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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 >>
Time For The Government To Adopt JobStart
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 11:26 am | New Zealand National Party
With 212,468 people on a jobseeker benefit, it’s time for the Government to take urgent action and adopt National’s JobStart policy, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. The latest figures released by the Ministry of Social ... More >>
Bolder Action Required To Fix Housing Emergency
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 11:22 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s public housing plan will fall well short of fixing New Zealand’s housing emergency, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “The social housing waiting list is growing at an alarming rate. In the past 12 months alone ... More >>
Labour Lets Housing Waitlist Surge Out Of Control
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 11:04 am | New Zealand National Party
Despite promises to fix our housing shortage housing has become more unaffordable than ever under Labour, with the public housing wait list quadrupling over the last three years, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Recently released ... More >>
National Concerned By Police Backdown On Cannabis
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 9:57 am | New Zealand National Party
Police need explain why they’ve quietly decided to ditch the annual cannabis eradication operation and how they will continue crack down on the supply of cannabis, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “To make a major decision such as this and ... More >>
Govt Negligence Sees Border Workers Waiting For Vaccine
Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 2:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s disappointing the Government is only now trying to get a batch of vaccines for our frontline workers when this should have been a priority in the first place, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Three months ago ... More >>
NZ Should Go Hard And Early With Vaccinations Too
Monday, 18 January 2021, 12:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has claimed New Zealand’s successful response to Covid-19 thus far has been because we went hard and early, so why has the message changed for vaccinations, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The Government has said manufacturers ... More >>
Tiwai Point Deal Great News For Southland
Thursday, 14 January 2021, 10:31 am | New Zealand National Party
The deal between Tiwai Point and Meridian Energy to keep the smelter open until the end of 2024 is good news for the staff, contractors and wider Southland community, MP for Invercargill Penny Simmonds says. “Tiwai Point is an important part of Southland’s ... More >>
