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Quake panel paid too much - Labour

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Labour says an independent panel set up to oversee the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is being paid too much.

Lawyer dismisses Labour's plan for an Earthquake Court

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A Christchurch lawyer with more than 100 insurance cases before the courts is dismissing Labour's plans for a special Earthquake Court.

Red-zone residents greet Labour recovery plan cautiously

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Residents living in Canterbury's red zones are praising Labour's plan to help them recover from the effects of the region's earthquakes.

Labour MPs demand details of land to be abandoned

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Labour MPs in Christchurch are calling on the Government to tell people now if their earthquake damaged land has to be abandoned.

Disgruntled red-zone residents back Labour's plan

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Disgruntled Christchurch red-zoners who want the government to rethink its policy on quake-damaged homes are backing Labour's Earthquake Recovery Package.

Labour says government should keep open mind on EQC

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Labour is calling for the Government to rethink how the Earthquake Commission insures homeowners, in the aftermath of the disaster in Canterbury.

Labour to get locals to govern CERA if elected

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The Labour Party wrapped up its Canterbury Recovery Package in Christchurch today, announcing it would appoint qualified locals to govern the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.

Labour's Lianne Dalziel announces she will run for mayoralty

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The fight to become the next mayor of Christchurch stepped up today with Labour Party's earthquake spokesperson, Lianne Dalziel, announcing she wants the job.

Prime Minister says Labour writing cheques it can't afford

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The Prime Minister says the Labour Party is threatening to write cheques the country can't afford with its Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Package.

Labour accuses Government of underfunding skills training

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The Labour Party has accused the Government of sitting on money set aside to provide skills training needed for the Canterbury earthquake rebuild.

Labour says by-election victory indictment on National Govt

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The Labour Party says its crushing victory in the Christchurch East by-election is an indictment of the National Government's poor response to the earthquakes.

Labour MPs pressure government to release land details

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Labour's four MPs in Christchurch are stepping up the pressure on the Government to front up quickly about what earthquake damaged land has to be abandoned.

Labour tries to make political hay out of World Cup loss

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On the eve of the memorial service for the Christchurch earthquake, the Labour party is laying into the Government's handling of the city's ditching as a Rugby World Cup venue.

Canterbury Earthquake - Phil Goff

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Labour Party leader Phill Goff has been in Christchurch all day.

Canterbury Earthquake - Phil Goff

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Labour Party leader Phil Goff is outside the Pyne Gould building - where people are trapped inside.

Midday News for 29 March 2011

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Details of the new Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority are announced and Senior Labour MPs meet in Dunedin.

The Panel with Ali Jones & Shane Te Pou (Part 1)

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ali Jones & Shane Te Pou to discuss: President Biden pardoning his son Hunter, and Avian Flu outbreak in Otago and news from the Labour party conference. Ali Jones is a communication adviser / writer/Broadcaster/ Christchurch earthquake claims preparer. Shane Te Pou is a former labour party activist and CEO of Mega

Government makes concessions on quake recovery legislation

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Meanwhile, the Government has made concessions on its Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority legislation after complaints from the Labour Party.

National touts earthquake successes as reason for Chch seats

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The Labour party candidates in two of the closest-run election seats, Christchurch Central, and Waimakariri are refusing to accept defeat.

Canterbury University bailout not on National or Labour's cards

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The acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Ian Town, speaks to Checkpoint about the massive losses sustained because of the Christchurch earthquake.

Labour says govt cuts will hurt low income earners

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The Prime Minister has signalled an election year austerity budget in May because of the Canterbury earthquakes. John Key says the Government needs to cut spending because of quake-related costs and a reduced tax take.

Eastern suburbs complain of lack of services

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The Labour Christchurch East MP Lianne Dalziel says the city council has made a terrible decision about how it organises help for earthquake victims and it needs to be changed urgently.

Quake victims welcome idea of earthquake court

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Christchurch people who have had to battle insurance companies over the repair or rebuild of earthquake damaged homes are welcoming the Labour party's idea of an earthquake court to settle disputes.

New Chch Mayor builds relations with Quake Recovery Minister

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The former Christchurch East Labour Party MP, Lianne Dalziel, is now the Mayor of Christchurch and, as such, is set to work much more closely with her former political foe, Earthquake Minister Gerry Brownlee.

Opposition warning over possible Christchurch ministry

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Opposition parties fear a new department to control the rebuilding of Christchurch will be Wellington-centric and not allow the community to have its fair say in decisions. The Labour Party's spokesperson on the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, Clayton Cosgrove, spoke to our political editor Brent Edwards.

LIM reports in post-quake Christchurch

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Christchurch MPs - Labour's Lianne Dalziel and National's Amy Adams - say it's not fair for seat-of-the-pants post-quake red/yellow and green sticker assessments to be formally recorded forever. They say the assessments were hastily done and inconsistent. But the Christchurch City Council says its required to do so under the provisions of the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act.

The Panel with Ali Jones & Shane Te Pou (Part 2)

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Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ali Jones & Shane Te Pou to discuss No Pay Day - the day that women in Aotearoa effectively begin working for free. Plus the reopening of Christchurch Cathedral. Ali Jones is a communication adviser / writer/Broadcaster/ Christchurch earthquake claims preparer. Shane Te Pou is a former labour party activist and CEO of Mega

The Panel with Finlay MacDonald and Jordan Williams (Part 2)

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Topics - A big study from Harvard and UC Berkeley has looked back into family trees, over centuries, to determine how social mobility has changed. The "Moon man" has used his claimed Christchurch earthquake predictions to defeat an Advertising Standards Authority complaint over his weather forecasting website. The Prime Minister John Key says Labour's flat performance in recent polls is because it's focusing on the wrong issues.

The Week in Review for 22 July 2011

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A review of the week's news including: Labour struggling to put a dent in the National Party's lead in the polls, questions over Israelis caught up in the Christchurch earthquake, the latest from the Pike River Mine inquiry, electricity price rises fuelling inflation, an Auckland school wanting all students to take an iPad to class and Steve Williams dropped as Tiger Wood's caddy.