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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...
Release: No cost of living support, no vision in first 100 days
March 08, 2024
Kiwis are still waiting for their promised cost of living support after 100 days of a National Government that is taking us backwards, Labour...
Release: Lobbyists riding shotgun with Coalition Government
March 07, 2024
The Fast Track Approvals Bill shows Ministers’ ears are well and truly taken by lobbyists, says Labour Environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking.
Release: Strong support for school lunches with over 16,000 signatures in 24 hours
March 07, 2024
The Government must commit to funding free and healthy school lunches, as thousands of people sign the petition to keep them, education spokesperson Jan...
Release: Labour launches campaign to save school lunches
March 06, 2024
The free and healthy school lunches programme feeds our kids, helps them to learn, and saves families money – but it is at risk...
Release: Govt distracts from its plan to bring back dangerous guns
March 01, 2024
The Government’s proposed changes to Firearms Prohibition Orders (FPO) add almost nothing new and are merely an attempt to distract from its plans to...
Release: Smokefree generation to be trashed for tax cuts
February 28, 2024
Today marks a tragic milestone for New Zealanders as the Coalition Government side with big tobacco to repeal the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products...
Release: Government to abandon Māori health
February 27, 2024
Disestablishing Te Aka Whai Ora ahead of an emergency Waitangi Tribunal hearing is not only hasty, it goes against the treaty and the advice...
Release: Govt focus on gang wardrobes not good policy
February 25, 2024
The Government's re-announcement of its impractical policy on gang insignia isn't going to make it work any better, and will only put more pressure...
Release: National’s own advice shows Aucklanders will pay more, not less
February 25, 2024
The financial tales the Coalition Government told to get elected continue to unravel as advice from the Ministry of Transport shows removing the Regional...
Release: Labour saddened by news of Fa’anānā Efeso Collins
February 21, 2024
The Labour Party is devastated by news of Green MP and long-time Labour member Fa’anānā Efeso Collins, who died during a charity event this...
Release: Barbara Edmonds to take on finance role
February 20, 2024
Mana MP Barbara Edmonds will take over the Finance portfolio following Grant Robertson’s retirement, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins announced today.
Release: Grant Robertson to retire from Parliament
February 20, 2024
Labour List MP and former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Grant Robertson will retire from Parliament next month, and later in the...
Release: Education resource changes will harm young people
February 18, 2024
The Government’s intention to remove sexual education resources and guidelines for schools and kura will be a damaging step backwards for many young people,...
Release: Labour member’s bill supports local democracy
February 16, 2024
The Local Electoral (Abolition of the Ratepayer Roll) Amendment Bill will level the playing field of local democracy by removing the ability for those...
Release: Every ratepayer to pay more under National’s plan for water services
February 12, 2024
It is now certain that New Zealand ratepayers will pay higher rates with the Government confirming it has no plan to help councils deal...
Release: Minimum wage a cut for those who need it most
February 01, 2024
The Government’s decision to make a tiny two per cent increase to minimum wage is simply not enough to help low wage families across...
Release: National’s new numbers promise NZ Police deficit
February 01, 2024
National’s new police numbers will result in a deficit, leaving New Zealand Police shorter staffed, says Labour Police Spokesperson Ginny Andersen.
Release: Mark Mitchell breaks Police coalition promise with New Zealand First
January 30, 2024
Police Minister Hon Mark Mitchell has confirmed to Parliament today that National has walked away from one of their key coalition agreements on law...
Release: Labour calls for immediate implementation of ICJ orders on Gaza
January 27, 2024
The New Zealand Labour Party is calling on the Government to press Israel to immediately implement the provisional orders of the International Court of...
Release: Labour MP Rino Tirikatene retiring from politics
January 26, 2024
Labour’s spokesperson for Corrections and Land Information Rino Tirikatene will resign from Parliament effective Sunday.
Release: Third of Kiwis face rising weekly transport bills
January 18, 2024
Weekly expenses will grow for some of the most vulnerable people in New Zealand as public transport fares are set to rise under the...
Release: Labour calls on Govt to intervene in case against Israel
January 10, 2024
The New Zealand Labour Party is calling on the Government to participate in the legal action being led by South Africa regarding Israel’s acts...
Release: Coalition of chaos has no economic plan
December 20, 2023
The Government’s so-called mini budget is nothing more than a litany of distractions, delays and diversions which leave the country without any certainty or...
Release: Labour MP Kelvin Davis retiring from politics
December 15, 2023
Labour’s Kelvin Davis will resign from parliament effective from Waitangi Day 2024.
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