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$333,000 Bill To Settle Speaker’s Legal Battle
Friday, 11 December 2020, 1:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
National has lost confidence in Speaker Trevor Mallard following revelations that more than $330,000 of taxpayers’ money was spent on settling the legal dispute he created by falsely accusing a former Parliamentary employee of rape. The Speaker ... More >>
Survey Confirms Value Of Farm Environment Plans
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 11:19 am | New Zealand National Party
Recently released fantastic survey results from farmers in the Aparima catchment in Southland confirm the value of farm environment plans, Invercargill MP and National’s associate Agriculture spokesperson Penny Simmonds says. The survey was of 151 dairy ... More >>
Failing Education Standards Won’t Help Wellbeing
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 11:05 am | New Zealand National Party
News that New Zealand’s 13 year olds have recorded their worst-ever results in the latest international comparison study (TIMMS) should be ringing alarm bells across the education sector, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “We ... More >>
Hipkins Must Release Report
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 4:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins must immediately release the Roche/Simpson review report into our border testing systems, National’s Covid-19 Recovery spokesperson Chris Bishop says. The Government commissioned this report under urgency in late ... More >>
Royal Commission Must Lead To Meaningful Change
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 3:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
The wide-ranging report into the Christchurch terror attack must be treated with the utmost respect, but the recommendations within it must also be properly scrutinised, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The atrocities committed on March ... More >>
Emergency Measures Needed To Accelerate Housing Supply
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 2:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Housing statistics released today and over the weekend show an unfolding disaster for New Zealand families and communities, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “We now have the lowest rates of home-ownership we’ve seen in 70 ... More >>
Royal Commission Of Inquiry Needed Into Whakaari/White Island
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 9:09 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is calling for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Whakaari/White Island disaster. “A higher level of inquiry, like a Royal Commission, is usually undertaken after an event where there has been a significant loss of life. Royal ... More >>
Firearm Prohibition Orders Needed To Curb Growing Gun Violence
Saturday, 5 December 2020, 2:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown is calling on the Government to urgently adopt his Member’s Bill, the Arms (Firearm Prohibition Orders) Amendment Bill, to help tackle the growing evidence of gun violence in New Zealand. This morning ... More >>
Housing Wait List Continues To Surge Under Labour
Friday, 4 December 2020, 10:55 am | New Zealand National Party
Our public housing system is bursting at the seams with record-high numbers of New Zealanders waiting for a home and thousands more getting emergency grants to live in motels, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. Figures released ... More >>
Govt Must Take Action Against Firearm Violence
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 3:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s soft on crime attitude is putting the safety of New Zealanders and our police officers at risk, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Gun violence is rapidly spreading throughout the country, just today there was a shooting ... More >>
Tax Hike Will Create More Problems Than It Solves
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 12:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s tax increase is nothing more than a symbolic move to tax hardworking New Zealanders that will do little except erode the integrity of our tax system, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “The new tax threshold will, supposedly, ... More >>
Tougher Penalties Needed To Protect Our Police Dogs
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 10:22 am | New Zealand National Party
The punishment for killing a police dog should be extended from a maximum of two years to a maximum of five years, National MP for Waimakariri Matt Doocey says. “Like many New Zealanders, I am outraged by the recent shooting of a police dog in the ... More >>
Where Is The Roche/Simpson Report?
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 5:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is astonishing that four months after the Government’s border testing systems failed spectacularly, Covid-19 Recovery Minister Chris Hipkins still hasn’t produced the report that identifies how this happened, National’s Covid-19 Recovery spokesperson ... More >>
Five Things The Government Could Do To Fix Housing
Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 2:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
With the 53rd Parliament getting down to business this week, National is urging the Government to implement five solutions to the housing crisis that do not involving hiking tax. “The Government can’t tax its way out of its housing woes,” National’s ... More >>
Grant Robertson Flip-flopping On Tax
Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 1:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Finance Minister’s flirtation with extending the bright-line test suggests Labour’s pre-election commitments on tax were just empty promises, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “On the September 9, Grant Robertson publicly ... More >>
Doubling Sick Leave Will Make Our Economy Crook
Monday, 30 November 2020, 5:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
An economic crisis is not the time to be loading more costs onto businesses in the form of extra sick leave, National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson says. “The Government is using Covid-19 as its rationale for doubling sick leave, ... More >>
Labour Already Breaking Its Election Promise On Tax
Friday, 27 November 2020, 2:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Revenue Minister David Parker has confirmed Labour is already wobbling on its election promise not to alter income taxes this term, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has asked Treasury for advice on extending ... More >>
Light Rail Debacle Stains NZ’s Business Reputation
Friday, 27 November 2020, 12:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Auditor-General has confirmed what the National Party has long believed – that the Government’s handling of Auckland’s light rail was ham-fisted, risky and probably in breach of procurement rules “Light rail has become a calamity on ... More >>
RSE Deal Too Little Too Late
Friday, 27 November 2020, 10:13 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s announcement it’s allowing 2000 horticultural workers enter New Zealand through the RSE scheme is better than nothing, but it’s still just a drop in the bucket of what is actually needed, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson ... More >>
What’s Happening With N95 Masks?
Tuesday, 24 November 2020, 12:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins needs to urgently clarify what is happening with the roll out of N95 masks in MIQ facilities, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Nurses have been asking for N95 masks in MIQ facilities ... More >>
