News & Achievements
Release: Support for climate adaptation inquiry
May 10, 2024
Labour supports a Notice of Motion in the House today to move the Finance and Expenditure Committee to conduct an inquiry on climate adaptation....
Release: Sexual violence prevention among hundreds of job cuts at ACC
May 09, 2024
The National Government plans to cut 390 jobs at ACC, including roles in the areas of prevention of sexual violence, road safety and workplace...
Release: Backtrack on school lunches a win for Kiwi kids
May 08, 2024
David Seymour has failed to get the sweeping cuts he wanted to the free and healthy school lunch programme, Labour education spokesperson Jan Tinetti...
Release: Hon Willie Jackson to debate at the Prestigious Oxford Union
May 08, 2024
Hon Willie Jackson has been invited by the Oxford Union to debate the motion “This House Believes British Museums are not Very British’ on...
Release: National won’t commit to full Nelson Hospital upgrade
May 07, 2024
The Government needs to be clear with the people of the Nelson Marlborough region about the changes it is considering for the Nelson Hospital...
Release: Labour calls for fast track list to be released
May 06, 2024
Ministers must front up about which projects it will push through under its Fast Track Approvals legislation, Labour environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said today....
Release: National gaslights women fighting for equal pay
May 02, 2024
National has scrapped the pay equity taskforce that fights for equal pay for women and looks at ethnic pay gaps.
Release: More job cuts, fewer houses under National
May 02, 2024
The Government is again adding to New Zealand’s growing unemployment, this time cutting jobs at the agencies responsible for urban development and growing much...
Release: Children fall deeper through the cracks in Govt cuts
May 02, 2024
With Minister Karen Chhour indicating in the House today that she either doesn’t know or care about the frontline cuts she’s making to Oranga...
Release: Labour honours memory of Sir Robert Martin
May 02, 2024
The Labour Party is saddened to learn of the death of Sir Robert Martin, a globally renowned disability advocate who led the way for...
Release: 130,000 cattle saved from live export
May 01, 2024
Labour is calling for the Government to urgently rethink its coalition commitment to restart live animal exports, Labour animal welfare spokesperson Rachel Boyack said....
Release: National’s job cuts already starting to bite as unemployment rises
May 01, 2024
Unemployment is on the rise and it’s only going to get worse under this Government, Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds said.
Release: National hiking transport costs for families and young New Zealanders
April 30, 2024
Weekly expenses will grow for more than 1.6 million New Zealanders as the Government ends free and half price public transport fares tomorrow.
Release: Labour welcomes EU free trade agreement
April 30, 2024
The New Zealand Labour Party welcomes the entering into force of the European Union and New Zealand free trade agreement.
Release: $1.7b for no increase in access to medicine
April 30, 2024
The National-led Government continues its fiscal jiggery pokery with its Pharmac announcement today, Labour Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall says.
Release: National should heed Tribunal warning and scrap coalition commitment with ACT
April 29, 2024
This afternoon’s interim Waitangi Tribunal report must be taken seriously as it affects our most vulnerable children, Labour children’s spokesperson Willow-Jean Prime.
Release: More accountability for preventable workplace deaths this Workers’ Memorial Day
April 29, 2024
Labour is calling for more accountability for preventable workplace deaths because everybody who goes to work deserves to come home safely.
Release: Working together on consistent support for veterans this Anzac Day
April 24, 2024
Our two-tiered system for veterans’ support is out of step with our closest partners, and all parties in Parliament should work together to fix...
Release: Penny drops – but what about Seymour and Peters?
April 24, 2024
Stripping two Ministers of their portfolios just six months into the job shows Christopher Luxon’s management style is lacking, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said....
Release: Budget blunder shows Nicola Willis could cut recovery funding
April 23, 2024
It appears Nicola Willis is about to pull the rug out from under the feet of local communities still dealing with the aftermath of...
Release: RMA changes will be a disaster for environment
April 23, 2024
The Government is making short-sighted changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) that will take away environmental protection in favour of short-term profits, Labour’s...
Release: Labour supports urgent changes to emergency management system
April 23, 2024
Labour welcomes the release of the report into the North Island weather events and looks forward to working with the Government to ensure that...
Release: Labour calls for New Zealand to recognise Palestine
April 22, 2024
The Labour Party has called for the New Zealand Government to recognise Palestine, as a material step towards progressing the two-State solution needed to...
