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Rural communities at risk under Sage’s ideology
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 2:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s clear Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage’s decisions on overseas investment are arbitrary and highly ideological, and she shouldn’t be in the job, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Green support shows how weak Terrorism Bill is
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Green Party, who have historically opposed every measure to keep New Zealanders safe, are now supporting the Government’s Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill, proving just how weak this Bill is, National’s Justice spokesperson Mark ... More >>
Hutt Social Housing waitlist hits new record
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 1:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
MP for Hutt South Chris Bishop has released new figures showing the social housing waitlist in the Hutt Valley has hit a new high. More >>
ETS ultimatum still hanging over farmers’ heads
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 10:26 am | New Zealand National Party
While it’s positive to see the farming sector partnering with Government, it’s concerning that Labour has given itself a legal backstop to bring agriculture into the ETS as early as 2022, National’s Climate Change spokesperson Scott Simpson ... More >>
Govt driving up cost of living and Kiwis into debt
Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 5:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni has claimed she’s supporting Kiwis into financial stability but the doubling in the number of benefit advances being paid out would suggest otherwise, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise ... More >>
Genter disingenuous on vaccination numbers
Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 5:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Julie Anne Genter has crowed about ‘a significant increase in MMR immunisations’ while nine outbreaks have swept the country on her watch, people have caught measles from hospital workers and we’ve exported measles to the Pacific, National’s Associate ... More >>
Electricity prices putting pressure on consumers
Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 3:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
Growing wholesale electricity costs are putting huge pressure on industrial and commercial consumers, and will likely hit households soon, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Jonathan Young says. More >>
Prime Minister denies food hardship is a problem
Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 5:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s unthinkable the Prime Minister doesn’t believe over a quarter of a million hardship assistance grants being provided for food is evidence of a problem, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. “The Prime Minister has attributed ... More >>
Auckland slowed down even further
Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 5:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Auckland Transport has ignored the views of Aucklanders and slowed the city down, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. “It already takes too long to get around Auckland, particularly in the CBD. A central city reduced to 30 or 40 km per ... More >>
National identifies Zero Carbon Bill changes
Monday, 21 October 2019, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
National has concerns with the Zero Carbon Bill as reported back from Select Committee and we have outlined the changes we’d like to see, National’s Climate Change spokesperson Scott Simpson says. National seeks the following changes to the Zero ... More >>
Auckland Transport set to slow Auckland down
Monday, 21 October 2019, 10:02 am | New Zealand National Party
Auckland Transport should listen to the views of Aucklanders and reject blanket speed limit reductions on hundreds of kilometres of Auckland roads at its board meeting tomorrow, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. More >>
Action on measles is too little, too late
Friday, 18 October 2019, 3:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s decision to extend the measles vaccine to all babies in Auckland over the age of six months is too little, too late, National’s Associate Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “The measles outbreak peaked weeks ago and the ... More >>
National welcomes progress on Parliament videos
Friday, 18 October 2019, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
18 October 2019 The National Party believes in freedom of speech and will continue to argue for the right to use footage from Parliament on an ongoing basis, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. “To achieve this outcome, we have agreed ... More >>
Even fewer police officers than Stuart Nash claims
Friday, 18 October 2019, 10:51 am | New Zealand National Party
Police Minister Stuart Nash is over inflating how many sworn Police Officers are on the force and he’s misleading New Zealanders, National’s Police spokesperson Brett Hudson says. More >>
This Labour-led Government is failing Māori
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 5:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
The blowout in the number of Māori benefit recipients to 56,500 is concerning and shows this Labour-led Government is failing Māori, National’s Māori Development spokesperson Jo Hayes says. “There’s been an increase of over 11,000 Māori on ... More >>
Police Minister has let down New Zealanders
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
Police Minister Stuart Nash changing his tune on adding 1800 new police officers is a broken promise and another example of this Government letting New Zealanders down, National’s Police spokesperson Brett Hudson says. More >>
More Kiwis doing it tough under this Government
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 1:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
The huge increase in hardship grants paid out in the last quarter shows this Labour-led Government’s policies are making life harder for Kiwis, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. “In the two years since this Government’s been ... More >>
Government stalling for time on pay agreements
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 1:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
Rather than kicking another tough decision down the road for the public to make, the Government needs to start doing its job and make a call on its so-called ‘fair pay’ agreements, National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Todd McClay says. ... More >>
Benefit numbers out of control under Labour
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 11:32 am | New Zealand National Party
An explosion of 6,700 more people on the dole in the last quarter shows this Labour-led Government isn’t serious about getting Kiwis off welfare, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. More >>
Govt must sit down with National over Terrorism Suppression
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 10:18 am | New Zealand National Party
Andrew Little needs to seriously consider the changes put forward by the National Party for the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill or he will lose our support, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. More >>
