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Open Mike 26/07/2017
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Daily Review 25/07/2017
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Greens: Grandparents and children deserve better than National’s ‘penal welfare’
Written By: - Date published: 7:13 am, July 25th, 2017 - 34 comments
National’s ‘penal welfare’ approach is failing kids, failing caregivers and failing New Zealand.
Open Mike 25/07/2017
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Daily Review 24/07/2017
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Willie Jackson: The Orewa Speech
Written By: - Date published: 10:30 am, July 24th, 2017 - 2 comments
Details of a fundraiser for Rodney Labour and Willie Jackson will give his take on Don Brash’s infamous Orewa speech.
Open Mike 24/07/2017
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Open Mike 23/07/2017
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Open Mike 22/07/2017
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State of emergency on the South Island’s east coast
Written By: - Date published: 9:43 pm, July 21st, 2017 - 22 comments
Evacuations are now happening throughout Otago and Canterbury, with more rain expected over night and into Saturday.
Daily Review 21/07/2017
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The Catholic Church is urging its parishoners to vote
Written By: - Date published: 8:15 am, July 21st, 2017 - 29 comments
The catholic bishops of Aotearoa have released a pamphlet urging parishoners to vote. And apart from conservative positions on euthenasia and drug liberalisation the policies they support have a decidedly progressive bent.
Tax cuts or fix this…
Written By: - Date published: 7:01 am, July 21st, 2017 - 54 comments
Auckland City Councilor Richard Hills yesterday tweeted some of the things we would like to see fixed before a tax cut. You might want to add to the list. Good thing Labour is promising to cancel the cuts and spend billions more on health and education.
Open Mike 21/07/2017
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Daily Review 20/07/2017
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Open Mike 20/07/2017
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Daily Review 19/07/2017
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The Doctor Who helpline
Written By: - Date published: 9:04 am, July 19th, 2017 - 51 comments
Lordy, what’s going on?
Open Mike 19/07/2017
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Daily Review 18/07/2017
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Open Mike 18/07/2017
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Daily Review 17/07/2017
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Open Mike 17/07/2017
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Open Mike 16/07/2017
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The Green Infrastructure Fund
Written By: - Date published: 2:48 pm, July 15th, 2017 - 18 comments
The Greens commit to making NZ carbon-neutral by 2050.
James Shaw Speech to the Green’s conference – Greening the Government
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The text of James Shaw’s speech to the Greens Conference focussing on the Green’s policy response to Climate Change.
Open Mike 15/07/2017
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Daily Review 14/07/2017
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Open Mike 14/07/2017
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Daily Review 13/07/2017
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- Government doesn’t care about kids teeth
With New Zealand having some of the worst oral health in the world, you would think that the government would be doing all in its power to improve things.Unfortunately that doesn't appear to be the case, with children from lower ...2 hours ago - About those fake elective surgery stats
The National led government has once again been caught misrepresenting statistics in order to make themselves look good… this time on the numbers of people getting elective surgery.Statistics on elective surgery are Nationals go to when they’re trying to make ...2 hours ago - Can value capture help pay for new infrastructure?
When we build new infrastructure that connects places to useful destinations or opens up development opportunities, it lifts the value of properties in the surrounding areas. This is pretty intuitively sensible: Holding all else equal, most people would be willing ...4 hours ago - Introducing a Universal Basic Income in New Zealand – Insights from the Finnish Trial?
Finland began a Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilot at the start of 2017. Will its findings be useful in informing the policy debate in New Zealand? The idea of a UBI scheme has attracted growing interest in recent years: the ...5 hours ago - France: “Only the collective strength of the working class can bring change”
At the annual fête de Lutte Ouvriere The French revolutionary Lutte Ouvriere produces scores of weekly workplace bulletins. The bulletins are about particular issues in the workplaces while also containing a national editorial. Below is the editorial that appeared ...15 hours ago - Data gaps and social murder
Today in Question Time we saw a perfect example of how government dodges accountability: by deliberate ignorance. Asked how many beneficiaries were homeless, the Minister for Social Development made it clear that she didn't know, and asked that it be ...19 hours ago - Streetfilms: NijmegenA great new video from Streetfilms on Nijmegen in the Netherlands and something particularly relevant for our smaller cities like Hamilton, Tauranga and Dunedin This Streetfilm was a pure joy to make, and it really snuck up on me. Nijmegen, ...22 hours ago
- Left Voice video on Pepsi workers’ struggle, Buenos Aires22 hours ago
- Voter Motivators 2017: Immigration.
