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Labour Releases A Pamphlet With A $140bn Mistake
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 1:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Grant Robertson should rip up his mistake ridden fiscal pamphlet and present New Zealanders with a credible plan, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says “Labour’s fiscal ‘plan’ is nothing more than a seven page pamphlet. ... More >>
Water Storage To Unlock Economic Potential
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 11:51 am | New Zealand National Party
A National Government will utilise water to grow our economy and ensure better outcomes for our towns, cities and regions, Leader of the National Party Judith Collins says. “National wants a strategy and model that allows us to unlock our economic potential ... More >>
Labour Has Serious Questions To Answer
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 1:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s use of a controversial company previously accused of push-polling in Australia raises serious questions about its commitment to run a clean campaign, National Party Campaign Chair Gerry Brownlee says. “This morning’s Rotorua Daily ... More >>
Labour Pumped Up On Debt
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 11:35 am | New Zealand National Party
Despite the Reserve Bank pumping more than a billion dollars a week to hold up the economy, Labour still can’t deliver an economic plan, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Grant Robertson has been promising he would deliver his numbers ... More >>
Paul Goldsmith - Labour Missing $10 Billion For Infrastructure
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 8:48 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour needs to explain how it’s going to pay for $10 billion of funding for Light Rail and Pumped Hydro, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “For all Labour’s criticism and promises, they have yet to show New Zealanders ... More >>
National Will Do More To Stamp Out Corruption
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 8:42 am | New Zealand National Party
A National Government will back the Serious Fraud Office to do more to stamp out corruption, National Party Leader Judith Collins says. “New Zealand’s most successful crime fighting agency will get the resources it needs to deliver on its stated role ... More >>
Reskilling & Retraining Offers Hope Of Fresh Start
Monday, 28 September 2020, 12:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
Getting the unemployed back into work, upskilling small business owners and finding a pathway for young people to find work form the heart of National’s Reskilling and Retraining Policy which National Leader Judith Collins announced in Nelson today. ... More >>
Mental Health Care That Delivers For Everyone
Monday, 28 September 2020, 11:27 am | New Zealand National Party
A National Government will deliver high quality mental health care that is accessible, timely and effective, regardless of where you’re from. National’s Mental Health policy was announced by Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey and Health spokesperson ... More >>
Labour Building A Barrier To Economic Recovery
Sunday, 27 September 2020, 12:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
With businesses failing and unemployment rapidly increasing, Labour’s plans are like throwing petrol on a bonfire, National's Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Nearly 100,000 small businesses have had to borrow $1.6 billion from ... More >>
Survey Results Show Need For Tax Relief
Sunday, 27 September 2020, 12:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
A new survey showing 40 per cent of respondents lived in homes where someone had seen their wages or hours cut during the last six months underscores the need for National’s tax relief from 1 December, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith ... More >>
National Will Give Children The Best Start In Life
Friday, 25 September 2020, 10:29 am | New Zealand National Party
The non-disclosure of child abuse will be an offense and there will be reduction targets for children suffering material hardship in a National Government, National’s Social Development Spokesperson Louise Upston says, as the party launched its Families ... More >>
'Labour Fails To Front With Costs For Business'
Friday, 25 September 2020, 7:46 am | New Zealand National Party
"Jacinda Ardern needs to front up and explain to New Zealanders how much Labour’s policies will hurt the New Zealand, economy National’s Economic Development spokesperson,” Todd McClay says. “Labour have not shown New Zealand any costing of the economic ... More >>
Time For Serious Action To Back Business
Thursday, 24 September 2020, 2:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Business needs the confidence to invest and hire to deal with our growing unemployment problem,” National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Today the EMA has called for better rules around employment conditions. They want the confidence ... More >>
National Will Restore Farmer Confidence And Pride
Thursday, 24 September 2020, 11:43 am | New Zealand National Party
A National Government will reduce regulatory burden and give farmers confidence for the future. Leader of the National Party Judith Collins and Agriculture spokesperson David Bennett announced National’s Agriculture policy in Gisborne today. “Agriculture ... More >>
Three Lost Years Under Labour On Harbour Crossing
Tuesday, 22 September 2020, 2:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s incompetence at delivering on Transport infrastructure has meant three wasted years on progressing another Auckland harbour crossing, says National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop. “While Aucklanders sit in traffic over the ... More >>
National’s Smart Border Plan Will Grow The Economy
Tuesday, 22 September 2020, 11:00 am | New Zealand National Party
National will deliver a smarter border that allows New Zealand to safely reconnect with the world and our economy to grow, Covid-19 Border Response spokesman Gerry Brownlee says. While in Auckland today, Mr Brownlee announced the second part of ... More >>
National Will Nurture New Zealand’s Technology Talent
Monday, 21 September 2020, 11:39 am | New Zealand National Party
National will double the size of New Zealand’s technology sector by 2030 with a $1.29 billion plan that will aim to create at least 100,000 new high-paying, future-proofed tech jobs. “Doubling the size of the technology sector by 2030 is an ambitious ... More >>
Judith Collins - National Leader’s Campaign Launch Speech
Sunday, 20 September 2020, 6:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
Thank you for your kind welcome. I am so proud to lead this great National Party in our first-ever virtual campaign launch. It is a bittersweet day. We should all be here together. But we all know why we aren’t. The rhetoric never matches the ... More >>
Transport Under Labour A Shambles In Wellington
Saturday, 19 September 2020, 5:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Labour’s ‘Let’s Get Wellington Moving’ project has so far been a failure. Nothing has been delivered, the funding for the programme is still unclear, and Wellington is drifting while congestion continues to choke the region,” National Spokesperson ... More >>
Labour Adds Costs, National Reduces Taxes
Saturday, 19 September 2020, 12:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
“National will help business grow, retain jobs and take on extra workers, while Labour will cripple businesses as they battle the recession,” National Party Leader Judith Collins says. “This week National has released a plan to increase the worker ... More >>
