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2-year Moratorium On Govt Regulations Needed As Business Closures Spiral
Sunday, 28 March 2021, 2:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay is calling on the Government to commit to a two-year moratorium on additional government costs on businesses as New Zealanders struggle under the weight of border closures and a slowing economy. ... More >>
Govt Removed Warning System For Overwhelmed EDs
Sunday, 28 March 2021, 1:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government removed the early warning system for overwhelmed emergency departments when it scrapped DHB targets for waiting times, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. Data compiled by National on the length of time people spend ... More >>
Changes Needed To Emergency Allocation MIQ Process
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 2:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop and Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford have written to the Government offering constructive suggestions to improve the MIQ and Emergency Allocation process in order to prevent further tragic ... More >>
Govt Not Doing Enough To Get Māori Into Jobs
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 1:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Just four people have been supported into jobs by the Government’s $50 million Māori Trades and Training Fund since June 2020, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “Labour isn’t delivering the ... More >>
What’s The Hold-up With The Cook Islands Bubble?
Friday, 26 March 2021, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
The time it’s taking the Government to sort out quarantine-free travel between two Pacific nations with no Covid-19 community cases is staggering, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “I’ve lost count of the amount ... More >>
Time For China To Welcome UN Investigative Team
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party welcomes and affirms the joint statement from the New Zealand and Australia Foreign Ministers calling on China to grant ‘unfettered access to Xinjiang for United Nations experts, and other independent observers’, National’s ... More >>
Labour’s Housing Policy Looking Like KiwiBuild 2.0
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 3:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
If Labour was serious about its housing policy it would’ve provided detail and criteria when it announced it, yet we’ve seen none of that, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “The Government has announced interest costs will ... More >>
Helping Police Track Down Stolen Goods
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 1:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Parliament will get the chance to debate a common sense law that will help police track stolen goods being sold through second-hand dealers and pawnbrokers. The Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers (Electronic Records) Amendment Bill was pulled from the Member’s ... More >>
Bill To Ban Synthetic Urine As A Way To Cheat A Drug Test
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 1:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
A bill that will ban the importing, supply and acquisition of synthetic urine to pass a workplace drug test is to have its first reading in Parliament, MP for Waimakariri Matt Doocey says. “Drug testing in the workplace is used to keep people safe and ... More >>
Robbery Laws Would Be Strengthened Under New Bill
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 12:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
A National Party Bill drawn from the Ballot today would see Police given stronger powers to charge someone with robbery, MP for East Coast Bays Erica Stanford says. “At the moment the law states that if someone commits robbery, there has to be ... More >>
Police Minister’s Silence Is Deafening
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 11:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Police Minister Poto Williams needs to publicly denounce Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon’s comments that New Zealand’s police are racist, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Meng Foon’s comments have been condemned by ... More >>
Labour Quick To Condemn Adesanya But Not Mallard
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 11:51 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour has shown it has a double standard when it comes to “flippant” comments about sexual assault, National’s Shadow Leader of the House Chris Bishop says. “It’s a bit rich for Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson to publicly chastise ... More >>
Labour Votes Against Law To Notify Schools Of Sex Offenders
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 9:11 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour has failed to ease the minds of parents across the country as it voted down a law change that would have required the Department of Corrections to notify schools of sex offenders placed in their communities, MP for Waimakariri Matt Doocey says. ... More >>
Bill To Increase Access To Justice Passes First Reading
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 6:35 am | New Zealand National Party
A Member’s Bill which would improve access to justice by making it easier for lawyers to do work outside their existing employment has passed its first reading, National List MP based in Hutt South Chris Bishop says. “My proposed legislation ... More >>
Christopher Luxon – Maiden Speech
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 6:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
E te mana whakawā. E nga mana, E ngā reo, E nga mataawaka. Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tatou katoa e tau nei. Mr Speaker, I rise today mindful of the privilege and responsibility it is to serve in this House of Representatives, and also as the ... More >>
Penny Simmonds – Maiden Speech
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 5:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
Thank you, Mr Speaker. Oku Rangatira Nga mihi nui Ki a koutou katoa Karanga mai karanga mai Mr Speaker and parliamentary colleagues, I proudly represent the people of the Invercargill electorate, which takes in the communities of Invercargill, Bluff, ... More >>
Joseph Mooney – Maiden Speech
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 5:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
Mr Speaker, It is with a sense of both pride and humility that I look forward to my first term in the 53rd Parliament as the Member of Parliament for Southland. The electorate of Southland is a regional economic powerhouse, both in farming, tourism, ... More >>
Trevor Mallard Proves Himself Unfit To Be Speaker
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 3:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The legal threats used by Trevor Mallard to silence a Parliamentary staffer who he falsely accused of rape make him unfit to continue as Parliament’s Speaker, Shadow Leader of the House Chris Bishop says. National has received the statement ... More >>
Government Muffs R&D Support
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 2:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
Research and development in the technology sector will reduce as a consequence of the mess the Government has made of its funding support, National’s Research and Science spokesperson Dr Nick Smith says. “We have leading software companies like ... More >>
Businesses Close Due To Govt Inaction On Bubble
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 12:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s lack of urgency around the trans-Tasman bubble means many companies that deserve to survive are being forced to close, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. “To avoid more tourism businesses closing and more Kiwis out ... More >>
