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Labour’s Three Waters $1 Billion Blow Out
Thursday, 29 June 2023, 11:27 am | New Zealand National Party
The cost of Labour's undemocratic Three Waters plan has blown out by an extra $1 billion, National's Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts says. “Hidden in the latest Three Waters bill is the shocking revelation that the establishment costs ... More >>
Less Confidence In Police, More Crime Unreported
Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 6:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s failed soft-on-crime experiment means the public is less likely to report a crime because they have less confidence in the Police, National's Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Today’s New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey revealed that ... More >>
National Will Stop Labour’s Attack On Trout Fishing
Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 2:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
A National government will restore the rights of trout and salmon fishers by repealing Labour’s harmful Natural and Built Environment Bill, National’s Hunting and Fishing spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Labour’s changes to the RMA will water down the ... More >>
Bailout Is Band-aid Economics Of Labour’s Making
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 1:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s bailout for the Tertiary sector is the result of its own economic mismanagement and delay in opening the border to the international students that New Zealand depends on, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Penny Simmonds says. “The Labour ... More >>
National Will Repeal RMA 2.0 Bills
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 12:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
The next National government will repeal Labour’s RMA replacement Bills by Christmas 2023, National’s RMA Reform and Urban Development spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The RMA is broken, but any reform of the RMA must actually improve things and ... More >>
Three Waters Backdown Bill Broken & Undemocratic
Monday, 26 June 2023, 12:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour is planning to rush their backdown bill into Parliament with as little scrutiny as possible, in yet another undemocratic Three Waters play, National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts says. “Local Government Minister Kieran McAnulty already ... More >>
Speech To The 87th National Party Conference: Real Consequences For Crime
Sunday, 25 June 2023, 4:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
MPs, candidates, delegates, National is coming back! We’re coming back to manage the economy well and to the end the cost-of-living crisis. We’re coming back to give you tax relief, to fix the roads, to cut the hospital waitlists, to build more ... More >>
National Will Deliver Rehabilitation To More Prisoners
Sunday, 25 June 2023, 4:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
A National government will ensure prisoners on remand can access more of the rehabilitation programmes they need to help them turn their lives around, National’s Corrections spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Prison rehabilitation programmes play a crucial ... More >>
National To Toughen Sentences To Counter Crime Wave
Sunday, 25 June 2023, 4:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders are fed up with brazen offending and a National government will send criminals a strong message through a raft of changes, including tougher sentences, National Leader Christopher Luxon says. “In just five years, violent crime has ... More >>
Speech To The 87th National Party Conference: ‘Fixing Our Economy’
Saturday, 24 June 2023, 3:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
24 June 2023 Welcome to wonderful Wellington. Party President Sylvia Wood, National Party Leader Chris Luxon, parliamentary colleagues, fellow candidates, National Party members, it’s great to be together. When I look at this room I see friends, colleagues ... More >>
Labour Waist Deep In Te Pūkenga Cost Blowout
Friday, 23 June 2023, 12:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
A lack of Government scrutiny is to blame for Te Pūkenga’s draft financial deficit ballooning out to $86 million, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson, Penny Simmonds says. “Education Minister Jan Tinetti confirmed to the House yesterday ... More >>
Government Must Come Clean On Police Numbers
Friday, 23 June 2023, 11:08 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour needs to come clean on how it met its promise of delivering 1,800 new Police officers, after concerning revelations in the New Zealand Herald today, National's Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Police Minister Ginny Andersen has left ... More >>
Labour Failing To Lift Children Out Of Poverty
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 3:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Child Poverty Related Indicators Report shows that Labour is failing to reduce child poverty, National’s Child Poverty Reduction spokesperson Louise Upston says. “When Labour took office it promised to lift 100,000 children out of poverty by ... More >>
Sector Says Labour’s Reworked ECE Policy Is As ‘Clear As Mud’
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 1:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s arrogance and lack of consultation around its revised Early Childhood Education policy means that it remains unworkable, despite assertions from the Prime Minister that the problems are fixed, National’s Early Childhood Education spokesperson ... More >>
Labour Failing Māori In Education
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 11:41 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s performance in education has failed Māori whānau and communities throughout New Zealand, National’s Māori Development spokesperson Tama Potaka says. “Only 38 per cent of Māori children attended school regularly in Term 4 of 2022. That ... More >>
Gangs Running Rings Around Confused Labour
Monday, 19 June 2023, 1:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s confused and contradictory responses to National's latest policy on gangs shows why gangs are running amok under Labour, National's Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “If the Justice and Police ministers cannot agree on what they ... More >>
Race Has No Place In Surgical Decisions
Monday, 19 June 2023, 10:09 am | New Zealand National Party
Race has no place in surgical priorities and the Government should immediately drop ethnicity as one of the criteria surgeons have been told to use to rank patients, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “While there has been historical ... More >>
Gangs To Face Tougher Consequences Under National
Sunday, 18 June 2023, 7:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will make membership of a gang an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing, so gang members convicted of an offence face tougher consequences for their crimes, National Party Leader Christopher Luxon says. “Gangs have been an unwelcome part ... More >>
Presumption Of Home Detention Plan Revealed
Friday, 16 June 2023, 7:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour Ministers must front up about their proposal for offenders imprisoned for up to two years to be automatically assumed to get released to home detention, says National’s Justice Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Seven Cabinet papers were ... More >>
Layoffs Begin At Embattled Mega Polytech
Friday, 16 June 2023, 12:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hundreds of polytechnic staff are paying the price of financial mismanagement at Labour’s Te Pūkenga mega-merger, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Penny Simmonds says. “Te Pūkenga staff around the country are being called into ... More >>
