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Brownlee Dismisses Poll As ‘Rogue’
Sunday, 26 July 2020, 6:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Campaign Chairman Gerry Brownlee says tonight’s Newshub poll is a rogue. “These numbers aren’t even in the same ballpark as our internal polls, other public polls and the hugely positive public response to our Leader Judith Collins, ... More >>
Time For Ardern To Come Clean On Ihumātao
Sunday, 26 July 2020, 8:19 am | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Leader Judith Collins is calling on Jacinda Ardern to be upfront with New Zealanders before the election and say whether a Crown deal for Ihumātao is on the table. “New Zealand is in the grip of a jobs crisis with more than 200,000 ... More >>
Quarantine Absconders Should Meet Cost Of Apprehension
Saturday, 25 July 2020, 12:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Hamilton 5 quarantine breakout is alarming and the absconders must foot the bill, National’s COVID-19 Border Response spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says. “Assurances from the Government that all five absconders’ day three tests were negative means ... More >>
Increasing Mistakes Compromise Coronavirus Safety
Friday, 24 July 2020, 4:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
This incompetent Government’s poor management of coronavirus isolation facilities is continuing to put New Zealanders at risk, National’s Health spokesperson Shane Reti says. It has been revealed that nurses at Auckland hospitals have been working ... More >>
National To Adopt Parliamentary Code Of Conduct
Friday, 24 July 2020, 3:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins will recommend to her National Party caucus colleagues that the party signs up to Parliament’s code of conduct. “The Francis Report and more recent situations have pointed to a lack of respect for the power ... More >>
National Announces Bay Of Plenty/Coromandel Transport Package
Friday, 24 July 2020, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Bay of Plenty and Coromandel transport package will create hundreds of jobs and drive economic growth across this fast-growing region, National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop says. While visiting Katikati today with MP Scott Simpson, ... More >>
National OIA’s Prime Minister To Release The List
Friday, 24 July 2020, 12:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Leader has issued an Official Information Act request demanding that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government release the remaining list of shovel-ready projects immediately. “This government is using taxpayer money to make political ... More >>
It’s About Growth And Disciplined Spending, Not Borrow, Borrow, Borrow
Friday, 24 July 2020, 11:31 am | New Zealand National Party
The best path back to prudent levels of debt in a decade or more is an absolute focus on economic growth, combined with disciplined spending, National’s Finance Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith said today . “National recognises that during an economic ... More >>
Shovels Sit Idle In Wellington
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 5:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
Nicola Willis, National’s List MP based in Wellington is calling on Labour to fully release the list of shovel ready projects and get Kiwis back to work. “Despite submitting a substantial list of potential projects in April, the people of Wellington ... More >>
Govt’s Border Exceptions Are Costing Kiwis Jobs
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s current border exceptions are failing to respond to the needs of New Zealand businesses and it’s costing Kiwis jobs, National’s Immigration spokesperson Stuart Smith says. “When a business can’t get critical skilled workers ... More >>
Comprehensive Medicinal Cannabis Bill Drawn
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
My Member’s Bill to implement a comprehensive medicinal cannabis regime that would widen access to medicinal cannabis and license high quality domestic production, has been drawn in Parliament, MP for Whangarei Shane Reti says. “New Zealanders ... More >>
New Bill To Improve Access To Justice
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
A Member’s Bill to improve access to justice by making it easier for lawyers to do work outside their existing employment has been draw from the ballot, Hutt South MP Chris Bishop says. “My Lawyers and Conveyancers (Employed Lawyers Providing ... More >>
Release The Secret $5 Billion List To Get Kiwis Working
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 2:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Nearly 135,000 work-ready Kiwis and tens of thousands of construction workers desperately need Labour to release its secret list of $5 billion worth of shovel-ready projects today, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins has demanded. More than three weeks ... More >>
Member’s Bill To Notify Schools Of Sex Offenders Drawn
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 1:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today my Member’s Bill that would require the Department of Corrections to notify schools of sex offenders placed in their local communities was drawn in Parliament, Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey says. “My bill will ensure all schools within five kilometres, ... More >>
National Announces Wairarapa Transport Package
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 11:15 am | New Zealand National Party
National will create hundreds of new jobs and boost the Wairarapa economy by delivering a suite of transport projects to get the region moving, National Party Leader Judith Collins says. “High quality, efficient roads are the backbone of commerce in the ... More >>
Crimes Have Victims, Davis
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 10:39 am | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis is ignorant of the harm caused when people break the law, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Kelvin Davis indicated community sentences were for low level crimes, telling Parliament yesterday ... More >>
No Hope, No Solutions
Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 4:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Minister for Small Business cannot offer anything new for small businesses, National’s spokesperson for Small Business and Manufacturing Andrew Bayly says. “The Minister confirmed that he supported the increase in the minimum wage on 1 ... More >>
Release The List, Ms Ardern
Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 4:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Leader Judith Collins is demanding Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern release the list of the shovel-ready projects her Government has agreed to fund but is keeping secret for political reasons. Ms Ardern told Parliament today that the list of projects ... More >>
Labour Failure On Shovel-ready Projects Costing Thousands Of Jobs
Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 1:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Tens of thousands of jobs are on the line as Labour sits on its hands over the shovel-ready project scheme,” National Party Leader Judith Collins said today. Ms Collins said councils and communities had worked hard through the first two weeks ... More >>
National Will Fix First Responders Bill
Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 12:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
While National supports increased protections for first responders and tougher penalties for offenders but wants a Bill that works, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Getting the detail right for the protection of first responders ... More >>
