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Stuart Nash voted against wishes of Napier Electorate

Thursday, 18 September 2014, 9:33 am | Conservative Party

Napier Conservative Party Candidate Garth McVicar says the recent decision by the Advertising Standards Authority in reply to a complaint laid by Stuart Nash’s campaign manager confirms that Nash voted against the wishes of the Napier electorate. Robert ... More >>

What price life asks Conservative Party

Thursday, 18 September 2014, 9:30 am | Conservative Party

The Conservative Party are asking what is the price of life if the killer of a defenceless homeless man who was viciously beaten and left to die was jailed for just 11 and a half years. More >>

McVicar Welcomes ASA Decision

Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 5:28 pm | Conservative Party

Napier Conservative Party Candidate Garth McVicar welcomes the Advertising Standards Authority’s decision to not uphold the pamphlet complaint of Robert Johnson, Campaign Manager for Napier Labour candidate Stuart Nash. The ASA acknowledged that one complaint ... More >>

Conservatives Break through 5% Threshold

Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 5:58 pm | Conservative Party

Reports in today’s Dominion Post that the Conservative Party is polling at 6% in Nationals internal polling are not surprising says the Conservative Napier candidate Garth McVicar. More >>

Parents Smacking Down Prime Minister

Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 12:42 pm | Conservative Party

"John Keys failure to deliver on his promise to change the anti-smacking law is costing National votes, and helping the Conservative Party," says Colin Craig. More >>

Judge exposes community to unacceptable risk

Thursday, 11 September 2014, 4:49 pm | Conservative Party

Justice Spokesman for the Conservative Party, Garth McVicar, says the fact a Judge declined to impose a preventive detention sentence on an offender who raped and strangled and 11 year old girl endangers future victims and the wider community. More >>

Big win for Conservative Party

Thursday, 11 September 2014, 10:50 am | Conservative Party

The Conservative Party has chalked up its first significant victory, before being officially elected to Parliament. Justice Spokesman for the Conservative Party, Garth McVicar, believes the announcement that National will introduce work in all public ... More >>

Porno king must be punished – McVicar

Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 5:20 pm | Conservative Party

The Conservative Party are calling for ‘punishment’ to fit the crime after a Hastings man pleaded guilty to 61 child pornography and sex charges in the Hastings District Court today. The man also had more than 700,000 deleted pornographic images ... More >>

Public meeting - threat facing Napier police

Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 4:57 pm | Conservative Party

Napier lost its Hospital now it appears Napier Police Station is under threat of closure and both sworn and non- sworn staff cuts are eminent. • I have written to the Police Minister [attached] but no answer to date • Police have been gagged ... More >>

Conservatives disappointed with Taxpayers' Union vision

Thursday, 4 September 2014, 5:19 pm | Conservative Party

The Conservative Party responded to the Taxpayers' Union today saying the Union lacks vision when it comes to prison reform. More >>

Classic example of need for Conservative policy

Friday, 29 August 2014, 12:47 pm | Conservative Party

The Conservative Party Justice Spokesman, Garth McVicar believes the sentencing of killer Aaron McDonald is a classic example of why an overhaul of the parole and sentencing system is required.” More >>

Cunliffe against personal responsibility over billboards

Thursday, 28 August 2014, 11:52 am | Conservative Party

The accusation by David Cunliffe that the Conservative Party is subscribing to a surveillance society by protecting its billboards via the use of motion sensor cameras reveals an anti-personal responsibility position by the about-to-be-retired Leader ... More >>

Polls confirm dirty politics out and the Conservatives in

Thursday, 28 August 2014, 9:04 am | Conservative Party

The latest 3News-Reid Research poll has the Conservative Party on 4.6 per cent which means they are virtually on their way to Parliament. Garth McVicar, the Conservative Party candidate for the Napier electorate believes the polls are proof that the public ... More >>

Juicy carrot for prisoners alarming suggestion – McVicar

Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 5:45 pm | Conservative Party

The Conservative Party Justice Spokesman, Garth McVicar says the public will be alarmed to learn that the only tool the Corrections Department has available to get prisoners to behave is to offer them a juicy carrot. More >>

Conservatives will abolish Parole – McVicar

Monday, 25 August 2014, 3:53 pm | Conservative Party

The Conservative Party Justice Spokesman says that one of his first tasks when he gets to Parliament will be to overhaul the Parole system. On current polling and the fact he is ranked No 3 on the Conservative Party list and also its candidate ... More >>

Judges Comments Bonkers – McVicar

Friday, 22 August 2014, 11:21 am | Conservative Party

Napier Conservative Party Candidate Garth McVicar is accusing a Judge of forgetting that he is the gate-keeper for the community and not a benevolent caregiver for law breakers. "The comments by this Judge are not just alarming, they're completely ... More >>

McVicar Announces in Napier

Sunday, 10 August 2014, 4:38 pm | Conservative Party

Sensible Sentencing Trust spokesman Garth McVicar has today announced his intention to stand as the Conservative Party Candidate for the Napier Electorate. The straight talking Hawkes Bay farmer is known throughout New Zealand as a tough advocate for ... More >>

Conservative Message Results in Huge Membership Boost

Friday, 8 August 2014, 4:12 pm | Conservative Party

Since the Conservative Party campaign launch in early July, membership has flooded in and the Party now has achieved over seven thousand members and supporters. More >>

Hug-a-Thug Judge defies Logic

Friday, 8 August 2014, 11:46 am | Conservative Party

“The only question the Judge needed to answer was, ‘If Stephen Dudley hadn’t been assaulted would he be alive today”? The obvious answer to that is yes, the only logical decision should have been a conviction," says Conservative Party ... More >>

Epsom Candidate Announced

Sunday, 3 August 2014, 4:22 pm | Conservative Party

High profile New Zealander Christine Rankin has today announced her intention to stand for the Epsom electorate. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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