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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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.
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...
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).
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
Release: Bill restoring Samoan Citizenship progresses
October 09, 2024
Labour is pleased the Samoan Citizenship Bill has unanimous support as it enters second reading.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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