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Math Achievement In Kiwi Schools Going Backwards
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 6:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
New data shows Kiwi students are doing worse in maths than they were four years ago, National Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Achievement data released this week shows that just 42 per cent of Year 8 students are meeting curriculum expectations ... More >>
PM Flailing After Admitting Failure On Crime
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 1:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
After six years in power, Labour has finally accepted that its soft-on-crime approach has failed, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Chris Hipkins has admitted that the Labour Government’s actions have failed to deal with the ... More >>
New Zealand Inflation Remains Piping Hot
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party
Countries around the world are watching inflation return to normal levels, yet New Zealand’s economy is still being held hostage by a persistent cost of living crisis, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. Statistics New Zealand’s ... More >>
Another Panicked Crime Announcement From Labour
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 2:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s panicked justice announcements this week are more about the election than any genuine commitment to tackling crime, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “New Zealanders are worrying about crime; Labour is worrying ... More >>
Convictions Down Despite Retail Crime Doubling
Monday, 17 July 2023, 6:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
While retail crime incidents have more than doubled since 2018, fewer offenders are being held accountable for their actions, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Despite an enormous spike in retail offending under Labour, the ... More >>
Labour Allergic To Real Consequences
Monday, 17 July 2023, 6:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
Despite the Prime Minister admitting the number of ram-raids has exploded under Labour, it is still refusing to impose real consequences for serious young offenders, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Instead of boot camps as ... More >>
National Will Let KiwiSaver Be Used For Rent Bonds
Monday, 17 July 2023, 12:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
The next National government will allow people under 30 to draw down on their KiwiSaver savings to help them get together bond payments for tenancy agreements, says National’s Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop. “Getting together up to four weeks rent in advance ... More >>
National To Create Pothole Repair Fund
Sunday, 16 July 2023, 1:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will establish a Pothole Repair Fund to urgently address the shocking state of our local roads and state highways, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. $500m fund to be established for state highway and local roading repairs ... More >>
Still No Emergency Department Data
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 3:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Flawed data reporting is emblematic of the failed health restructure, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “A review into Health NZ’s data botch-up earlier this year, which embarrassingly lead to the mega bureaucracy pulling pages ... More >>
Food Prices Hit Second Peak
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 11:48 am | New Zealand National Party
Food inflation has re-peaked at 12.5 per cent, smashing families struggling with the cost of living, says National finance spokesperson Nicola Willis. “Kiwis are being pummelled every time they shop for food, with hard working people being forced ... More >>
Labour Knew Its ECE Policy Was Doomed To Fail
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 3:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
Warnings that Labour’s so-called “20 hours free” early childhood education for 2-year-olds policy may not result in parents paying lower fees shows its Budget centrepiece was a farce from the beginning, National’s Early Childhood Education ... More >>
Mortgage Carnage Continues
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 3:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s decision by the Reserve Bank to keep interest rates at their super high levels will be difficult news for Kiwis struggling to pay their mortgages, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “This latest OCR decision by the Reserve ... More >>
Labour Simply Cannot Be Trusted On Tax
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 12:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Confirmation that Labour considered a wealth tax and a capital gains tax, but then flip-flopped, shows Labour simply cannot be trusted on tax, National Leader Christopher Luxon says. “As National has been saying for months, Labour has been cooking up ... More >>
Chaotic Courts A Billion-dollar Shambles
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 10:31 am | New Zealand National Party
“The Labour government is now pouring more than a billion dollars of taxpayers’ money per year into the court system, while its outcomes remain as bad as ever,” says National’s spokesperson for Courts Chris Penk. Recently released data shows ... More >>
No Resource Consents For Winter Grazing
Monday, 10 July 2023, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Farmers and their stock have been caught in a stressful bureaucratic nightmare created by Labour, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Todd McClay says. “As part of Labour’s regulatory war on agriculture, farmers must have a farm plan for winter ... More >>
Min Of Health Contracts Raise New Conflict Questions
Monday, 10 July 2023, 2:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
Revelations that the immediate family of a senior Minister has received at least a quarter of a million dollars from a ministry for which he had responsibility – and yet no conflict of interest was declared - raises serious questions that require ... More >>
Auckland’s Roading Repair Backlog Hits 1000km
Sunday, 9 July 2023, 2:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Around 1000 kilometres of Auckland’s roading network is due for repairs, with Labour’s mismanagement likely to impact New Zealand’s largest city for the next decade, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Documents released ... More >>
Labour Ignored Rules On Half-billion IT Contract
Friday, 7 July 2023, 3:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour ignored its own procurement rules in awarding a half a billion-dollar IT contract for Three Waters in an effort to save time, only to delay the project, National's Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts says. “Buried in hundreds of documents ... More >>
National Will Deliver For Dunedin Hospital
Friday, 7 July 2023, 11:48 am | New Zealand National Party
A National government will build the hospital Dunedin needs, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti and List MP based in Dunedin Michael Woodhouse say. “If elected in October, National will deliver all the beds, operating theatres and radiology ... More >>
$10 Million Wasted On Temporary Back Room Staff
Friday, 7 July 2023, 11:43 am | New Zealand National Party
An eye-watering $10 million bill for temporary back office staff at the Ministry of Education is unacceptable and demonstrates Labour's tolerance of wasteful spending, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “In 2022 the Ministry ... More >>
