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Harbour Crossing Should Be A Priority, Not An Afterthought
Friday, 12 March 2021, 1:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s lack of urgency with a second harbour crossing for Auckland shows how misguided it is when it comes to the needs of the city and New Zealand’s economy. “Auckland desperately needs investment in a second harbour crossing but the Government ... More >>
Govt’s IT Systems Aren’t Ready For Vaccine Rollout
Friday, 12 March 2021, 11:30 am | New Zealand National Party
It is worrying that on the eve of the largest vaccination programme New Zealand has ever seen, three of the four key parts to our vaccine IT system aren’t ready to go, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “We’re ... More >>
Businesses Deserve Certainty On Australia Bubble
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 4:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Reports that Tourism Minister Stuart Nash has said a travel bubble with Australia won’t happen until January next year if we’re lucky is creating confusion and will mean many more businesses face closure, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd ... More >>
Stronger Sunscreen Standards On The Horizon
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 12:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
A Member’s Bill that would make sure all sunscreens on the shelf meet our standards and provide the protection they claim has been pulled from the ballot today, Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller says. The Sunscreen Product Safety Standard Bill would require ... More >>
Travel Bubble With Aus Would Help Migrant Workers
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 12:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi has failed to act on reuniting highly skilled migrant workers with their families, but if his Government just opened a travel bubble with Australia then the issue could be resolved, National’s Immigration spokesperson ... More >>
NZ Govt Must Act Unilaterally On Travel Bubble
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 12:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should make a unilateral decision to have quarantine-free travel with Australia now that we know talks between the two countries have collapsed, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. In Parliament on Wednesday, Covid-19 ... More >>
Two Years And Still No Medicinal Cannabis
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 6:05 am | New Zealand National Party
A Member’s Bill that would make New Zealand’s medicinal cannabis scheme more affordable and more accessible to those that need it has been voted down by the Labour Government. “National first announced this legislation in 2018 and encouraged the ... More >>
Unit Titles Member’s Bill Passes First Reading
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 5:56 am | New Zealand National Party
Today’s passing of my Member’s Bill reforming the Unit Titles Act is a win for thousands of Kiwis who have been wrangling with unfit legislation for years, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. Ms Willis’ Member’s Bill modernises ... More >>
More Than $11,000 Taxpayer Dollars Spent On A Video
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 4:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Housing Minister must justify spending more than $11,000 on promotional videos for a housing scheme that has only benefited 12 families, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “It was bad enough that the Minister mocked New Zealanders ... More >>
Mother’s Matter Campaign Shows 3 Day Stay Bill Needed
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 1:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
The ‘Mother’s Matter’ campaign shows how urgently we need to address the shocking numbers of maternal suicide, National’s Social Investment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “The Mother’s Matter campaign is about bringing to light the challenges ... More >>
Morrison Wants A Travel Bubble; Why Doesn’t Ardern?
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed the only thing holding up a two-way travel bubble with New Zealand is our Government’s lack of urgency, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. When asked by media today on how far away ... More >>
Duck Shooting Season In Doubt For Many This Year
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 12:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Many hunters and farmers will miss out on this year’s duck shooting season because the Police are failing to address a backlog of firearms licence applications, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “There are 10,000 applications waiting to ... More >>
NZ Can’t Wait Any Longer For A Trans-Tasman Bubble
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 7:16 am | New Zealand National Party
National is calling on the Government to open the trans-Tasman bubble with Australia to give our desperate tourism sector a much-needed boost and reunite Kiwis with family and friends across the ditch. “New Zealand and Australia have both done well to ... More >>
Emergency Housing Costing Taxpayers $1m A Day
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 4:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
The extent of the Government’s failure to get on top of New Zealand’s housing shortage has been laid bare by new figures that show more than $1 million dollars of taxpayer money is being spent per day on motels for emergency housing. The Government ... More >>
Govt’s Shovel-ready Project Scheme Fails To Launch
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 4:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
Almost a year after the Government announced that ‘shovel-ready’ construction projects would be a major plank in its economic recovery plan, barely any shovels have actually made it into the ground. National’s Infrastructure spokesperson Andrew ... More >>
Government’s Shot Selection Raises More Questions
Monday, 8 March 2021, 3:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
News that our national men’s cricket team may get vaccinated ahead of the elderly and other at-risk groups shows why the Government needs to release its full vaccine schedule, so every New Zealander knows where they stand in the queue. “New Zealanders ... More >>
Women’s Wellbeing Survey Launched
Monday, 8 March 2021, 10:40 am | New Zealand National Party
In recognition of International Women’s Day, National’s spokesperson for Women Nicola Grigg, has launched a survey looking into the wellbeing of women in the Selwyn electorate. “We know that women have been disproportionately impacted by the Covid-19 ... More >>
National Calls For Inquiry Into Valentine’s Day Cluster
Sunday, 7 March 2021, 10:38 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is calling for an inquiry into the Valentine’s Day cluster to see where our response went wrong, and what lessons we can learn. The scope of the inquiry would include: · The performance of contract tracing · Communication ... More >>
We Need More Innovative Solutions For Infrastructure
Saturday, 6 March 2021, 12:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand needs to become far more innovative in the way we deliver infrastructure if we want to address problems like housing affordability, our persistent lack of productivity growth and our recovery from Covid-19, National’s Shadow Treasurer ... More >>
National Welcomes Lifting Of Auckland Lockdown
Friday, 5 March 2021, 5:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
Lifting the Auckland lockdown will be welcome news to all those people who have slogged their way through Level 3 multiple times now, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. But given the Government’s confidence that this outbreak is under ... More >>
