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National Supports Water Consent Being Added To Covid-19 Bill
Monday, 22 June 2020, 11:23 am | New Zealand National Party
National supports the Auckland Mayor’s calls for Watercare’s Waikato River water take consent to be included in the Covid-19 Recovery Bill, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Nikki Kaye says. Watercare lodged consent for this project seven years ago, but it ... More >>
Managed Isolation Still A Complete Shambles
Sunday, 21 June 2020, 4:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s not only the residents of Stamford Plaza that deserve better from the Government, the whole process is a shambles, National’s Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says “At a meeting today with the residents of Stamford Plaza, hosted by Auckland ... More >>
Rotorua Deserves Urgent Answers Around Quarantine
Sunday, 21 June 2020, 4:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s outrageous the Government has bused newly arrived international passengers into Rotorua under the cover of darkness to quarantine them in the CBD, Rotorua MP Todd McClay says. “As many as 239 newly-arrived people are quarantining in two ... More >>
New Zealanders To Brace For ACC Levy Increases
Sunday, 21 June 2020, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
At a time of unprecedented financial insecurity for New Zealand business owners and employees, the Government is preparing to add even more costs through a range of ACC levy increases, National’s ACC spokesperson Tim Macindoe says. In February ... More >>
Border Bungles Will Cost Jobs
Sunday, 21 June 2020, 10:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Restoring confidence in our handling of the border is a critical part of restoring our economy, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. OECD figures show that New Zealand will be one of the most heavily affected countries, in terms ... More >>
National Selects Māngere And Manurewa Candidates
Saturday, 20 June 2020, 5:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today National has selected two new Auckland candidates with Agnes Loheni in Māngere and Nuwanthie Samarakone in Manurewa. Ms Loheni has been a National MP since early 2019 and is also an accomplished business woman in the manufacturing export and retail ... More >>
Government Fails To Fix Border
Saturday, 20 June 2020, 4:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s rapid reshuffling of leadership has failed to fix its shambolic management of quarantine at our border, National’s Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “Stamford Plaza residents were rightfully concerned to find out ... More >>
$143M Taxpayer Dollars Spent But No New Cells
Saturday, 20 June 2020, 4:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Not a single operational bed has been delivered by the Decmil modular build programme, despite the programme costing more than $143 million in taxpayer dollars, National Party Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. The contract, which was signed ... More >>
Minister Must Do His Part To Rebuild Our Economy
Saturday, 20 June 2020, 9:55 am | New Zealand National Party
The Immigration Minister needs to get his ministry working faster to process border exceptions for essential workers, National’s Immigration spokesperson Stuart Smith says. “I have been contacted by numerous businesses that haven’t received a response ... More >>
Bala Beeram National’s Candidate In Kelston
Friday, 19 June 2020, 5:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Bala Beeram has been selected as National’s candidate in Kelston for the 2020 General Election. Mr Beeram currently works as a Supervisor for a Food and Pharmaceutical testing company and has lived in Avondale for the last 21 years. “I’m grateful ... More >>
National Will Build The Belfast To Pegasus Motorway
Friday, 19 June 2020, 11:32 am | New Zealand National Party
The next National Government will build the Belfast to Pegasus Motorway, including the Woodend Bypass, National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop and Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey have announced. National campaigned in 2017 on constructing the motorway ... More >>
Incompetence Shatters Optimism
Friday, 19 June 2020, 10:51 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders have had their confidence of a speedy recovery crushed after the Government’s bungling mismanagement to effectively quarantine people at our border, Leader of Opposition Todd Muller says. “All the clever words from the Prime Minister ... More >>
It’s Time For Councils To Put People First
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 5:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
A member’s bill drawn from the ballot today will make it easier for people to deal with councils by reducing costs and the amount of time involved, Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean says. The Local Government (Customer Focus) Amendment Bill amends the ... More >>
Calling On Men To March Against Partner Violence
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 4:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
We need to make a call and get New Zealand men to march against intimate partner violence, National MP Alfred Ngaro says. “Yesterday after discussing the story of the murder of Crystal Lee Selwyn with my colleague Agnes Loheni, she turned to ... More >>
Firearms Reforms Won’t Deliver What Govt Claims
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 4:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s firearms reforms only add more rules, regulations and costs on law-abiding firearm owners and does little to address genuine criminal activity and gangs, National’s Police spokesperson Brett Hudson says. “Evidence from Australia ... More >>
Why Has It Taken So Long For Any Investments?
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 4:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
It has taken almost two years for the Government’s Green Investment Fund to finally announce some investment, but it has still spent millions of taxpayer dollars, National’s Environment spokesperson Scott Simpson says. It has been 562 days since the Prime ... More >>
National Would Ensure Testing Is Actually Mandatory
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand’s team of 5 million have done their part in combating Covid-19, but the Government is failing to do theirs, National’s Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “We now know of two tests that weren’t done, which led to two ... More >>
Thousands Of Community Service Hours Wiped
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 2:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis should apologise to victims of crime after his Department chose to reduce community service sentences imposed by the Court on parolees during the Covid-19 lockdown, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown ... More >>
GDP figures confirm worst fears
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 11:26 am | New Zealand National Party
Today’s GDP figures confirm National’s worst fears about the looming economic and jobs crisis, Opposition Leader Todd Muller said today. More >>
Shark Cage Diving Bill Voted Down In Parliament
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 8:56 am | New Zealand National Party
A Members Bill to provide best practice regulations for shark cage diving activities has been rejected by the Government, MP for Invercargill Sarah Dowie says. “My Shark Cage Diving (Permitting and Safety) Bill was drawn from the Members’ Bill ... More >>
