The Government must do three things in Budget 2025 if it is genuinely going to turn things around for New Zealanders.

Labour’s Peeni Henare will pick up the foreign affairs portfolio, following David Parker’s departure from Parliament.

Rehashing old laws around boy racers is not going to make our communities safer, or distract New Zealanders from the appalling decision to cut...

Labour is asking the Government why it is silent on Israel’s deliberate use of starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, saying New...

Survivors of abuse in state care have a right to feel disappointed and sidelined by the Government.

Labour is launching a members’ bill to stop the Government from putting tobacco industry interests ahead of public health.

The Labour Party backs volunteer firefighters who are currently not covered by ACC for workplace disease and mental injury and is drafting policy to...

National has forced through a law change that will take money out of women’s pockets.

In the last 12 months life has only got worse for Māori under Christopher Luxon’s Government.

There are more Pacific people unemployed as the rate increases to a staggering 10.8% under National.

Job losses remain stubbornly high under National, as their attack on jobs, wages, and women rages on.

Labour welcomes the Auditor-General’s inquiry into the Government’s school lunches programme.

This Government is taking the women’s movement backwards, ensuring women will continue to be paid less into the future.

Erica Stanford has been misusing her personal email address to manage sensitive information relating to Budget and visa changes prior to their public release.

After failing to be upfront about cuts to intensive care beds, it’s now becoming clear that other downgrades to Dunedin Hospital are being concealed...

This May Day Labour is standing with workers to defend decent jobs and fair pay.

Two old and ageing ferries are going to have to work double time because of this Government’s failure to get a ferry deal.

Today’s confirmed closure of the North Shore Women’s Centre after losing government funding is a huge loss for women in Auckland.

Simeon Brown needs to come clean to the people of Dunedin about why he hid plans to downgrade their new hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.

Nicola Willis announced that funding for almost every Government department will be frozen in this year’s budget, costing jobs, making access to public services...

This Anzac Day, Labour recognises veterans and the service they have given to our country.

After promising $250 a fortnight to many families, the Government has been forced to admit just a couple hundred families are receiving it.

The Government is putting children at risk in early childhood education (ECE) by proposing to loosen the requirement for qualified teachers.

The Government must support Northland hapū who have resorted to rakes and buckets to try to control a devastating invasive seaweed that threatens the...

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins joins those mourning the passing of Pope Francis.

After stonewalling requests for information on boot camps, the Government has now offered up a blog post right before Easter weekend rather than provide...

Inflation is rising again and it’s landing hardest on families already stretched thin.

The Government’s health infrastructure plan is big on promises but coy on where the money is coming from.

David Seymour is pouring $10 million into charter schools that only have 215 students enrolled.

Families already stretched by rising costs will struggle with the news food prices are going up again.

More people could be harmed if Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey does not guarantee to protect patients and workers as the Police withdraw...

The Government’s proposal to change driver licensing rules is a mixed bag of sensible and careless.

The Government is continuing to sit on its hands as students struggle to pay rent due to delays with StudyLink.

More children are going hungry and statistics showing children in material hardship continue to get worse.

New Zealanders have waited longer to get an appointment with a specialist and to get elective surgery under the National Government.

Ka mate te pire I te rā neiThe bill dies today

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...

Nicola Willis continues to sit on her hands amid a global economic crisis, leaving the Reserve Bank to act for New Zealanders who are...

A Bill to protect first home buyers and others from bad faith property vendors has been drawn from the Member’s Ballot.

Karen Chhour is proposing to scrap Oranga Tamariki targets which aim to connect more children under state care with family and their culture.

The Labour Leader today acknowledged and celebrated David Parker’s 23-year contribution to the Labour Party and to Parliament.

Long-serving Labour MP and former Minister David Parker has today announced his intention to leave Parliament.

The Government’s plan to achieve our climate goals falls short, and will cost New Zealanders money and jobs.

Abortion care at Whakatāne Hospital has been quietly shelved, with patients told they will likely have to travel more than an hour to Tauranga...

The gutting of Kāinga Ora shows public housing is not a priority for this Government as it removes a third of the roles at...

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...