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Christmas ETS announcement poor form

Friday, 20 December 2019, 11:04 am | New Zealand National Party

Businesses will be disappointed that the Government has cynically dumped such a substantial Emissions Trading Scheme Discussion Document in the lead up to Christmas, National’s Climate Change spokesperson Scott Simpson says. More >>

Anne Tolley to go list only in 2020

Friday, 20 December 2019, 10:06 am | New Zealand National Party

Anne Tolley has today announced she will stand for National in 2020 as a list MP and won’t be seeking re-election as the MP for East Coast. More >>

Numbers down as polytech reforms loom

Thursday, 19 December 2019, 2:00 pm | New Zealand National Party

The release of falling polytechnic numbers today confirms the looming disaster next year for the reform of the polytechnic sector, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. More >>

NZ in ‘GDP per person recession’ under Labour

Thursday, 19 December 2019, 11:39 am | New Zealand National Party

GDP figures released today show New Zealand went into a ‘GDP per person recession’ in the first half of this year, and continue to show an economy that is failing to deliver higher living standards for New Zealanders, National’s Finance spokesperson ... More >>

Auckland light rail now even more of a shambles

Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 3:50 pm | New Zealand National Party

Revelations this week Cabinet will decide on a ‘delivery partner’ not a ‘specific solution’ in the near year for the Government’s troubled Auckland light rail project shows staggering Government incompetence, National’s Transport spokesperson ... More >>

Lees-Galloway’s lack of action hurting the economy

Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 3:16 pm | New Zealand National Party

Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway’s incompetence and inability to sort out visa processing delays is ruining the reputation of New Zealand as an attractive place to work, in turn impacting our economy, National’s Immigration spokesperson ... More >>

Minimum wage increase will cost jobs, hurt SMEs

Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 1:51 pm | New Zealand National Party

While today’s increase in the minimum wage will be good for some, it will cost jobs and impose large costs for small businesses throughout the country, National’s Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson Todd McClay says. More >>

Backdown but no apology from Te Papa

Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 11:09 am | New Zealand National Party

Te Papa’s Chair Hon. Dame Fran Wilde has disappointedly failed to apologise for the museum’s misleading water display, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Todd Muller says. “Farmers have been rightfully upset about the museum’s decision ... More >>

Speech: Building NZ discussion documents launch

Monday, 16 December 2019, 1:08 pm | New Zealand National Party

Welcome to the launch of our Infrastructure and Transport, and RMA Reform and Housing discussion documents. While they are clearly two standalone discussion documents they are both also clearly about the same fundamental thing: building New Zealand. More >>

National to deliver on housing, transport and infrastructure

Monday, 16 December 2019, 1:06 pm | New Zealand National Party

National has today released the ninth and tenth in our series of discussion documents, which contain a range of proposals to ensure New Zealand has the high-quality housing and infrastructure it needs to prosper, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. ... More >>

Delivering infrastructure faster and cheaper

Monday, 16 December 2019, 1:04 pm | New Zealand National Party

National will explore innovative tools and funding mechanisms to deliver the high-quality infrastructure New Zealanders want faster and cheaper, Infrastructure spokesman Paul Goldsmith says. “When it comes to infrastructure, a government’s actions speak ... More >>

National will replace the Resource Management Act

Monday, 16 December 2019, 1:02 pm | New Zealand National Party

National will repeal and replace the Resource Management Act, and reform New Zealand’s planning rules if elected in 2020, Housing spokesperson Judith Collins says. “The RMA has failed in its duty to protect the environment and allow our infrastructure ... More >>

National will build up our construction sector

Monday, 16 December 2019, 12:55 pm | New Zealand National Party

16 December 2019 National will deliver stability to the construction sector, making it more resilient to peaks and troughs, Building and Construction spokesperson Andrew Bayly says. “Developers and builders face continual problems with consenting and ... More >>

Highways to get major funding boost under National

Monday, 16 December 2019, 12:53 pm | New Zealand National Party

National will remedy Labour’s neglect of New Zealand’s highways by reigniting our Roads of National Significance build programme and introducing a new category of funding for Roads of Regional Significance, Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop ... More >>

Denise Lee - Increasing Auckland Transport’s accountability

Monday, 16 December 2019, 12:44 pm | New Zealand National Party

National is proposing to establish an independent auditor that will make sure CCO’s like Auckland Transport are properly accountable to the people of Auckland, Local Government (Auckland) spokesperson Denise Lee says. “The public perception of Auckland’s ... More >>

Chris Bishop - National will deliver better public transport

Monday, 16 December 2019, 12:43 pm | New Zealand National Party

National is proposing to improve public transport by overhauling governance in Wellington and Canterbury, providing greater support for ride-sharing, and accelerating the rollout of integrated ticketing, Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The ... More >>

Undoing the housing damage done by Labour

Monday, 16 December 2019, 12:41 pm | New Zealand National Party

National will scrap the KiwiBuild brand, stop wasting taxpayers’ money, and press ahead with initiatives that will actually put roofs over New Zealanders’ heads, Housing spokesperson Judith Collins and Social Housing spokesperson Simon O’Connor ... More >>