New Zealand Labour Party

Government opens up medicine funding threat

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party If changes proposed in the Wikileaks documents were to come into effect New Zealand tax payers will pay more for health, Labours Acting Health spokesperson David Clark says. The health sector is already underfunded. Pharmac is a bright light …

Government blocks debate on TPPA

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party Labour is disappointed but not surprised the Government has blocked an attempt to force transparency on negotiations towards a Trans-Pacific free trade agreement, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says.

National MPs shut down health debate

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party National Party members on the Health Select Committee have now twice refused to allow experts to brief the committee about possible effects of the Trans Pacific Partnership on New Zealand’s ability to determine its own health policies, Labour’s Health spokesperson …