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Release: Nicola Willis has a new job while she oversees New Zealanders losing theirs
January 22, 2025
There are still struggles ahead with rising rents, rates, insurance and high unemployment, despite today’s inflation data.
Release: Cabinet reshuffle a futile exercise from failing government
January 21, 2025
National's Cabinet reshuffle is a futile attempt to turn around a failing government.
Release: Labour acknowledges Lyn Fleming's death
January 13, 2025
Labour expresses its shock and sadness at the death of widely respected Police Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming.
Release: Labour mourns passing of Dame Tariana Turia
January 03, 2025
Ka kohukohu te awa o Whanganui!Ka tau te kākahu taratara ki runga I te maunga o Whānau Ora!Ka tangi hotuhotu tō iwi Māori!
Release: Minister’s plan for tertiary sector a backwards step
December 20, 2024
Returning to the model that was failing for most polytechnics and Institutes of Technology is not the answer.
Release: National buries 1019 planned homes
December 20, 2024
It’s been revealed that National has cancelled 60 percent of its housing projects planned before mid-2025 amidst housing woes.
Release: Rule-Czar bill a right-wing power grab
December 20, 2024
The Government is quietly undertaking consultation on the dangerous Regulatory Standards Bill over the Christmas period to avoid too much attention.
Release: Why not both? Luxon shuns Waitangi celebrations
December 19, 2024
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is running away from problems of his own creation, with his decision not to go to Waitangi.
Release: Nicola Willis spirals country deeper into recession
December 19, 2024
The economy shrank 1% this quarter and New Zealand has tumbled into the depths of a recession of Nicola Willis’ making.
Release: Hikes for company directors but not ordinary Kiwis
December 18, 2024
Working people are going backwards while company directors are being given huge pay hikes.
Release: Strengthening Justice Services for New Zealanders
December 18, 2024
A Bill to modernise the role of Justices of the Peace (JP), ensuring they remain active in their communities and connected with other JPs,...
Release: Labour will continue fight against destructive projects
December 17, 2024
Labour will continue to fight unsustainable and destructive projects that are able to leap-frog environment protection under National’s Fast-track Approvals Bill.
Release: Visa changes let migrant workers be paid less
December 17, 2024
The Government’s latest move to reduce the earnings of migrant workers will not only hurt migrants but it will drive down the wages of...
Release: Nightmare before Christmas for Nicola Willis
December 17, 2024
With more debt and a larger deficit, Nicola Willis’ reputation is in tatters after her failure to return the Government’s books to surplus.
Release: Govt cuts wages for lowest paid NZers… again
December 17, 2024
For the second year running, the government has effectively cut wages for the lowest paid workers in New Zealand.
Release: Govt shirking responsibility for rate hikes
December 17, 2024
All the Government has achieved from its announcement today is to continue to push responsibility back on councils for its own lack of action...
Release: Govt breaks promise on EV chargers
December 16, 2024
The Government has failed to keep its promise to ‘super charge’ the EV network, delivering just 292 chargers - less than half of the...
Release: Four weeks annual leave under threat
December 13, 2024
The Government’s attack on workers continues with news it is scrapping work on the Holidays Act.
Release: National Party urged to support modern slavery legislation
December 12, 2024
Labour is urging the Prime Minister to walk the talk and support legislation combating modern slavery.
Release: Labour has lost confidence in the Speaker
December 12, 2024
The Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament made an unprecedented decision on the government amendment to the Fast Track Approvals Bill last night.
Release: Nicola Willis’ smaller ferries will cost more
December 11, 2024
After wasting a year, Nicola Willis has delivered a worse deal for the Cook Strait ferries that will end up being more expensive and...
Release: Labour fully supports greyhound racing ban
December 10, 2024
The Government has done the right thing in moving to ban greyhound racing.
Release: Boot camps must be shut down today
December 06, 2024
The Prime Minister has committed to shut down his government’s boot camps if there is evidence of harm to children – so he must...
Release: Govt breaks Auckland housing promise
December 05, 2024
Housing Minister Chris Bishop has confirmed National has broken yet another election promise.
