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Government Makes Shambles Of Prisoner Voting Law
Thursday, 25 June 2020, 11:16 am | New Zealand National Party
Differences between coalition partners and this clumsy and incompetent Government’s use of urgency has resulted in a shambolic and unworkable prisoner voting law, National’s Electoral Law spokesperson Nick Smith says. “This new prisoner voting law is a ... More >>
Clark’s Humiliation Of Director-General Of Health
Thursday, 25 June 2020, 10:34 am | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister David Clark has finally turned up to work, and when he did, his first job was to throw his Director-General of Health under the bus, Leader of the Opposition Todd Muller says. “David Clark’s treatment of Ashley Bloomfield is ... More >>
IMF Figures Show NZ Economy Falling Behind Australia
Thursday, 25 June 2020, 9:58 am | New Zealand National Party
The latest IMF report shows New Zealand’s GDP is falling at a much faster rate than Australia’s, with the difference in growth costing the New Zealand economy $8 billion this year, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Australia’s ... More >>
Government not keeping tabs on border exemptions
Thursday, 25 June 2020, 9:14 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government isn’t keeping track of how many foreign citizens it is letting into New Zealand under the ‘essential other worker’ border closure exemption, National’s Immigration spokesperson Stuart Smith has revealed. “New Zealand needs ... More >>
Shambolic Coalition Creating Economic Uncertainty
Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 3:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Coalition Government’s chronic instability is creating huge uncertainty in the economy at a time when businesses need confidence to grow and create jobs, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “New Zealand First are scuttling key ... More >>
Customs Ill Prepared To Protect Our Borders
Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 2:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
Customs staff at our international airport borders have received no training to prepare for the increase in Kiwis returning home. This lack of preparation just reiterates how ill-prepared this Government has been to protect our borders, National’s Customs ... More >>
Light Rail’s Demise Highlights Govt’s Incompetency
Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 12:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
The demise of Auckland’s light rail is yet another broken promise by Labour and shows they simply can’t deliver, Leader of the Opposition Todd Muller and National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop say. “This Government talks big, but delivers ... More >>
National To Build A New Primary School In Waikanae
Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 11:42 am | New Zealand National Party
As part of National’s commitment to quality education for our children a National Government would continue to invest in our education infrastructure, National’s candidate in Ōtaki Tim Costley says. “Today National’s Education spokesperson ... More >>
National Will Deliver A New Waikanae School
Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 11:38 am | New Zealand National Party
National is committed to quality education for the next generation of New Zealanders and to deliver on this we need to invest in infrastructure, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. “Today National’s Candidate in Ōtaki Tim Costley ... More >>
Government Failing To Deliver Road Safety Upgrades
Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 9:21 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government is failing to deliver on its self-declared number one priority of road safety, National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter has talked a lot about road safety and getting ... More >>
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 >>
