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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 >>
Government Putting Pilots And Passengers At Risk
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 8:36 am | New Zealand National Party
A Members’ Bill that would have strengthened the current law around laser-pointing has been voted down by the Government, putting pilots and their passengers at risk, MP for Clutha-Southland Hamish Walker says. “My High-power Laser Pointer Offences ... More >>
Govt Opposes Sending Strong Message To Thugs
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 8:30 am | New Zealand National Party
A Members’ Bill that would create a new offence to apply to people who throw ‘coward punches’ has been voted down by the Government, MP for Northland Matt King says. “The Crimes (Coward Punch Causing Death) Amendment Bill would create a new offence ... More >>
Employment Minister Out Of Touch With Portfolio
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 5:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
Questions in Parliament today show just how out of touch Employment Minister Willie Jackson is with his own employment programs, National’s Skills and Employment spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “When asked about programs adults 30 years and older can enrol ... More >>
NZ UK Free Trade Agreement Must Be Equal To CER
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
National welcomes the announcement that formal free trade negotiations will begin between the United Kingdom and New Zealand in July, National’s Trade spokesperson Todd McClay says. “This builds on the important work started under the previous ... More >>
Silence Is Assent: MP Calls For Discussion On Domestic Violence
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 12:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
(By Agnes Loheni, National List MP based in Auckland) Yesterday I woke to the news that Reuben Paul Peeni was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking a brick and beating his partners head in front of 8 children – 5 of them her own. ... More >>
PM Needs To Make Captain’s Call On Border Security
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 10:06 am | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister needs to make a captain’s call to better secure our borders and improve quarantine management, Leader of the Opposition Todd Muller says. “Everyone knows Health Minister David Clark is out of his league – and that from day one ... More >>
Parliament Playground Blows Budget
Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 6:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
Parliament’s new playground is a monument to extravagance and waste with revelations it cost $572,000 and went 43 per cent over budget, National’s State Services spokesperson Nick Smith says. “Spending $242,000 on a slide is scandalous. The $180,000 on consultants ... More >>
More Questions Than Answers With New Cases
Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 4:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s two new cases of Covid-19 raise serious questions as to whether the Government is following its own protocol in regards to Covid-19, National’s Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. Both cases recently arrived from the United Kingdom and left ... More >>
Govt’s Tourism Fund Will Help Less Than 1 Per Cent Of Businesses
Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 4:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Tourism Accelerator would provide for hundreds of potential new projects across the tourism sector to stimulate demand and support hundreds of thousands of workers, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. The $100 million co-funding ... More >>
Health Report Overdue And Unlikely To Be Acted On
Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 1:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
David Clark has delayed and delayed the release of today’s Health and Disability System Review, and as a result the Government is unlikely to provide a response before the election, National’s Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. The report ... More >>
