News & Updates
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The Government is doubling down on outdated and volatile fossil fuels, showing how shortsighted and destructive their policies are for working New Zealanders.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.
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.