23 hours ago - People don’t want media to rip-off their Facebook and Twitter posts – study
Public interest or interested public? Photo: 123rf The broadcasting regulator wants the media to rethink how it uses public social media posts without permission. The Broadcasting Standards Authority has published the results of focus group discussions of ...24 hours ago - Who is advising the National party?
Traditionally, the National led government and their propagandists have blamed the Labour party for any problems it’s faced over the last nine years. Obviously they’re just passing the buck... but their brain-dead supporters seem to love it.However heading into this ...24 hours ago - New Govt Housing Company – Paerata and Drury West Confirmed
On Sunday Bill English announced a co-investment of up to $600m for network infrastructure needed to support more greenfield growth in north and south of Auckland. This will be through a Crown company called Crown Infrastructure Partners (CIP), formally Crown Fibre Holdings. ...1 day ago - Gordon Campbell on the Bojo visit
Column – Gordon CFirst published on Werewolf British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson is in town today, just over a year since his political career peaked… and then wobbled off into a grey zone of indecision. Yes, Johnson did front successfully ...1 day ago - Are Markets Free?
In a recent Metro article, Matthew Hooten wrote ‘globalisation combined with free markets has been the most successful economic and social system of the world’. I do not propose to discuss whether we can describe as successful a social system ...2 days ago - On welfare and survival
I have been on and off welfare for 13 years now (six of those I was on the student allowance which was still shit and hard to access but at least I was never sanctioned). I am a precarious low ...2 days ago - WINZ staff have a target for throwing people off benefitsSomething we knew all along, but until now could never prove: WINZ staff have a target for throwing people off benefits: Work and Income (WINZ) staff are "more than happy" to break the law to get people off benefits so ...2 days ago
- Two-facedSince National introduced chater schools into New Zealand, Labour has been crystal clear in its opposition, promising repeatedly to abolish and close them. But now it turns out that they didn't really mean it after all:Labour plans to make changes ...2 days ago
- The Beguiled: Another rumination on the insular, impenetrable world of wealthy white girlhood
The Beguiled may be a detour for Sofia Coppola, but somehow all roads lead to the same place. Colin Farrell and Kirsten Dunst in The Beguiled. Photo: NZ International Film Festival When it comes to Sofia ...2 days ago - Councils to consider national cat legislation
As part of the LGNZ’s AGM this week local councils will vote on a remit to improve the management of cats in New Zealand. If successful councils will lobby the Government for development of national legislation to help manage cats. ...2 days ago - Sins Of Admission: A Response To John Armstrong’s Attack On Metiria Turei.
2 days ago - Shooting the messengerThere is abundant evidence that the British military committed war crimes in Iraq: torture, abuse, the murder of civilians, all of which are crimes under UK and UK military law. But rather than properly investigating those crimes, the Ministry of ...2 days ago
- Must readToday's must-read (though its from last week): Peter Newport's piece in The Spinoff on The Ministry of Transport fraud case: Why the rot goes deeper than Joanne Harrison. Based on information from more MoT whistleblowers, it makes a convincing case ...2 days ago
- What’s your gig? How work is changing
Sometimes giving up on a single job pays off. Illustration: Rachel Neser Contemporary dance performer, choreographer, producer, teacher, administration assistant, life model and koha-funded drinks company owner. Those job titles all apply to Natalie Maria Clark. ...2 days ago - The GCSB perjured themselvesKim Dotcom lost a court case last week over whether he could see the communications the GCSB intercepted from him in order to assess the amount of damages he is owed. But in doing so, we learned something new: that ...2 days ago
- The main stream media is out of touch
2 days ago - Sean Plunket – Asshole of the Week
