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Cruise Ship Border Bungle A Blow To Tourism
Friday, 5 February 2021, 12:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
At a time when our tourism sector is crying out for help, the Government has kneecapped them by causing the Le Lapérouse cruise ship to cancel its season, National’s Tourism & Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay and Immigration spokesperson ... More >>
Pfizer Vaccine Good News But Where Is It?
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 3:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s news that Medsafe has approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is good news but more certainty about when the vaccines will be delivered is required, says National’s COVID-19 Response spokesperson, Chris Bishop “In November 2020, Chris Hipkins boasted ... More >>
Proposed History Curriculum Lacks Balance
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 2:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
The proposed new history curriculum for schools is lacking in balance and needs revision, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith said today. “The themes are mainly about identity and identity politics. That’s part of our story – but ... More >>
More Action Needed To Get New Zealanders Into Jobs
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 12:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
The news the unemployment rate is 4.9% does not excuse the Government from taking further action to help New Zealanders into jobs, says National’s Social Development and Employment Spokesperson, Louise Upston. “While a better than expected survey, ... More >>
Measuring Progress Key To Raising Student Achievement
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 12:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
Making sure students actually attend school and have their progress measured are the big issues the Education Minister needs to tackle to lift performance, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “More than 30 per cent of students ... More >>
National Party To Stand Candidates In Māori Seats
Monday, 1 February 2021, 11:57 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party will work towards standing candidates in the Māori electorates once again, National Leader Judith Collins has announced. Ms Collins and National Party President Peter Goodfellow made the announcement at National’s caucus retreat ... More >>
Sensible Policies Needed To Combat Climate Change
Sunday, 31 January 2021, 2:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must test every climate policy it intends to proceed with to make sure they are both effective and rational, National’s Climate Change spokesperson Stuart Smith says. “National supports New Zealand playing its part to combat climate ... More >>
Extending Flexi-wage Another Failure For Labour
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 10:43 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders are still waiting on the details of Labour’s extension to the Flexi-wage scheme, despite the Prime Minister promising it would be in place before Christmas, National’s Social Development & Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. ... More >>
Community Cases Highlight MIQ System Failures
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 10:34 am | New Zealand National Party
The two new community cases of Covid-19 connected to the Pullman Hotel have highlighted several system failures that the Government must urgently address. “Something is clearly wrong at the Pullman. The whole point of MIQ is that you don’t catch Covid-19 ... More >>
Covid-19 Checkpoints Must Be Done By The Book
Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 2:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
Any checkpoints set up in response to the community case of Covid-19 in Northland must be lawfully mandated by the Government, with police officers present, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “We don’t want private citizens taking ... More >>
Leader Of The Opposition’s State Of The Nation Speech
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 1:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
Kia ora and thank you for that welcome. It is a pleasure to be here. Thank you to the Rotary Club of Auckland and the EMA for hosting me at this first event in your centenary year. National and Rotary share many common principles, including community ... More >>
Emergency Powers Needed To Solve Housing Crisis
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 1:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
National is calling on the Government to introduce urgent temporary legislation to make housing easier to build, and has offered to support the law change through Parliament. At her State of the Nation speech in Auckland today, Leader of the Opposition ... More >>
Collins Outlines Priorities For A Better New Zealand
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 1:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand needs to harness the upheaval caused by Covid-19 to drive meaningful change, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. In her State of the Nation speech at the launch of Rotary Auckland’s centenary celebration today, Ms Collins ... More >>
Immediate Action Needed To Avoid Further Lockdowns
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party
Cabinet should agree today to match Australia’s schedule and fast-track the vaccination of all frontline workers and border staff, including those who work in MIQ, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson ... More >>
Government Needs To Urgently Tighten Up MIQ
Monday, 25 January 2021, 2:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should launch an urgent review of its MIQ facilities, with a focus on mingling between cohorts, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “News that the South African variant of Covid-19 has made it into the community ... More >>
Ditch DHB Merger, Spend Funding On Medicines Instead
Sunday, 24 January 2021, 12:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should stop spending millions of dollars on its health sector experiment and focus the funding on areas that will actually make a difference to the lives of New Zealanders, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “So far ... More >>
Almost One Firearm Incident Per Day In January
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 12:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
There has been close to one firearm incident reported per day in January, yet the Government is silent on this growing issue, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Gun violence is rapidly spreading throughout the country. Most mornings, ... More >>
Oil And Gas Ban Clearly Short-sighted
Friday, 22 January 2021, 1:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
Beach Energy’s decision to abandon existing exploration permits off the South Island as a result of the Government’s oil and gas ban comes as no surprise, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “What the Government called ... More >>
Finance Minister Fiddles While Housing Market Burns
Friday, 22 January 2021, 11:45 am | New Zealand National Party
The Minister of Finance is taking far too long to put a lid on rising house prices, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “Grant Robertson’s announcement that he will respond later this year to the Reserve Bank’s suggestions for more ... More >>
Gun Buyback 2.0 Another Marketing Exercise
Friday, 22 January 2021, 11:03 am | New Zealand National Party
The increased number of firearms incidents we’ve seen across the country recently shows why the Government’s focus needs to be on gangs and criminals, not another gun buyback, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “The first gun ... More >>
