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Release: Transparency needed on boot camps
February 15, 2025
The Government is stonewalling requests for information about its boot camps experiment, while pushing ahead with a Bill to enshrine them into law.
Release: Disabled people languishing in psych wards due to Govt cuts
February 14, 2025
National’s cuts to disability support funding and freezing of new residential placements has resulted in significant mental health decline for intellectually disabled people.
Release: Nicola Willis tone deaf as 230 jobs lost
February 14, 2025
Nicola Willis thought it was the perfect time to celebrate today, while 230 people lost their jobs.
Release: Students misled on halal school lunches
February 14, 2025
It’s been revealed that Muslim students have been misled on the Government’s school lunches, which were claimed to be halal.
Release: Bloodbath continues for health leadership
February 14, 2025
The Government continues to tear apart New Zealand’s health leadership, sacking or forcing the resignation of our top medical experts.
Release: Paper mill closure adds to growing job losses
February 14, 2025
The Government has no plan to support workers as 230 more jobs are lost today with the closure of the Kinleith paper mill.
Release: Willis’ supermarket announcement all talk, no plan
February 13, 2025
Nicola Willis’ latest supermarket announcement is painfully weak with no new ideas, no real plan, and no relief for Kiwis struggling with rising grocery...
Release: Homelessness growing under National
February 13, 2025
Housing is going in the wrong direction under National, despite promises to build more houses and reduce the social housing waitlist.
Release: More Kiwis are hungry, homeless and out of work
February 12, 2025
Half of Pacific children sometimes going without food is just one of many heartbreaking lowlights in the Salvation Army’s annual State of the Nation...
Release: Health system will suffer from ‘let it fail’ strategy
February 10, 2025
National’s cutting of digital staff in our health system will put patients at risk and leave hospitals vulnerable to cyber-attack.
Release: Cuts to school bus routes put Northland kids at risk
February 10, 2025
The Government is putting cost-cutting ahead of kids’ safety with its decision to cut rural school bus routes in Northland.
Release: Watered down investor visa will fail economy
February 10, 2025
Erica Stanford has reached peak shortsightedness if today’s announcement is anything to go by, picking apart immigration settings piece by piece to the detriment...
Release: Craven silence on ICC conveys consent
February 10, 2025
New Zealand has long been a member of the International Criminal Court, which impartially prosecutes serious war criminals for atrocities.
Release: Health leadership in disarray while Kiwis miss out
February 07, 2025
Te Whatu Ora Chief Executive Margie Apa leaving her job four months early is another symptom of this government’s failure to deliver healthcare for...
Release: Māori and Pacific people hit hardest by lack of jobs
February 05, 2025
The latest unemployment figures reveal that job losses are hitting Māori and Pacific people especially hard, with Māori unemployment reaching a staggering 9.7% for...
Release: Unemployment soars as Government fails Kiwis
February 05, 2025
The latest unemployment figures reveal that job losses are hitting Kiwis hard, with unemployment reaching 5.1%—a four-year high.
Release: Still no commitment to build more public houses
February 04, 2025
Despite being confronted every day with people in genuine need being stopped from accessing emergency housing – National still won’t commit to building more...
Release: Mining plan offers false promises with real damage
January 31, 2025
The Government is doubling down on outdated and volatile fossil fuels, showing how shortsighted and destructive their policies are for working New Zealanders.
Release: Dunedin wins, hospital build continues
January 31, 2025
The people of Dunedin have won in an almost year-long battle to have their hospital confirmed, but National’s delays have cost dearly.
Release: Frontline providers deserve certainty, not name-calling
January 30, 2025
Labour is relieved to see Children’s Minister Karen Chhour has woken up to reality and reversed her government’s terrible decisions to cut funding from...
Release: Seymour’s school lunch cuts already failing kids
January 30, 2025
It is the first week of David Seymour’s school lunch programme and already social media reports are circulating of revolting meals, late deliveries, and...
Release: Govt soft on prosecuting migrant exploitation
January 30, 2025
The National Government’s big talk on combatting the exploitation of migrant workers has been exposed as a sham today.
Release: More road deaths likely if evidence not followed
January 29, 2025
Any road deaths as a result of increased speed limits will now be on the Government’s hands.
Release: Luxon misleading on the economy
January 28, 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is misleading the public by falsely claiming the economy has been in recession for three years.
Release: Nicola Willis prioritises visitors over everyday Kiwis
January 27, 2025
In her first announcement as Economic Growth Minister, Nicola Willis chose to loosen restrictions for digital nomads from other countries, rather than focus on...
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.
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