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Labour Leadership "Virtual Hustings" Questions – Full List Saturday, 14 September 2013, 11:28 am | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Labour Leadership Virtual Hustings Meeting Questions – Full List submitted by members - Sept 3rd to Sept 10th 2013 published 14 Sept, 2013 More >>

Winning : Why are you the one to take on & beat John Key? Friday, 13 September 2013, 1:55 pm | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : John Key seems to be made of Teflon, people love his down to earth way and the fact he is a self-made millionaire, what do you think is needed to take the shine off his popularity and why do you think you can be ‘the one’ to take him ... More >>

Experience : What have you learned & how would you apply it? Friday, 13 September 2013, 1:53 pm | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : To ensure a victory in the 2014 election we need courageous leadership. Failure is part of courageous leadership. Tell us about a time that you failed as a leader. What did you learn from that experience and how would you apply your learning ... More >>

Leadership : What key Labour values drive your work for NZ? Friday, 13 September 2013, 1:50 pm | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : Why did you join the Labour Party over other parties and what are the key Labour values and principles that drive your work for Labour and New Zealand? More >>

Party Unity : How would you unite the party as a whole? Friday, 13 September 2013, 1:47 pm | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : As the candidate for the leader of the New Zealand Labour Party what qualities/initiatives can you bring to the party and within caucus and the rest of the membership within the country to unite the party as a whole? More >>

Older Folk : How would you advocate for older NZers? Friday, 13 September 2013, 1:40 pm | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : Senior people (those 50+) represent 53% of NZ voters, currently. As an active Labour supporter for some 40 odd years, I have been seeking from the Labour party the policy which will bring this group to strongly support Labour in 2014. ... More >>

How to convince voters Labour’s economic policy will work? Thursday, 12 September 2013, 11:49 am | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : How can we get the voting public to believe that the present economic thinking has failed? And that Labour’s ideas will work for them? More >>

Voter turnout : How do we motivate more people to vote? Thursday, 12 September 2013, 11:30 am | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : To win the next election we need to motivate people to vote and win some of the swing voters in the middle. Share one strategy that you think would be most effective in achieving this? More >>

Disability : Would you create a Ministry for Disability? Thursday, 12 September 2013, 10:59 am | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : Under your leadership would a Labour-led Government commit to de-medicalising disability support services by shifting them to a new Ministry for Disability Issues which has a minister in cabinet and a chief executive who is committed to the social ... More >>

Justice : What is your view of the NZ justice system? Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 6:01 pm | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : Can you indicate your views on the justice system in New Zealand. Do you endorse restorative justice or prefer the fill the prisons option? More >>

How would you bring Maori & Pakeha to a multi-ethnic future? Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 5:49 pm | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : How are you going to blend the two main traditions we have in New Zealand, Maori and Pakeha, to provide the basic identity profile with which we can go forward into a multi-ethnic future? More >>

Equal Pay: What would you do about gender pay discrimination? Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 4:57 pm | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : Gender pay discrimination in NZ is a reality. The recent ruling in the Kristine Bartlett/SFWU case gives some hope. How would your leadership promote progress on achieving equal pay for work of equal value? More >>

TPPA : Will you make the TPPA process transparent? Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 12:07 pm | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : What are your views on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement? Will you make the TPPA process transparent? More >>

How would you ensure no one needs to live in poverty? Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 3:17 pm | Labour Leadership Election 2013 14 Questions for 2014 Virtual Hustings Meeting - Question 2 Poverty : How would you ensure no one needs to live in poverty? More >>

Environment - What are your views on a clean green NZ? Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 11:16 am | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Explanatory Note: From September 10th to 14th 2013 as part of the official selection process for a new leader the New Zealand Labour Party is holding a "Virtual Hustings Meeting" hosted by Red Alert and organised by Scoop.co.nz. This meeting ... More >>

"Online Q&A" underway for Labour Party Leadership Election Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 10:15 am | Labour Leadership Election 2013 Under the rules for its current Leadership Election the Labour Party is required to hold a "virtual hustings meeting"– and now the plans are in place. There will be an opportunity for eligible voters to put questions to the candidates online, ... More >>