News & Updates
Release: Govt fails hundreds of workers as mills close
September 11, 2024
Labour is devastated at news hundreds of workers are set to lose their jobs following the closure of Winstone Pulp mills.
Release: Cabinet should stop the Treaty Principles Bill
September 09, 2024
National Party Ministers have a majority in Cabinet and can stop David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill, which even the Prime Minister has described as...
Release: Staff gagged to keep fast track list secret
September 09, 2024
The National Government is so determined to hide the list of potential projects that will avoid environmental scrutiny it has gagged Ministry for the...
Release: Labour challenges Te Whatu Ora gag orders
September 09, 2024
Labour has complained to the Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission about the high number of non-disclosure agreements that have effectively gagged staff at...
Sign the petition: Keep military-style firearms off our streets
September 07, 2024
Help us tell the Government that reintroducing military-style firearms should not be up for debate.
Release: Government on the wrong side of Māori wards
September 06, 2024
The National-led government has been given a clear message from the local government sector, as almost all councils reject the Government’s bid to treat...
Release: Labour congratulates Kuīni Ngā Wai hono i te po Paki
September 05, 2024
The Labour Party congratulates Kuīni Ngā Wai hono i te po Paki on being crowned as the eighth Te Ariki Nui – head of...
Release: Rainbow youth neglected in mental health funding
September 03, 2024
Labour backs the call from The Rainbow Support Collective members for mental health funding specifically earmarked for grassroots and peer led community organisations to...
Release: Transport in NZ has to be more than just roads
September 03, 2024
As expected, the National Land Transport Programme lacks ambition for our cities and our country’s rail network and puts the majority of investment into...
Speech: Barbara Edmonds Building Nations 2024
September 03, 2024
Tēnā koutou katoa, Thank you for your warm welcome and for having my colleagues and I here today. Earlier you heard from the Labour...
Building consents data bad news for construction
August 30, 2024
News that the annual number of building consents granted for new homes fell by more than 20 percent for the year ended July 2024,...
Release: Gaps still to be addressed in callouts response
August 30, 2024
The Government must guarantee New Zealanders will not be at risk after making changes to the way mental health callouts are handled.
Poroporoaki: Kiingi Tuheitia passing
August 30, 2024
Haere e te Kīngi o te kotahitanga Haere ki o nui, ki o rahi i te pō
Release: National restricts access to disability care homes
August 29, 2024
With disability communities still reeling from the diminishing of Whaikaha, a leaked document now reveals another blow with National restricting access to residential care...
Release: Govt must help save 230 manufacturing jobs
August 29, 2024
Labour is calling on the Government and Mercury Energy to find a solution to the proposed Winstone Pulp mill closure and save 230 manufacturing...
Release: PM fails in constitutional role and leadership
August 29, 2024
The failure of the Prime Minister to condemn his Minister for personally attacking the judiciary is another example of this Government riding roughshod over...
Release: Patient care at risk from redundancies
August 28, 2024
Patient care could suffer as a result of further cuts to the health system, which could lose thousands of staff who keep our hospitals...
Release: Police are off the beat under National
August 28, 2024
Foot patrols around the country have decreased 15 percent since National took office, despite National’s Mark Mitchell claiming otherwise.
Release: Climate denial is an insult to Pacific leaders
August 27, 2024
Winston Peters’ climate denialism at the Pacific Islands’ Forum is an embarrassing new low.
Release: Uber court decision recognises workers' rights
August 26, 2024
The Court of Appeal decision that Uber drivers are entitled to employee rights such as minimum wage, sick leave, holiday pay and collective bargaining...
Release: Labour calls on Govt to divest from illegal settlements
August 26, 2024
The Labour Party is calling on the Government to tell the two major wealth funds, the NZ Super Fund and ACC, to withdraw investments...
Release: Govt backtrack on fast-track still not enough
August 25, 2024
Labour welcomes news that the National Government is backing down on its reckless proposal to give Ministers final sign-off on significant projects, but it’s...
Release: Regional deals can’t leave ratepayers picking up the bill again
August 22, 2024
On the back of a patronising speech to local councils the Government has rushed out an announcement on regional and city deals that leaves...