After this weekend you’ve really got to wonder if The Opportunities Party is trying to be the new Association of Consumers and Taxpayers party?Not content with mansplaining Lizzie Marvelly about her latest Herald column for most of Saturday, Sean Plunket ...2 days ago - National – Kiwi jobseekers are drug addicts
There is no question that the National party likes a high level of immigration into New Zealand because it keeps wages artificially low. The side effect is that increasing competition through unemployment and underemployment means many Kiwi jobseekers miss out ...2 days ago - Battery trains to be approved for Pukekohe
On Wednesday, the council’s Finance Committee is being asked to give urgent funding approval to purchase 17 new battery powered trains, or Independently Powered Electric Multiple Units (IPEMUs) as they’re referred to officially. The council paper and the full business case notes ...2 days ago - Gordon Campbell on why Trump is a good thing
First published on Werewolf At this point, its worth noting there’s one good reason for being grateful that Donald Trump is in the White House – and the appointment of Anthony Scaramucci as the White House Communications Director is a ...2 days ago - On the ‘NZ Taxpayers Union Inc’ PR attack machine
Following some discussion on Twitter about this astroturf political attack machine’s activities, I’ve been asked for these. They’re public documents available on the Register of Incorporated Societies … Application to incorporate a society (see names below*) ‘NZ Taxpayers Union Inc’ ...3 days ago - Corbyn’s Labour, British imperialism and the working classBelow is the text of a talk delivered by Dani in Dunedin on Friday, July 21. by Dani Sanmugathasan Good evening! My name is Dani Sanmugathasan, and I am a member of the British Marxist and Leninist organisation called ...3 days ago
- What’s In It for Putin?
As Donald Trump starts to sink into that quicksand of his own making that the vexed issue of Russian involvement in his election has now become, one question – among the many others that arise in this context – may ...3 days ago - Sunday reading 23 July 2017
Welcome back to Sunday reading. Here are a bunch of housing stories starting with one from the Yale professor Robert W Shiller on the supply constraints responsible for the housing crisis in the States. Robert Shiller, “Why Do Cities Become Unaffordable?“, ...3 days ago - 2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #29
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's Pick The Planet Is Warming. And It's Okay to Be Afraid Why being fearful can be part of a healthy, heroic response ...3 days ago - Corbyn’s Labour – still wedded to capitalism; British ‘far left’ – still wedded to Labourby Workers Fight The recent developments on the political scene in Britain have thrown usually clever commentators and political pundits into a mild state of confusion. After all, it was one thing getting the result of the 2016 EU referendum ...3 days ago
- China’s Got Talent!
A truly splendid rendition of The Internationale. Enjoy. Video courtesy of YouTube This posting is exclusive to Bowalley Road. ...4 days ago - Drinking river water – Tourism NZ puts visitors at risk
. . When it comes to irresponsibility and incompetence, we are well used to National’s performance over the last eight years. Homelessness and rising unaffordability, under-funding in healthcare and education; corporate subsidies; wasting taxpayers’ money on pointless exercises; increasing ...5 days ago - Hard News: This is bad – very bad
According to a statement issued today by the Chief Coroner and the police, seven deaths in the past month in Auckland have been linked to the use of "synthetic cannabis". A follow-up report in the Herald has more bad news: a St ...5 days ago - Labour’s promise puts future of public tertiary education on the ballot paper
Labour’s promise to ditch the National-led Government’s plans to change the law so that public funds can be diverted to for-profit education offers voters a real choice in this election about the future of public tertiary education, the Tertiary Education ...5 days ago - “No idea” IIMeanwhile, while the government claims it had "no idea" there was a housing crisis or that it would cost so much, social housing waiting lists have hit record highs: The growing demand for social housing in New Zealand is showing ...5 days ago
- The Square is the quintessential film festival film – with a twist.
