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$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 >>
EQC Assessments At A Snail’s Pace
Friday, 7 July 2023, 11:37 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour government needs to move much faster to help the thousands of flood and cyclone-affected residents who have now been waiting months for answers on their EQC claims, Cyclone Recovery spokesperson Chris Penk says. “Data from EQC Minister ... More >>
Te Pūkenga Staff Kept In The Dark
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 2:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
Poor communication from management is keeping Te Pūkenga staff in the dark about job losses at the mega-polytechnic, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Penny Simmonds says. “It is disgraceful that amid this major restructuring staff ... More >>
Labour’s Mortgage Heartbreak
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 2:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
New polling shows Labour’s economic mismanagement is wreaking havoc on New Zealanders, with tens of thousands being forced to consider selling their home, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. HorizonPoll’s Banking Monitor released ... More >>
Labour’s Science Curriculum A Failure In The Making
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 12:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s new science curriculum will have a detrimental impact on student outcomes and achievement and should be scrapped right now, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Teachers who have seen Labour’s proposed curriculum have ... More >>
Labour Blows The Books
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 11:53 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s failure to manage the economy is translating into to more debt and bigger deficits, says National finance spokesperson Nicola Willis. “Treasury’s ‘Interim Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the eleven months ended ... More >>
New Medical School Will Deliver More Doctors
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 11:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National will deliver more doctors by creating a medical school at the University of Waikato and increasing medical school placements, National Leader Christopher Luxon says. “The health sector is experiencing a workforce crisis. Sick and injured ... More >>
More Kāinga Ora Staff Than KiwiBuild Houses
Tuesday, 4 July 2023, 1:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
On KiwiBuild’s fifth birthday there are still more Kāinga Ora staff members than KiwiBuild houses built, says National’s Housing spokesperson Chris Bishop. “Labour came to office promising 100,000 Kiwibuild houses but five years after its official ... More >>
More Mortgage Misery
Tuesday, 4 July 2023, 1:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s economic mismanagement has plunged New Zealanders into more mortgage misery, with new data showing even more people struggling to keep up, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “New data from Centrix for June shows ... More >>
Labour Is Desperate To Distract On Health
Tuesday, 4 July 2023, 1:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
After six years of failure leading to the current health workforce crisis, the best Labour can offer is half-baked announcements, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Labour has been in government for the last six years and has ... More >>
Labour Failing Home Schooled Children
Sunday, 2 July 2023, 2:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Jan Tinetti revealed on Q&A this morning that Labour is completely in the dark about the standard of education the thousands of young people being home schooled are receiving, National’s Education spokesperson Erica ... More >>
Mongrel Mob Endorses Labour-Greens Coalition
Sunday, 2 July 2023, 1:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
Mongrel Mob senior leader Harry Tam has endorsed Labour and the Greens for this year’s election, telling his Facebook followers a local Labour Dunedin MP attended one of the gang’s ‘election hui’, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell ... More >>
One Year Of Health Failure
Saturday, 1 July 2023, 1:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today is Health NZ’s first birthday – and not one health metric has improved, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “It has been one year since Labour merged all New Zealand’s 20 DHBs into one mega entity, and the transition ... More >>
Cyclone Recovery Package Unclear And Overdue
Friday, 30 June 2023, 3:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s cyclone recovery package is lacking in detail and long overdue, with many businesses already on the brink, National Cyclone Recovery spokesperson Chris Penk and Horticulture spokesperson Sam Uffindell say. “Farmers and growers have ... More >>
Jobseeker Numbers Reach Highest In 12 Months
Friday, 30 June 2023, 2:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
Benefit numbers released today show that people on the Jobseeker is at its highest in the last 12 months, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “It is concerning to see that the number of New Zealanders ... More >>
School Attendance Nowhere Near Where It Should Be
Friday, 30 June 2023, 1:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s a sad day for New Zealand when 40 per cent of students are still not attending school regularly, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “While I’m pleased to see a slight improvement in attendance figures, it’s sobering ... More >>
National Announces Further Action On Ram-raiders
Friday, 30 June 2023, 10:31 am | New Zealand National Party
National will introduce two sensible changes to criminal and sentencing rules to ensure there are real consequences for ram-raiders, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Since Labour came to power, ram raids have increased by a ... More >>
Labour’s Pump And Slump Will Hit Hard
Friday, 30 June 2023, 10:29 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s price hike at the fuel pumps this weekend will cause problems beyond the 29-cent spike, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Not only will Kiwis be hit by the $15 extra to fill up the tank of an average car, the price ... More >>
Jan Tinetti Misled Parliament Out Of Negligence
Thursday, 29 June 2023, 2:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Education Minister is responsible for the futures of hundreds of thousands of Kiwi kids, but doesn’t understand the most basic rules of Parliament, National’s Shadow Leader of the House Michael Woodhouse says. “Serious questions need to be ... More >>
National Will Keep New Zealanders Safer On Our Roads
Thursday, 29 June 2023, 12:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will deliver where Labour has failed and roll out roadside drug testing to keep New Zealanders safer on our roads, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Alcohol and drugs are the number one contributing factor in fatal ... More >>
