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Polytech reforms grab community cash
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s vocational education reform is looking like the next fees-free flop as recently released official papers show the one mega polytechnic will grab cash from polytechnics, National’s Spokesperson for Tertiary Education Dr Shane ... More >>
Chief Ombudsman to investigate Minister’s secret letter
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
An official investigation has been launched into Julie Anne Genter’s refusal to release her secret Let’s Get Wellington Moving letter, National MPs Chris Bishop and Nicola Willis say. More >>
More children in benefit dependent households
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 2:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
The number of children living in benefit dependent households has increased by 8,000 in just over a year despite the Government’s commitment to halve child poverty in ten years, National’s Social Development Spokesperson Louise Upston says. More >>
Ombudsman leaves Minister with nowhere to hide
Monday, 5 August 2019, 2:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Ombudsman has poured cold water on the Government’s desperate attempt to stop the public from seeing Julie Anne Genter’s secret Let’s Get Wellington Moving letter, National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “On the back of ... More >>
Treasury: polytechnic reforms will fail with extreme impact
Monday, 5 August 2019, 1:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
The next fees-free failure is unfolding as Treasury documents released on Thursday show the polytechnic reforms are likely to fail with extreme impact, National Party Spokesperson for Tertiary Education Dr Shane Reti says. More >>
Children most in need miss out on learning support
Monday, 5 August 2019, 9:33 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s announcement of more learning support coordinators has been allocated in a way which is deeply unfair and will see the schools most in need missing out, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
Rushed cancer announcement underwhelming
Sunday, 4 August 2019, 2:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s announcement today about cancer treatment is nothing more than business as usual and will leave New Zealanders feeling underwhelmed, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. More >>
Petition launched to stop Labour’s car tax
Sunday, 4 August 2019, 11:59 am | New Zealand National Party
Petition launched to stop Labour’s car tax The National Party is today launching a petition to stop the Government’s car tax, which will penalise many hard-working Kiwis for buying the vehicles they want to drive, National Party Leader Simon Bridges ... More >>
Government admits DHB budget blowout
Friday, 2 August 2019, 5:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s easy to see why Health Minister David Clark was reluctant to release data on DHBs’ financial performance because they’ve shown a budget blowout, National’s Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “I’ve been predicting for months ... More >>
Report signals warning over success of buyback
Friday, 2 August 2019, 2:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Documents released today show the Government is compromising public safety in failing to make its gun buyback scheme fair and reasonable, National’s Police spokesperson Brett Hudson says. More >>
Government not delivering on social housing
Friday, 2 August 2019, 12:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
For all its big promises about putting roofs over people’s heads, the only thing this Government has delivered is a sky-rocking list of people in need, National’s Social Housing spokesperson Simon O’Connor says. More >>
Consumers also feeling grim about the economy
Friday, 2 August 2019, 11:01 am | New Zealand National Party
Today’s ANZ Consumer Confidence survey shows Kiwi consumers are feeling more pessimistic as the economy continues to slow, job creation stalls and the cost of living continues to rise, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Let’s Get More Transparency from this Government
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 5:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to stop hiding behind spurious arguments for not releasing the secret letter between Ministers that dramatically altered Wellington’s transport future, National’s Transport spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Transport Minister ... More >>
Stats NZ misses another Census deadline
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 4:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
Stats NZ has missed another deadline as Census 2018’s Independent Review report, due out in July, has been delayed, National’s Statistics spokesperson Jian Yang says. “Stats NZ has stated repeatedly that the report would be released in July ... More >>
Minister tricky on DHB finances
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 1:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
David Clark has claimed he cannot provide information on the financial performance of DHBs despite having the data since June, National’s Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. More >>
Government’s reforms devastating for SIT
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 1:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s decision to strip the Southern Institute of Technology of assets and send all power to a centralised polytechnic in Wellington is devastating for our community, MP for Invercargill Sarah Dowie says. More >>
Jobs and polytechs gone in Government’s reforms
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s polytechnic and industry announcement today will cost thousands of jobs and may be the death knell for some polytechnics, National’s spokesperson for Tertiary Education Dr Shane Reti says. More >>
Questions still hang over water quality review
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 11:22 am | New Zealand National Party
An independent water quality regulator is a positive move, but questions still remain over the extra regulation and costs that will be lumped on councils following the Government’s Three Waters Review, National’s Local Government spokesperson Jacqui ... More >>
School camps and outdoor education at risk
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 9:09 am | New Zealand National Party
Questions around the Government’s vague donations policy and whether schools will still be able to ask for payments towards camps or other outdoor education programmes needs to be resolved quickly, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
MPs told Meningitis vaccines were always available
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 8:57 am | New Zealand National Party
Pfizer officials appearing before the Health Select Committee yesterday revealed that 30,000 Meningitis vaccines were available to PHARMAC during the recent outbreak in Northland, National MP for Whangarei and Associate Health spokesperson Dr Shane ... More >>
