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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 >>
Where Is New Zealand’s Vaccine Rollout Plan?
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party
National is calling on the Government to provide more detail on the schedule for vaccinating the entire population so that New Zealanders – particularly businesses – have the clarity they need to plan for the post-Covid future, Leader of the Opposition ... More >>
Lockdown’s Impact On Student Learning Dire
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 11:03 am | New Zealand National Party
NZQA’s assessment that the University Entrance pass rates for 2020 would have ‘fallen off a cliff’ without free credits shows the huge impact lockdown disruption is having on learning, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Every ... More >>
Someone Owes Someone An Apology
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 10:16 am | New Zealand National Party
The KFC worker who was vilified by the Government for not self-isolating deserves an apology from the Prime Minister if the Covid-19 Facebook post contradicting Jacinda Ardern’s claims is accurate, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The ... More >>
National Calls For New Self-Isolation Payment
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 7:11 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is proposing a new payment scheme to make it easier for employees to stay home while they are self-isolating. National’s proposed scheme involves: The Government paying 100 per cent of a person’s wages and salary for two weeks ... More >>
Contact Tracing Failing New Zealanders
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 6:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
After more than a year of dealing with Covid-19 the Government is still failing its own contact tracing performance measures and is failing to be open and transparent about locations of interest, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. ... More >>
PHARMAC Inquiry Light And Late
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 2:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s long overdue inquiry into PHARMAC is light on detail and several years late, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “National would have liked to have seen a much more comprehensive inquiry. “A key concern from ... More >>
Vaccine Roll Out Looking Messy
Monday, 1 March 2021, 11:40 am | New Zealand National Party
The roll out of the Covid-19 vaccines is looking messy with high priority workers like South Auckland GPs being turned away, while DHB workers are vaccinated on a reportedly random ‘first-in first-served’ basis, National’s Covid-19 Response ... More >>
