her role in stopping gun...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: The question remains… will schools get their classrooms?

October 04, 2024

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

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Govt failing NZ’s manufacturing sector

October 03, 2024

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

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Govt has made up a cost crisis to justify cuts

October 03, 2024

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...

Continue Reading
Speech

Speech: Why Kiwi businesses are the best in the world

October 03, 2024

The New Zealand business community is unique. It has always punched well above its weight on the world stage.

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Costello makes a fool of the PM

October 02, 2024

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...

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Government breaks promise on ferry plan

September 30, 2024

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

Continue Reading
Press release

Release: Labour supports marches for better health

September 30, 2024

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

Continue Reading

Chip In

Support our movement