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Release: Boot camps blog post fails to provide clarity
April 17, 2025
After stonewalling requests for information on boot camps, the Government has now offered up a blog post right before Easter weekend rather than provide...
Release: Inflation rises and families feel the squeeze
April 17, 2025
Inflation is rising again and it’s landing hardest on families already stretched thin.
Release: Govt doesn’t know how to fund new hospitals
April 16, 2025
The Government’s health infrastructure plan is big on promises but coy on where the money is coming from.
Release: $10 million for only 215 students in charter schools
April 16, 2025
David Seymour is pouring $10 million into charter schools that only have 215 students enrolled.
Release: Food prices further stretching the family budget
April 15, 2025
Families already stretched by rising costs will struggle with the news food prices are going up again.
Release: Mental health staff and patients at risk without plan
April 14, 2025
More people could be harmed if Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey does not guarantee to protect patients and workers as the Police withdraw...
Release: Driver licensing proposal doesn’t put safety first
April 14, 2025
The Government’s proposal to change driver licensing rules is a mixed bag of sensible and careless.
Release: Students struggling as Govt sits on hands
April 11, 2025
The Government is continuing to sit on its hands as students struggle to pay rent due to delays with StudyLink.
Release: More must be done to stop children going hungry
April 11, 2025
More children are going hungry and statistics showing children in material hardship continue to get worse.
Release: Longer wait for treatment under National
April 11, 2025
New Zealanders have waited longer to get an appointment with a specialist and to get elective surgery under the National Government.
Chris Hipkins speech: Treaty Principles Bill second reading
April 10, 2025
Normally, when I rise in this House to speak on a bill, I say it's a great privilege to speak on the bill. That...
Release: End to the Treaty Principles Bill, but challenges remain ahead for Aotearoa
April 10, 2025
Ka mate te pire I te rā neiThe bill dies today
Release: Bill to make trading laws fairer passes first hurdle
April 10, 2025
Labour MP Kieran McAnulty’s Members Bill to make the law simpler and fairer for businesses operating on Easter, Anzac and Christmas Days has passed...
Release: Reserve Bank acts while Govt shrugs
April 09, 2025
Nicola Willis continues to sit on her hands amid a global economic crisis, leaving the Reserve Bank to act for New Zealanders who are...
Release: Property Law Amendment Bill pulled from ballot
April 09, 2025
A Bill to protect first home buyers and others from bad faith property vendors has been drawn from the Member’s Ballot.
Release: More children at risk of losing family connections
April 09, 2025
Karen Chhour is proposing to scrap Oranga Tamariki targets which aim to connect more children under state care with family and their culture.
Release: David Parker made a difference – Hipkins
April 08, 2025
The Labour Leader today acknowledged and celebrated David Parker’s 23-year contribution to the Labour Party and to Parliament.
Release: David Parker to step down from Parliament
April 08, 2025
Long-serving Labour MP and former Minister David Parker has today announced his intention to leave Parliament.
Release: Flaws in Govt’s climate strategy will cost us money
April 07, 2025
The Government’s plan to achieve our climate goals falls short, and will cost New Zealanders money and jobs.
Release: Abortion care quietly shelved amid staff shortage
April 03, 2025
Abortion care at Whakatāne Hospital has been quietly shelved, with patients told they will likely have to travel more than an hour to Tauranga...
Release: Govt guts Kāinga Ora, third of workforce under axe
April 03, 2025
The gutting of Kāinga Ora shows public housing is not a priority for this Government as it removes a third of the roles at...
Release: Thousands of submissions excluded from Treaty Principles Bill report
April 03, 2025
Thousands of New Zealanders’ submissions are missing from the official parliamentary record because the National-dominated Justice Select Committee has rushed work on the Treaty...
Release: Uncertainty remains over the impact of tariffs
April 03, 2025
Today’s announcement of 10 percent tariffs for New Zealand goods entering the United States is disappointing for exporters and consumers alike, with the long-lasting...
Release: Worst February for building consents in over a decade
April 02, 2025
The National Government’s choices have contributed to a slow-down in the building sector, as thousands of people have lost their jobs in construction.
