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You Can’t Trust Labour With Your Child’s Education

Monday, 29 May 2023, 5:09 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour leader Chris Hipkins’ dismal record in education is likely to continue today with the announcement of yet another education policy that probably won’t see the light of day, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Under ... More >>

National’s Going For Housing Growth Plan

Monday, 29 May 2023, 5:08 pm | New Zealand National Party

National will fix New Zealand’s housing crisis by unlocking land for housing inside and around our cities, building infrastructure, and making sure communities share in the benefits of growth, National’s Housing & Infrastructure spokesperson ... More >>

Labour’s Budget Announcement Falls Apart – Again

Monday, 29 May 2023, 3:01 pm | New Zealand National Party

For two years in a row, Labour’s Budget centrepiece policy has been a shambles, National’s Early Childhood Education spokesperson Penny Simmonds says. “This is the second year in a row that Labour’s Budget announcement has failed to deliver ... More >>

Labour Gets Health Data Wrong – Again

Saturday, 27 May 2023, 3:41 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Health Minister has published another error – this time in the Budget, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “In another data embarrassment for the Health Minister, the Ministry of Health has confirmed that incorrect performance ... More >>

NZ’s Largest High School Gives Labour’s NCEA A Fail

Saturday, 27 May 2023, 2:54 pm | New Zealand National Party

More schools are choosing to ditch NCEA Level One sending an embarrassing vote of no confidence in the education minister and Labour, says National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford. “Labour’s rewriting of NCEA has been a disaster from start to ... More >>

Labour Can’t Be Trusted On Super

Saturday, 27 May 2023, 2:52 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour have given up on their own ideas, their own Budget, and their own vision. They are more interested in political attacks than fixing our country, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Labour should be presenting New Zealanders ... More >>

Labour’s Budget Centrepiece A Shambles

Friday, 26 May 2023, 4:00 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour Minister Michael Wood's admission today that the detail of Labour’s plan to extend 20 hours free early childhood education to two-year-olds is still to be figured out shows the Government’s centrepiece Budget policy is a shambles, National’s ... More >>

You Can’t Trust Labour To Deliver

Friday, 26 May 2023, 2:14 pm | New Zealand National Party

Chris Hipkins will head into his first Labour conference as leader this weekend with an impressive track record of non-delivery, says National’s campaign chair Chris Bishop. Since taking over as leader in January, Hipkins has made a raft of ... More >>

Contacting Patients Is Incompetence Cloaked As Empathy

Friday, 26 May 2023, 1:46 pm | New Zealand National Party

Reports that Health NZ will be contacting New Zealanders languishing on the surgical waitlist to see if they still need their surgery is incompetence cloaked as empathy, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Miracles can happen, but ... More >>

Budget Leaves Pothole In Road Maintenance Funding

Friday, 26 May 2023, 11:48 am | New Zealand National Party

Labour’s Budget has turned a blind eye to road maintenance, with funding for State Highway and local road maintenance decreasing by millions, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Funding for State Highway maintenance has decreased ... More >>

Key Health Measures Dumped In Budget 2023

Friday, 26 May 2023, 10:05 am | New Zealand National Party

Budget 2023 has scrapped more vital health targets while the health sector remains in crisis, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Labour is hiding from accountability by discontinuing a number of health performance measures in this ... More >>

Bloated Bureaucracy Continues To Balloon

Thursday, 25 May 2023, 11:30 am | New Zealand National Party

The public service’s bloated bureaucracy is continuing to balloon under Labour, with new figures showing another rise in the number of public servants, National’s Public Service spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “The Public Service Commission recently ... More >>

Sector Slams Labour’s Flagship ECE Policy

Thursday, 25 May 2023, 7:45 am | New Zealand National Party

The early childhood education sector has overwhelmingly rejected Labour’s policy to extend 20 hours free to two-year-olds, National’s Early Childhood Education spokesperson Penny Simmonds and Education spokesperson Erica Stanford say. “Labour’s ... More >>

Kiwis Deserve Leadership Not A Lecture

Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 4:17 pm | New Zealand National Party

Not content with worsening inflation with its reckless spending, Labour is now lecturing New Zealanders to turn the heating down and to have shorter showers to beat the cost-of-living crisis, says National Campaign Chair Chris Bishop. “Kiwis need some leadership ... More >>

Labour Puts Kiwis In Mortgage Firing Line

Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 3:18 pm | New Zealand National Party

Today’s decision by the Reserve Bank to further increase interest rates, even as they forecast recession this year, will be tough news for any Kiwi with a mortgage, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “This latest interest rate ... More >>

Assaults On Frontline Police Nearly Double In A Year

Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 10:56 am | New Zealand National Party

The fact that assaults on Police have almost doubled in the past year is a damning indictment on the state of law and order under Labour, National’s acting Police spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Last year, our frontline Police were the victims ... More >>

How Many More Businesses Will Close Due To Crime?

Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 11:43 am | New Zealand National Party

Unprecedented levels of retail crime have Kiwi business owners fearing for their lives, National’s Justice and acting Police spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “It is a sad day for New Zealand when business owners are choosing to close because they ... More >>

Botched Measles Campaign Cost $1,300 Per Person

Monday, 22 May 2023, 6:41 pm | New Zealand National Party

Today the Auditor General confirmed that Labour’s botched measle’s catch-up campaign lacked targets and did not achieve its goals, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Labour spent $32 million over two years on a measles catch-up ... More >>

Hipkins Needs A Commitment On India FTA Today

Monday, 22 May 2023, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party

With Canada and India announcing they are about to conclude a trade agreement, Chris Hipkins must secure a commitment to restart negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement from Indian Prime Minister Modi when they meet in Papa New Guinea today, National’s ... More >>

More Crime Is Reported When There Is More Crime

Monday, 22 May 2023, 11:59 am | New Zealand National Party

Ginny Andersen attempting to justify rising crime rates by saying it's now easier to report offending shows how out of touch the Police Minister is, National’s Justice and acting Police spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Since Labour came to power, ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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