Release: Health NZ admits errors led to claimed deficit
December 04, 2024
Health New Zealand has exaggerated its deficit to justify job cuts.
Release: More cuts to research, science and innovation sector
December 04, 2024
The Government’s latest round of cuts to research and innovation targets the long-established and successful Marsden Fund.
Release: Nicola Willis being sneaky with new taxes
December 03, 2024
Nicola Willis is refusing to rule out putting sneaky new taxes on Kiwi households.
Release: Govt benefit target even further out of reach
December 03, 2024
Christopher Luxon has once again failed to read the room and claimed success while life gets harder for everyday Kiwis.
Release: Labour urges ACC to pull investments in Israel’s illegal settlements
December 02, 2024
Labour is urging ACC to divest from companies identified by the United Nations as complicit in the building and maintenance of Israel’s illegal settlements...
Release: Further evidence to stop school lunch cuts
December 02, 2024
A new report provides further proof that David Seymour should not be messing with the free school lunch programme.
Release: A Labour Government will not join AUKUS
December 01, 2024
New Zealand will not sign up to the nuclear-powered pillar one, or the pillar two of AUKUS under a Labour Government.
Release: Labour will build Dunedin Hospital
December 01, 2024
Labour will build Dunedin Hospital as it was committed to prior to election 2023.
Chris Hipkins: Speech to Labour Party Conference 2024
December 01, 2024
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā iwi, e rau rangatira ma Tena koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa
Release: All workers deserve fair treatment
November 29, 2024
The Government’s latest change to the Employment Relations Act has no justification apart from making it easier to sack employees without having to follow...
Release: Opposition parties unite on way forward to protect ECE
November 28, 2024
Early childhood education needs to be treated as a public good, say Labour, the Green Party, and Te Pāti Māori in their newly released...
Release: 1500 Te Whatu Ora cuts will hurt New Zealanders’ health
November 27, 2024
Massive cuts across Health New Zealand/Te Whatu Ora demonstrate National’s willingness to risk the health of New Zealanders.
Release: Government to make public transport more expensive… again
November 27, 2024
The Government’s decision to push for significant fare increases on buses and trains over the next few years is a huge blow to communities...
Release: National has given up on climate action
November 27, 2024
Climate action is missing from the list of things National is patting themselves on the back for one year on from becoming government.
Release: Minister leaves Community Housing Providers out in the cold
November 26, 2024
Housing Minister Chris Bishop’s speech to Community Housing Providers today should have been titled ‘we want you to build houses, but we refuse to...
Release: Chris Hipkins sad to hear about Nikki Kaye
November 26, 2024
"The news today that Nikki Kaye has passed away after her long battle with cancer is incredibly sad," Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said.
Release: Government should be transparent on live exports
November 22, 2024
Targeted consultation on reinstating live cattle exports by sea won’t allow the New Zealand public to have their say.
Release: National doesn’t care about manufacturing
November 21, 2024
The National Government is walking away from our manufacturing sector with constant reports of closures and job losses.
Release: David Parker speech - Piketty, Inequality and Climate Change
November 21, 2024
David Parker's speech from the University of Auckland's forum on Piketty, Inequality and Climate Change in September 2024.
Release: Youth mental wellbeing no longer a priority for Child Poverty Minister
November 21, 2024
Louise Upston has revealed her diminished vision for vulnerable youth against a backdrop of snubbed advice, scrapped priorities, shifted goal posts and thousands more...
Release: National’s lack of climate action taking NZ backwards
November 21, 2024
National Government’s backward-looking climate policy has seen New Zealand fall seven places on the Climate Change Performance Index to 41 out of 63 countries...
Release: Simple reason for drop in emergency housing
November 21, 2024
When the Government says it has reduced the number of people in emergency housing, what it means is it is stopping people from accessing...
Release: A historic win for Samoan communities
November 21, 2024
Labour warmly welcomes the Restoring Samoan Citizenship Bill as it passes its third reading, before becoming law.
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