Part social commentary, part satire, the Swedish Palme d’Or winner will draw in festy goers like moths to flames. But is it laughing with, or at, its audience? Photo: NZ International Film Festival The Square is the ...5 days ago - Emerging artists explore housing, political, celebrity issues
Art for more than just art's sake. Theo Macdonald's depiction of himself as David Bowie is one of dozens of artworks. Image: Supplied A slab of concrete will soon be hung on a wall at Victoria ...5 days ago - Hard News: Friday Music: Remembering RoiIn the days before email, when even toll calls were prohibitively priced, we would write each other letters. Rambling affairs, typed single-space (yes, some of us had typewriters – we weren't cave people) and full of news, gossip and extravagant ...5 days ago
- New Fisk5 days ago
- New East-West images
A newsletter from the NZTA yesterday highlighted some new graphics of what the East-West Link will look like. The consent hearings for the project are currently in full swing. The first, and most shocking drawing, is of the East-West Link ...5 days ago - The cost of denialDespite having been warned for years about the housing crisis, National now says it had "no idea" that it was a problem:Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett has admitted "in hindsight" the Government's response to the housing crisis has been too ...5 days ago
- The contrast between Labour and National is clear
5 days ago - Nothing Fresh About Labour’s Approach.
5 days ago - June-2017 Ridership
Auckland Transport have now published the ridership figures for June. The month is one of the most important in the year as it represents the end of the financial year and so the results are what become the official results ...5 days ago - Have the Greens gone ‘radical’?by Phil Duncan Well, according to the media – and there seems to be quite a consensus – the answer to the question above is a resounding ‘yes’. According to Tim Murphy, co-editor of Newsroom, policies adopted at last weekend’s ...5 days ago
- The no go area
By Don Franks In a few short weeks, all New Zealand citizens over 18 not in prison will be entitled to cast a vote electing the countries parliament. This modern set of rights is an undeniable step up from the ...6 days ago - NZ Initiative – Bulk Funding Schools. . Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. – Albert Einstein. . On 6 July, the “NZ Initiative” – a re-branded right-wing think-tank previously known as the NZ Business Roundtable – released a ...6 days ago
- The Singles Life: Theia and the state of post-Lorde pop
Welcome to weekly series The Singles Life, where known experts Katie Parker and Hussein Moses peruse, ponder and pontificate on the latest and (maybe) greatest in New Zealand music. When Lorde first came on the scene four years ago, ...6 days ago - Unprotected disclosuresThe State Services Commission has released the results of its inquiry into retaliation by convicted fraudster Joanne Harrison against staff who tried to blow the whistle on her. They're pretty devastating: Four whistleblowers at the Ministry of Transport suffered "humiliating" ...6 days ago
- Cuts to Otago University support roles puts teaching at riskTertiary Update Vol 20 No 24 University of Otago Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne has announced plans to cut 182 full-time equivalent jobs from some of the university’s most vital support services. Professor Hayne told staff at a meeting last Friday that the ...6 days ago
- TEU national secretary honoured for 32 years union serviceThe Tertiary Education Union’s national secretary, Sharn Riggs, was recognised at the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions women’s conference for over 32 years of outstanding service to union women. Speaking to the award on behalf of the Tertiary Education Union ...6 days ago
- Tell your story and take a stand for tertiary educationIf you have a story about how tertiary education has helped you, your whānau, your students or someone you know, the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) is asking you share it in a People’s Submission. National is pressing ahead with plans to ...6 days ago
- Union women oppose National’s tertiary law changeWomen from across the union movement have taken a collective stand against a change in law that could see vast sums of public money being transferred away from public tertiary institutions to private providers. In a remit passed at the ...6 days ago
- People should be paid for their workThe Māori Party's latest immigration policy: slavery for migrants:An internship visa that would require migrants with special skills to train young people in the regions is to be announced by the Maori Party today. The package is part of the ...6 days ago
- Dunkirk is more than a typical Christopher Nolan moneymaker – It’s a masterpiece
War has never looked like this before. Photo: Roadshow Films When news broke that Christopher Nolan had chose a World War Two epic as his next project it was hard not to feel cynical. After all, with ...6 days ago - It’s time to take out the trash
6 days ago - Psychopaths: Mean, misunderstood, and mistreated?
Does your ex drink too much, act impulsively and seem to fear nothing? Turns out, they could be a psychopath. Photo: Steinar Engeland / Unsplash Devon Polaschek is a forensic clinical psychologist and professor of psychology, and of ...6 days ago - A Cautionary Tale From Canada.