Release: Three strikes law political posturing of worst kind
April 22, 2024
The Government is bringing back a law that has little evidential backing just to look tough, Labour justice spokesperson Duncan Webb said.
Release: Government cuts unbelievably target child exploitation, violent extremism, ports and airports
April 22, 2024
Some of our country’s most important work, stopping the sexual exploitation of children and violent extremism could go along with staff on the frontline...
Release: Environmental protection vital, not ‘onerous’
April 22, 2024
The Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill will give projects such as new coal mines a ‘get out of jail free’ card to wreak havoc...
Release: Govt cuts doctors and nurses in hiring freeze
April 19, 2024
Cuts to frontline hospital staff are not only a broken election promise, it shows the reckless tax cuts have well and truly hit the...
Release: Progress on climate will be undone by Govt
April 19, 2024
New Zealand’s good work at reducing climate emissions for three years in a row will be undone by the National government’s lack of ambition...
Release: Dark day for Kiwi kids as a third of Govt cuts affect them
April 17, 2024
News that 1000 jobs at the Ministry of Education and Oranga Tamariki could go is devastating for future generations of New Zealanders.
Release: Alarm as Government signals further blow to school lunches
April 17, 2024
More essential jobs could be on the chopping block, this time Ministry of Education staff on the school lunches team are set to find...
Release: Quick, submit – stop Govt’s dodgy approvals bill
April 16, 2024
The Government is trying to bring in a law that will allow Ministers to cut corners and kill off native species, Labour environment spokesperson...
Release: Public transport costs to double as National looks at unaffordable roading project instead
April 15, 2024
Cancelling urgently needed new Cook Strait ferries and hiking the cost of public transport for many Kiwis so that National can announce the prospect...
Release: Cost of living in Auckland still not a priority
April 15, 2024
A laundry list of additional costs for Tāmaki Makarau Auckland shows the Minister for the city is not delivering for the people who live...
Release: Govt should stop making people’s lives harder and build more homes
April 11, 2024
The National Government’s proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act will mean tenants can be turfed from their homes by landlords with little notice,...
Release: Melissa Lee missing in action on media
April 11, 2024
The action Melissa Lee promised to protect democracy and the media sector is missing, Media and Communications spokesperson Willie Jackson said.
Release: Don’t cut our lunches – clear message sent to Government
April 10, 2024
Tens of thousands of people are demanding the Government commits to fully funding free and healthy school lunches.
Release: Govt makes U-turn on Suicide Prevention Office
April 09, 2024
Labour welcomes the Government’s U-turn on the closure of the Suicide Prevention Office, says Labour Mental Health spokesperson Ingrid Leary.
Release: Commitment to disability communities missing from Govt priorities
April 08, 2024
Minister for Disability Issues Penny Simmonds appears to have delayed a report back to Cabinet on the progress New Zealand is making against international...
Release: Government must commit to school building project for disabled students
April 05, 2024
The Government must commit to the Maitai School building project for students with high and complex needs, to ensure disabled students from the top...
Release: National must take mental health seriously
April 05, 2024
Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey and his Government colleagues have made a meal of their mental health commitments, showing how flimsy their efforts to...
Release: Job losses at Health not worth it for tax cuts
April 04, 2024
New Zealand will feel the harm of the National Government’s reckless cuts to jobs at the health ministry for generations, says Ayesha Verrall.
Press release: No Māori initiatives in Government’s nothing plan
April 03, 2024
Māori are yet to see anything from this Government except cuts, reversals and taking our people backwards, Māori Development spokesperson Willie Jackson said.
Release: Less money in most people’s pockets this April
March 31, 2024
Changes to minimum wage and benefit indexation means many New Zealanders will get less this year, as the Government gives a big tax break...
Release: Simeon Brown shortchanges Aucklanders
March 28, 2024
The Coalition Government’s plan to ‘get Auckland moving’ is a cuts cover-up that will ultimately cost Aucklanders more to move around the city, says...
Release: Time to call time on greyhound racing
March 28, 2024
The Labour Party is calling on the Government to ban greyhound racing.
Release: Nicola Willis’ numbers still don’t add up
March 27, 2024
Kiwis are none-the-wiser today after Nicola Willis’ botched Budget Policy Statement.
Release: Labour calls for food pricing inquiry
March 27, 2024
Labour has proposed an urgent inquiry to investigate the ever-increasing profits of supermarkets, aiming to lower costs for shoppers and food producers alike, says...