Thanks Anne I will look to drop un more oftne. Miss you guys!
As a former MP for New Lynn who loves it still, I just want to register my shock and sadness that this has happened, my utter abhorrence of the cowardly attack on unarmed shoppers, and my deep sympathies to those injured and their familes. As The Standard ...
RiP Don, a dear friend and trusted adviser and campaign manager over many years. Don has been a stalwart of Labour his whole adult life. He was active especially in Miramar and West Auckland. He managed and co-managed my first and second campaigns, where a...
Don was a great campaign mamager and a dear friend. Titirangi and New Lynn Labour and its various MPs - this grateful ex MP included - owe him a great debt. RIP Matua Don. Thank you.
Muttonbird how about playing the ball not the man and not the man's partner and baby. Yes Mr Farrar is working for the dark side, but he is good at his job and respected by many. Unless we take seriously our opponents - instead of trolling little kids - we...
Yesterday I said "Climate change is the greatest environmental threat we face." I stand by that. See my response to Generation Zero above.
Totally for it. See: https://www.labour.org.nz/buildtheraillink
That’s all I’ve got time for right now - I’ll check back later to see all your feedback. It’s been really great to talk with you and I’m looking forward to campaigning together.
The freedom of the press is really important. I have huge respect for New Zealand’s journalists. Obviously, at times, journalists get things wrong - everyone does.
The promise of a fair society in which everyone has the chance to do well for themselves.
We’ll abolish coat-tailing and lower the threshold if we can get support to do so. We will also be pushing for greater transparency around donations.
Team, I'm going to have to wrap this up in a couple of questions. I'll be checking back through the evening.
I’m against this New Zealand First Bill. The existing law already envisages local government being sensitive to the needs of the local community.
Labour has long been committed to an open and multicultural society that values every individual, no matter where they come from, and seeks to build strong integrated communities. We’re committed to a great immigration system, we’re a nation of migrants ...
That’s a nonsense - and even the National Party spin machine knows it. Over a generation Labour governments have overseen higher levels of economic growth than National governments. During our last term in office we ran fiscal surpluses in 9 years out of 9...
Yes we do. We’ll be overhauling industrial law to make sure workers and their unions can get a fair go.
Climate change is the greatest environmental threat we face. I want to reaffirm my personal commitment to strong action against climate change. I’m a father as well as a politician - and I don’t think it’s acceptable to pass this problem onto our children ...
We see drug use as a health issue but our position on drug law reform is a conscience issue.
I’m not going to announce our welfare policy here. But what I can tell you is that the systematic victimisation and demonisation of beneficiaries we’ve seen under National has absolutely no place in Labour’s values or a Labour Government.
I do that every week, all around the country - and I love it! Getting face to face contact with people wherever they are in their communities is one of the parts of this job that gives me the most satisfaction.
Rena, Pike River, forestry fatalities and leaky buildings all have a common cause: deregulation or self-regulation of commercial activities. There need to be clear rules, properly overseen, to ensure that health and safety rights and consumer rights are ...
The 90 Day fire at will bill is a disgrace. I’ll axe it in our first 100 days.
Yes we will be reviewing these. It’s important that central Government respects local democracy. ECan should be returned to democratic governance as soon as possible. It seems that under the current government, irrigation rights come before democratic ...
I want to see more resources devoted to treatment of drug addiction, and Iain Lees-Galloway has been doing excellent policy work in this area. I’m not going to pretend, though, that drug abuse isn’t a gateway into criminal activity for too many users.
A financial transaction tax is something that needs further careful consideration in an international context. We are monitoring global developments with interest. Our revenue policies recently announced focus on closing down avoidance loopholes and ...
More Q&As on The Standard for a start! I’ll be visiting every region of the country personally, and we’ll of course be communicating through every available medium. As well as that, dedicated Labour activists will be engaging in every community the length ...
I’m going to be straight-up with New Zealanders. Everywhere I go Kiwis tell me they want to see politicians putting the country and its people first. They want to see real solutions to the problems in their lives. We’ve done a huge amount of policy work ...
On that first question you’ll have to wait until we release our education policy, but we do have serious concerns about National’s policy. On the second question. Yes.
Labour’s committed to a sustainable, universal New Zealand Superannuation system - which means every New Zealander is ensured of dignity in retirement. We will never sell that principle out. To be sustainable, New Zealand has to be able to pay for it ...
I am very committed to regional development - so much so that as leader I have taken the portfolio for myself. There will absolutely be a Minister of Regional Development in my Government. Annette King’s exposure of what’s been going on with Health ...
In our party’s constitution Labour’s first core principle is “All political authority comes from the people by democratic means including universal suffrage, regular and free elections with a secret ballot.” We won’t be doing pre-election deals. It’s up to...
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