6 days ago - Te Ara Raro – The Underline
Auckland’s hills help to define our city, sometimes they’re a blessing, sometimes they can be a bit of curse but occasionally they also present a unique opportunity. Nick, who regularly comments and sometimes posts here, has been part of a ...6 days ago - Te Ara Tomo – The UnderlineAuckland’s hills help to define our city, sometimes they’re a blessing, sometimes they can be a bit of curse but occasionally they also present a unique opportunity. Nick, who regularly comments and sometimes posts here, has been part of a ...6 days ago
- National culpable for youth suicide
The youth suicide rate in New Zealand is atrocious! Every year it stands as an embarrassing failure of our system to look after and value young people properly. But why have things got so bad? Well one reason is a ...6 days ago - Gordon Campbell on the ch-ch-changes at IRD
First published on Werewolf New Zealand may pride itself on being relatively free of political corruption, but the corruption of our political language has built up a fine head of steam. On any number of issues we’re now supposedly engaged ...6 days ago - Nats targeting overseas voters
Today an interesting thing happened to me. I visited the Otago Daily Times’ website to take a look at their coverage of Labour MP Clare Curran’s homelessness protest in Dunedin. She’s doing a great job, check it out. However, one ...7 days ago - Hard News: 100 Men and a million storiesPaul Oremland was born gay in a New Zealand where homosexual conduct was a criminal offence, to deeply religious parents who regarded it as a mortal sin. Not long after a disastrous attempt to pray away the gay by studying ...7 days ago
- Comment on Failure looks like social policy that makes life harder for people by Matthew HorrocksGreat article Jess. The research into the effects of stress on people with low incomes as described here is compelling. Its not just low-income groups affected. Anecdotally I’d say the financial pressures you describe are also having a devastating effect ...7 days ago
- Who needs tax collectors anyway?New Zealand has a problem with tax cheats. Large multinational corporations, rich pricks, dodgy tradespeople, all not paying their fair share. So naturally, National is gutting the IRD:Staff at Inland Revenue offices around the country have been told 30 percent ...7 days ago
- Meet the GirlBoss getting young women into science and tech
Flying high. Photo: Supplied Alexia Hilbertidou has just returned from the edge of space and is determined to break down boundaries for young women in male-dominated scientific industries. The 18-year-old with Samoan and Greek heritage founded GirlBoss ...7 days ago - If this is “terrorism”, we should all be “terrorists”Turkey has arrested six human rights activists for "terrorism":Amnesty International urged the British government to end its silence over Turkey’s slide into authoritarian rule on Tuesday after its local director and five other activists were remanded in custody on accusations ...7 days ago
- My White Car Theory
7 days ago - Photo essay: From the garage to the salon
Four men. One way to a better life. Quinten, who goes by Q. Photo: Chev Hassett/The Wireless The razor buzzes, a towel strapped around the customer’s neck. Tunes blast in the background. There are chats ...7 days ago
- More proof National not delivering for New Zealanders
The Ministry of Social Development’s latest Household Incomes Report is more hard evidence of the growing poverty in New Zealand, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. “National claims to be delivering for New Zealanders. This report puts the lie ...19 hours ago - Strong support from medical community for Healthy Homes BillMore than a thousand medical professionals, medical students, and other New Zealanders have shown their support for Labour’s Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. ...22 hours ago
- Labour will fund Buller Health CentreA Labour Government will fully fund the Buller Integrated Family Health Centre in Westport, confirming its commitment to the people of the West Coast and the role of central government to fund essential public services, says Labour’s Health spokesperson David ...22 hours ago
- National’s affordable promise for Auckland more smoke and mirrorsThe 26,000 additional houses National plans to build in Auckland on public land over the next decade include fewer than 5,000 affordable homes, while more than 60 per cent will be available for speculators to buy, says Leader of the ...1 day ago
- National out of touch over immigrationNational’s abrupt backflip on their recently-announced changes to immigration shows they never understood the problem and just came up with a confused knee jerk response, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. “Regional communities and businesses were quite right to ...2 days ago
- English out of touch on homelessnessBill English’s comments that he doesn’t know why people are complaining about the blowout in the number of homeless families the government is putting up in motels just shows how tired and out of touch National is after nine years, ...2 days ago
- All Kiwis to have same standard of cancer careLabour is promising that all New Zealanders will have access to the same level of cancer care no matter where they live in the country, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. “As someone who has survived cancer I ...3 days ago
