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Six thousand fewer elective surgeries
Sunday, 8 December 2019, 10:29 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders are missing out on the health care they need with the number of elective surgeries decreasing by almost 6,000 in the year to June, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. More >>
Government takes wasteful spending to a new level
Saturday, 7 December 2019, 6:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Provincial Growth Fund has only managed to create just over 600 jobs with taxpayers forking out almost $500,000 per job, proving the policy is nothing more than another example of wasteful spending by this Government, National’s Regional Development ... More >>
No representation for Napier on DHB Board
Saturday, 7 December 2019, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Minister of Health David Clark has left Napier out in the cold by not appointing a representative on the Hawke’s Bay DHB, MP for Tukituki Lawrence Yule says. More >>
Reserve Bank decision will increase cost of living
Saturday, 7 December 2019, 11:46 am | New Zealand National Party
Increased capital requirements for banks could increase the cost of living for families with a mortgage by an average of $1900 a year and also reduce returns for savers, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
PM has serious questions to answer about Faafoi
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 7:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister has serious questions to ask Minister Kris Faafoi about his failure to declare a conflict of interest in an immigration case, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. More >>
Iain Lees-Galloway away in the clouds on detail
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 5:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
Immigration New Zealand encouraging immigrants to become illegal overstayers while they grapple with processing visas shows how out of control the department has become and Minister Iain Lees-Galloway is asleep at the wheel, National’s Immigration ... More >>
Minister failing to give farmers the facts
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 3:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
Damian O’Conner has badly let down rural New Zealand by not requesting economic and social analysis on his Government’s freshwater proposals, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Todd Muller says. More >>
Labour covering NZ First’s shady dealings
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 2:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s decision today to block the request of former New Zealand First President Lester Gray and former Treasurer Colin Forster is the Government covering up serious allegations of financial impropriety of its coalition partner New Zealand First, ... More >>
Reserve Bank decision will further slow economy
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 12:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
Increased capital requirements for banks announced today will add more pressure on an already slowing economy in the short term, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Government fuel tax hikes pump $565m out of Kiwis
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 10:48 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government is squarely to blame for Kiwis being fleeced at the petrol pump, having milked half a billion dollars out of motorists in just two years through its fuel tax hikes, National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop says. More >>
Mark Crofskey National’s candidate in Rimutaka
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 9:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
Mark Crofskey has today been selected as National’s Rimutaka candidate for the 2020 General Election. More >>
Kiwis overwhelmingly reject Labour's car tax
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 4:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
Julie Anne Genter’s signature car tax isn’t winning the public over, with 69 per cent of submissions opposed to her proposal, National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Associate Transport Minister has trumpeted that her car ... More >>
Nicky Wagner - Time for action on vaping regulation
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Associate Health Minister Jenny Salesa has been promising vaping regulation since this Government came into office, but after almost two years in power there’s still no legislation, National MP Nicky Wagner says. More >>
Court action looming over State Integrated Schools
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 3:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s recent school infrastructure announcement excludes State Integrated Schools which they believe breaches their agreement with the Crown, National’s Education Spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
ECE Action Plan just a plan to write another plan
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 2:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will consider the proposals made in the Early Learning Action Plan, but is sceptical this is yet another unfunded wish list from a Government with a record of non-delivery, National’s Early Childhood Education spokesperson Nicola Willis ... More >>
More data breaches at Arts, Culture & Heritage Ministry
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 5:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Tuia250 data breach earlier in the year was just the beginning of cybersecurity issues at the Ministry for Arts, Culture and Heritage, National’s Data and Cybersecurity spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Official documents show sensitive emails were ... More >>
Russia remains Peters’ blind spot
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 4:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ refusal to directly express displeasure to the Russian Ambassador and his Government over Russian allegations the New Zealand Defence Force failed to clear a firing range of exploded ordnance and are guilty of murdering ... More >>
Mana in Mahi target mysteriously disappears
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 3:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government appears to have dropped its target of 4000 Mana in Mahi places by the end of 2019 and is failing vulnerable young Kiwis, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. More >>
The Government’s year of data breaches
Monday, 2 December 2019, 1:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
This Government is overseeing data breach after data breach, and the latest breach involving the firearm buy-back programme is incredibly serious, National’s Police spokesperson Brett Hudson says. More >>
Government – first class at PR, third rate at delivery
Monday, 2 December 2019, 11:22 am | New Zealand National Party
After two years in Government Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson have finally realised they’ve dropped the ball on infrastructure and are now frantically announcing big spending commitments before the end of the ... More >>
