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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...
Release: Penny Simmonds should be sacked over disability funding debacle
March 27, 2024
The Prime Minister has taken all decisions around disability funding out of Penny Simmonds hands, and yet she’s still a Minister.
Release: Minister fails to stand up for ethnic communities
March 26, 2024
With 14% of jobs on the line at the Ministry for Ethnic Communities, the responsible Minister Melissa Lee is failing to stand up for...
Speech: Chris Hipkins - Values matter
March 24, 2024
Chris Hipkins delivered a speech on why values matter.
Release: Would the real Police Minister please stand up?
March 24, 2024
The cracks in the Coalition are deepening as Ministers scramble to avoid responsibility of delivering their promise of 500 more police.
Release: Insurance Contracts Bill to overhaul insurance law
March 22, 2024
A Member’s Bill drawn this week would modernise insurance law and make things fairer and more transparent for consumers, Christchurch Central MP Duncan Webb...
Release: Member’s Bill to support path to pay transparency
March 22, 2024
A bill with a simple focus of allowing conversations about pay has been drawn from the Member’s Ballot.
Release: Human cost of National’s tax cuts becoming clear
March 21, 2024
Hundreds of jobs could go as the impact of public service cuts hit the Ministry for Primary Industries and the Ministry of Health.
Release: Minister confirms it was her decision to make changes to disability funding
March 21, 2024
The Minister for Disability Issues has confirmed she was aware of funding issues in mid-December and did nothing to stop it. On 14 March,...
Release: Tax cuts now even more irresponsible
March 21, 2024
The National Government continues to talk about irresponsible tax cuts that will only drive up inflation, despite the country entering a technical recession.
Release: Minister must urgently reinstate funding flexibility and apologise to disabled communities
March 21, 2024
The Minister for Disability Issues must act urgently to reinstate flexibility around the funding for disability support and apologise to disabled carers.
Release: Minister confirms Labour’s reduced RUC rate for PHEVs
March 19, 2024
The Government has accepted Labour’s change to the Road User Charge (RUC) discount for hybrid vehicles, meaning there will still be some incentive for...
Release: Labour sets sights on 2026
March 14, 2024
This year is about getting real with Kiwis and discussing the tough issues, as the National Government exacerbates inequality and divides New Zealand, Labour...
Release: Book-keeping blow out misses extra $90 million
March 12, 2024
The Coalition Government’s miscalculation saga continues as it has forgotten an eyewatering $90 million gap in its interest deductibility cost figures, say Labour Finance...
Release: Government must get serious quick on climate change
March 12, 2024
He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission has today released advice that says if the Government doesn’t act now New Zealand is at risk...
Release: Coalition gives tax relief to millionaire landlords
March 10, 2024
The Coalition Government has today confirmed it is abandoning first home buyers who are struggling to get ahead, says Labour Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds....
Release: Labour remembers long-serving MP Jonathan Hunt
March 08, 2024
The Labour Party is sad to learn of the death of one of its longest-serving Members of Parliament, Jonathan Hunt.
Release: Health system an afterthought in 100-day plan
March 08, 2024
The Government has left the health system as an afterthought, announcing half-baked targets at the last minute of their 100-day plan, says Labour Health...
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