New Zealand First says the Budget does little to help struggling New Zealanders off the treadmill of high costs and low wages and uses asset sales to blur the real state of the economy.
Employment
16
May
16 May 2013
16
May
16 May 2013
Mr Speaker –our first reaction to this Budget is to call in the Serious Fraud Office.
Never in the history of this country has a government so blatantly cooked the books.
15
May
15 May 2013
I take a call on behalf of New Zealand First, and I ask the question: what do New Zealanders want from the Budget? That is the big question—what do New Zealanders want from the Budget?
With Andrew Williams
18
Apr
18 April 2013
New Zealand First says the Government needs to explain why it is issuing temporary work visas for supermarket workers at a time of record high unemployment.
With Asenati Lole-Taylor
Tagged: Employment, Jobs
26
Mar
26 March 2013
New Zealand First says the loss of 140 Department of Conservation jobs will place enormous stress on those who have to take up the slack.
With Barbara Stewart
7
Feb
07 February 2013
New Zealand First says the latest unemployment figures are a disastrous result for the Government which is relying on the economic might of Australia as its employment policy.
13
Nov
13 November 2012
New Zealand First says unemployment among Pacific Island people has more than doubled under National to a shocking 15.6 per cent – the highest for any single ethnic group.
With Asenati Lole-Taylor
13
Nov
13 November 2012
New Zealand First has accused Prime Minister John Key and Finance Minister Bill English of deliberately creating a smokescreen over the number of jobs the Government claims to have created.
With Andrew Williams
Tagged: Jobs, Employment
15
Oct
15 October 2012
NZ Manufacturers & Exporters Association – Council & CEO Forum, Christchurch
Good evening,
Thank you for the opportunity to speak here today.