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Tell them to go home, Prime Minister
Sunday, 11 August 2019, 11:20 am | New Zealand National Party
By issuing a halt to home building the Prime Minister’s interference at Ihumātao has called into question her commitment to full and final Treaty of Waitangi settlements. She now has no choice but to sort it out, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges ... More >>
Minister fails children with complex needs
Sunday, 11 August 2019, 11:18 am | New Zealand National Party
A number of principals are disappointed with the Government’s unfair and inequitable allocation of learning support coordinators around New Zealand, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
Labour’s latest broken promise: light rail to Mt Roskill
Saturday, 10 August 2019, 11:37 am | New Zealand National Party
Two years on from the Prime Minister’s pledge to have light rail from Auckland’s CBD to Mt Roskill within four years, the project is on the fast track to nowhere, National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “All the signs point to ... More >>
PHARMAC’s flatlining funding by stealth
Friday, 9 August 2019, 9:35 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-led Government is attempting to hide its shameful underfunding of medicines by peddling the myth that a transfer of purchasing responsibility constitutes a funding increase, National’s Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. More >>
Longer waiting times for majority of visa categories
Friday, 9 August 2019, 8:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Iain Lees-Galloway has admitted he is ‘concerned’ about visa application waiting times, but that won’t help businesses crying out for employees, National’s Immigration spokesperson Stuart Smith says. More >>
Government policy on referenda a mess
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 5:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s policy on referenda at the next election is contradictory, confusing and a mess, National’s Electoral Law Spokesperson Nick Smith says. More >>
Minister’s secret letter flouting Cabinet Manual
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter has run roughshod over the rules governing Ministers by penning a secret transport letter to Phil Twyford, National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop says. More >>
Government infrastructure hole slowing the economy
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 3:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s failure to deliver more, high quality infrastructure is slowing the economy and contributed to the Reserve Bank’s historic decision to cut the Official Cash Rate to just one per cent, National’s Finance Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith ... More >>
Green Party holding Wellington’s councils to ransom
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 3:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Reports of underhanded tactics used to force a political deal on Wellington’s transport plans show they were gutted for the sake of the Labour-Greens relationship, Wellington-based National MP Nicola Willis says. More >>
Regraded Lumsden hub not fit for purpose
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 3:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
Lumsden’s downgraded ‘maternal and child hub’ is not fit for purpose and Government MPs are blocking the reinstatement of Lumsden Maternity Centre, Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker says. More >>
Regional polytechs to lose autonomy and jobs
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 1:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
Seven of the country’s regional polytechnics will merge ahead of the mega-merger which will result in job losses and a loss of autonomy, National’s spokesperson for Tertiary Education Dr Shane Reti says. More >>
Decriminalisation of drugs by stealth law passes
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 5:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
From today the Police will be directed not to prosecute all drug users as the Government sneakily introduces the decriminalisation of drugs, National’s spokesperson for Drug Reform Paula Bennett says. “National supports both greater rehabilitation ... More >>
Fees-free flop to fund polytech merger
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 4:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government will rely on the failure of its own fees-free policy to fund the establishment of one mega polytechnic, National’s Spokesperson for Tertiary Education Dr Shane Reti says. “Official documents show the massive cost of the vocational reform mega ... More >>
Ideology on the menu but no beef
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 3:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
Associate Health Minister Julie Anne Genter’s assertion that climate change is the foremost public health issue will come as news to the many thousands of New Zealanders suffering from cancer, National’s Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “For ... More >>
OCR cut brings sobering economic news
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 3:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s historic cut to the Official Cash Rate down to just one per cent sounds a dramatic warning that the New Zealand economy is slowing and the Government needs to get serious about growth, National’s Finance Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Immigration Minister running late – just like his department
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 12:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
It would appear that the Immigration Minister has succumbed to the same tardiness that’s affecting his department, Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean says. More >>
Government plays fast and loose with electoral law
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 11:27 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand’s democracy is being treated with disrespect by the Government’s rushed and unconventional changes to electoral and referendum law, National’s Electoral Law spokesperson Nick Smith says. More >>
Victims neglected by Govt’s soft on crime agenda
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 11:12 am | New Zealand National Party
Responses to the 2019 Strengthening the Criminal Justice System for Victims survey shows victims feel failed by this Government’s soft on crime attitude, National Spokesperson for Justice Mark Mitchell says. More >>
Government attempting to ban whitebaiting
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 7:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
The popular Kiwi pastime of whitebaiting is at risk of being banned if the Minister of Conservation gets her way, National’s Conservation spokesperson Sarah Dowie says. More >>
Select Committee failing to assess submissions
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 5:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
Government members of the Environment Select Committee have today voted down the opportunity for a one month extension to the Zero Carbon Bill process, which would have given New Zealanders more opportunity to be heard, National’s Climate Change ... More >>