- Infrastructure announcement too long coming“What took you so long?” is Labour’s response to the Government’s announcement of a new infrastructure investment vehicle. Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford says Labour announced its policy in 2015 to debt-finance infrastructure and service that debt with targeted ...3 days ago
- Time for a breather on immigrationNational has no idea how to house the record number of people entering New Zealand, let alone cope with the pressure on health, education, and transport from this record population growth, says Labour’s Immigration spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway. ...5 days ago
- Labour to invest $4 billion in educationLabour’s Education Manifesto will bring positive change across the education sector and is backed by a massive investment, says Labour’s Education Spokesperson Chris Hipkins. “Labour’s plan will see an extra $4 billion invested over the next four years. It’s organised ...5 days ago
- National’s shame: worst homelessness in the OECDNational’s legacy is a housing crisis that has given New Zealand the worst homeless rate in the developed world, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. ...5 days ago
- Labour taking action on school donationsLabour will end so-called voluntary school donations for the majority of parents across the country under its $4 billion plan to revitalise the education sector, says Labour Leader Andrew Little. “Labour has always been committed to a world-class free education ...5 days ago
- Labour to work with Queenstown to build more housesLabour will work with Queenstown-Lakes District Council, iwi, and the Community Housing Trust to build the modern, affordable housing Queenstown desperately needs, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. ...6 days ago
- Nats blow the Budget on motels after bowling state housesNational is spending $140,000 a day putting homeless families in motels, the legacy of nine years of selling off and knocking down state houses, says Labour Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. ...6 days ago
- New revelations in Joanne Harrison reportThe State Services Commission’s report into the treatment of whistle-blowers by Joanne Harrison has revealed new accusations against the convicted fraudster, says Labour MP Sue Moroney. “The report found that four staff inside the Ministry of Transport who had raised ...6 days ago
- Snafu at Princess MargaretJonathan Coleman has to stop the stalling over a new building for mental health services in Christchurch to replace the quake damaged Princess Margaret Hospital, says Labour’s Health spokesperson David Clark. “The Government must accept that Christchurch is still recovering ...6 days ago
- Labour’s fiscal plan to build a fairer New ZealandLabour will re-build our housing, health and education while responsibly managing New Zealand’s finances, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. “Under Labour’s Fiscal Plan we will deliver big investments in the services we all need and care about, invest ...7 days ago
- Nats show they’re the tax dodgers’ best friendsThe government is taking the knife to IRD at a time when we need a highly skilled department to ensure that multinationals and speculators don’t get away with dodging tax, says Labour’s Revenue spokesperson Michael Wood. ...7 days ago
- Labour secures the future for NZ SuperA Labour Government will secure the future for New Zealand Superannuation so we can continue to provide superannuation to those retiring at age 65, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. “One of the first things a Labour-led Government will ...1 week ago
- Multinationals must pay fair share of taxA Labour Government will crack down on multinational companies that are dodging paying their fair share of tax, says Labour Leader Andrew Little. “New Zealanders are missing out by hundreds of millions according to the IRD because multinational companies can ...1 week ago
- ACT’s approach to children backward and ill informedAct’s new deputy leader’s claim that Labour’s support for families could “extend the misery of child poverty and even child abuse” is ill informed and offensive, says Labour’s Deputy Leader Jacinda Ardern. ...2 weeks ago
- Canterbury hatchet job a disgraceThe Government’s glib acceptance of advice that the Canterbury District Health Board doesn’t need more money is a hatchet job and a disgrace, says Labour’s Health Spokesperson David Clark. “To claim that the DHB was using tactics to leverage more ...2 weeks ago
- Quality for Kiwi kids at ECEAfter more than a decade of rapid growth in the number of children participating in Early Childhood Education (ECE), it’s time to take stock and map out a clear plan for the future, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins. ...2 weeks ago
- Labour to boost ECE qualityLabour will ensure kids get the best start in life by boosting funding for Early Childhood Centres to employ 100 per cent qualified and registered teachers, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. ...2 weeks ago
- Labour will stump up a million dollars for Maniototo HospitalA Labour led Government will make a million dollars available to rebuild the Maniototo Base hospital in Ranfurly, says the Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little. “This will be a much needed boost for a long overdue rebuild that has ...2 weeks ago
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