Release: Labour supports Willie Apiata’s selfless act
April 02, 2025
Willie Apiata’s decision to hand over his Victoria Cross to the Minister for Veterans is a powerful and selfless act, made on behalf of...
Release: Govt health and safety changes put workers at risk
March 31, 2025
Changes to New Zealand’s health and safety laws will strip back key protections for small businesses and put working Kiwis at greater risk.
Release: Kiwis worse off this April thanks to Govt choices
March 31, 2025
April 1 used to be a day when workers could count on a pay rise with stronger support for those doing it tough, but...
Release: Three more years for Interislander ferries
March 31, 2025
Winston Peters is shopping for smaller ferries after Nicola Willis torpedoed the original deal, which would have delivered new rail enabled ferries next year.
Release: Myanmar junta must stop the airstrikes
March 31, 2025
The Government should work with other countries to press the Myanmar military regime to stop its bombing campaign especially while the country recovers from...
Release: National failing to deliver on supermarkets
March 31, 2025
National is paying lip service to its promises to bring down the cost of living, failing to make any meaningful change in the grocery...
Release: Labour backs farmers’ call for better process on GE
March 27, 2025
Labour shares farmers’ concerns that the Gene Technology Bill is moving too fast.
Release: Bar still too high for small mental health providers
March 27, 2025
Small mental health providers will still be locked out of co-funding from the Mental Health Innovation Fund despite a lower threshold.
Release: Kiwis lose faith in job market
March 26, 2025
Confidence in the job market has continued to drop to its lowest level in five years as more New Zealanders feel uncertain about finding...
Release: Govt must tackle meth use crisis
March 24, 2025
New data shows methamphetamine use is spiralling out of control while the Government sits on its hands.
Release: Govt’s continued lack of action on Gaza condemned
March 21, 2025
Hundreds more Palestinians have died in recent days as Israel’s assault on Gaza continues and humanitarian aid, including food and medicine, is blocked.
Release: National at sea over Defence jobs
March 20, 2025
National is looking to cut hundreds of jobs at New Zealand’s Defence Force, while at the same time it talks up plans to increase...
Release: National standards returning by stealth
March 20, 2025
It’s been revealed that the Government is secretly trying to bring back a ‘one-size fits all’ standardised test – a decision that has shocked...
Release: Kiwis still struggling as economy stumbles along
March 20, 2025
Kiwis aren’t feeling any better off despite figures showing a very slight growth in GDP in the December quarter.
Release: Luxon quick to give away principled position on nukes
March 19, 2025
Christopher Luxon seems to have thrown New Zealand’s principled anti-nuclear advocacy under a bus.
Release: Still no certainty for disability communities
March 18, 2025
One year on from the Government’s abrupt and callous changes to disability funding, the community still has no idea what the future holds.
Release: National botches health funding numbers
March 15, 2025
Health Minister Simeon Brown’s claim that the Government has put $16.68 billion into the health system over three years is wrong.
Release: Auckland needs second harbour crossing
March 14, 2025
Labour supports Minister Chris Bishop’s call for input on the second Waitematā Harbour crossing.
Speech: Barbara Edmonds’ speech to NZ Investment Summit 2025
March 14, 2025
I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak to you today about how we make overseas investment work for all New Zealanders.
Release: Labour does not support PPPs for prisons
March 14, 2025
Labour does not support the private ownership of core infrastructure like schools, hospitals and prisons, which will only see worse outcomes for Kiwis.
Release: Members’ Bill makes wage theft a crime
March 13, 2025
Workers will now be able to go to the Police and report their employer if they are not being paid wages they’re owed.
Release: Labour supports sanctions against Israel’s illegal occupation
March 12, 2025
The Labour Party will support Chloe Swarbrick’s member’s bill which would allow sanctions against Israel for its illegal occupation of the Palestinian Territories.
Release: Govt procurement plan cuts wages and trashes the environment
March 12, 2025
The Government’s new procurement rules are a blatant attack on workers and the environment, showing once again that National’s priorities are completely out of...
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