Release: Govt in thrall to tobacco lobbyists
August 22, 2024
The National Government has put the interests of tobacco lobbyists ahead of New Zealanders and their health.
Release: Christopher Luxon hangs councils out to dry
August 21, 2024
“The Government is ignoring its responsibilities to councils and setting up local elected officials to take the blame for its lack of action,” Labour...
Submit: Tell National you care about climate action
August 19, 2024
We all know that climate change is here and already causing more extreme weather events that impact our lives, environment and economy. We need...
Release: New Zealand behind in workplace health and safety
August 19, 2024
New Zealand is falling behind our overseas counterparts when it comes to workplace health and safety a new report shows, yet the National Government...
Release: Minister blames family support services for her own incompetence
August 16, 2024
It’s been another frustrating week for our family support and prevention services who are still coming to grips with funding cuts and a Minister...
Release: National takes the knife to Nelson hospital
August 15, 2024
The Government is leaving one of New Zealand’s fastest growing regions without the medical facility it desperately needs.
Add your voice: Save Whaikaha, the Ministry of Disabled People
August 15, 2024
Disabled people deserve to lead meaningful and dignified lives. They deserve a fully-fledged ministry that serves and advocates for them.
Release: Govt delivers its biggest blow to disability communities
August 15, 2024
After months of targeting disabled people, the Government has dealt its harshest blow yet by slashing Whaikaha, the Ministry of Disabled People.
Release: Boot camps experiment drags on
August 14, 2024
The Government’s half-hearted report card on their boot camps experiment just highlights again why they are a waste of time and money.
Release: Aucklanders want better transport not tax
August 12, 2024
A damning report on Auckland’s future is an ugly cloud over Simeon Brown’s head as he announces yet another cost for our largest city....
Release: Consultation farce as agenda is set on firearms changes
August 12, 2024
The Government appears to have made its decision on the direction of firearms changes, promising the public would be able to have their say...
Release: Emergency housing changes will see more people on streets
August 09, 2024
The Government is cutting support for those who need somewhere to live, but not building anymore homes so they have somewhere to go.
Release: Funding cuts will hurt community mental health
August 08, 2024
Community mental health groups are on the precipice of folding due to Government cuts to frontline funding.
Release: Government confirms rates to go up
August 08, 2024
Rates are about to go up even further now with the Government pushing local councils under a borrowing bus.
Release: More Māori and Pasifika people jobless under National
August 07, 2024
Unemployment figures released today show 11,100 more Māori and Pasifika people are without jobs compared to this time last year, bringing the total number...
Release: 9000 more Kiwis out of jobs under National
August 07, 2024
New figures released by Statistics New Zealand today show how government policies that stop progress, work and jobs affects real New Zealanders.
Release: Labour calls for ban on procurement from illegal settlements
August 07, 2024
The Labour Party is calling on the Government to support the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling by using its procurement rules to...
Release: Cancer drug delay is the cruel result of Govt's bad decisions
August 05, 2024
The Government’s decision to delay the free availability of life-saving cancer drug Keytruda means more waiting for patients who have already been hurt by...
Release: National away with the ferries in botched deal
August 04, 2024
Almost eight months on from scrapping new Cook Strait ferries, National still has no solution.
Release: Document dump still doesn’t make the case for AUKUS
August 02, 2024
The Government continues its pretence that its promotion of Aukus Pillar 2 is what Labour did previously, which is just not correct, released papers...
Labour leader statement on cancellation of March 15 Royal Commission of Inquiry recommendations
August 02, 2024
“Almost five years on, there should be no better time to complete the 44 recommendations the Royal Commission of Inquiry made after March 15,”...
Release: National have their heads in the sand over climate
July 31, 2024
The National Government is living in la-la land if it thinks it can achieve New Zealand’s climate goals with its current lack of policies...
Release: Anti-scam bill to help protect people’s money
July 31, 2024
A new Member’s Bill to increase protections from scams, including for vulnerable customers, is being introduced to the Ballot today.
Release: Majority say no to Govt’s Māori wards bill
July 30, 2024
The National-led government has taken away the choice of councils with the passing of Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies)...