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Kermadec Sanctuary lost at sea
Saturday, 8 June 2019, 10:59 am | New Zealand National Party
World Oceans Day today highlights the Government’s failure to make any progress on the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary in the past 18 months, Nelson MP Dr Nick Smith says. “New Zealand has responsibility for one of the largest areas of ocean in the world, ... More >>
Minister only listens to advice when it suits him
Friday, 7 June 2019, 1:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Official advice given to Climate Change Minister James Shaw has once again been ignored, showing that he only takes advice when it suits his narrative, National’s Climate Change spokesperson Todd Muller says. More >>
Watered down cameras on boats disappointing
Friday, 7 June 2019, 12:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s announcement of some cameras on fishing vessels is a disappointing back down and another broken promise from the Coalition Government, National’s Conservation Spokesperson Sarah Dowie says. More >>
Robertson and Little need to come clean
Friday, 7 June 2019, 8:35 am | New Zealand National Party
Finance Minister Grant Robertson and GCSB Minister Andrew Little need to tell the truth about what information they received from the GCSB and Treasury about how sensitive Budget information had been accessed, National’s Deputy Leader Paula Bennett says. ... More >>
Rural mums need urgent action
Thursday, 6 June 2019, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker has again written to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after she promised to ‘take another look’ into the Lumsden Maternity Centre downgrade. “I have written to the Prime Minister and asked for her findings as well as informing ... More >>
Minister shows how misguided she is on speed limits
Thursday, 6 June 2019, 3:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter’s comments that a “huge percentage” of New Zealanders want speed limits to drop shows how out of touch she is with the public, National’s Transport spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Slowing economy will reduce wellbeing
Thursday, 6 June 2019, 10:47 am | New Zealand National Party
The Treasury’s economic growth forecasts are significantly more optimistic than other institutions and bring into question whether the Government will be able to run a surplus and meet its own self-imposed debt targets, National’s Finance spokeswoman ... More >>
Lumsden birthing model not fit for purpose
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 5:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
In just 11 days two babies have been born in the Lumsden area without being able to make it to a proper maternity facility, Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker says. “Today in Lumsden a local woman gave birth just 55 minutes after calling her midwife. ... More >>
Universities ‘dumbed down’ in Botched Budget
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 3:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
This Government will be remembered as the Government that dumbed down our university sector in its Botched Budget, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “The Government has cancelled multiple successful, innovative university ... More >>
Minister needs to act on West Coast landfill spill
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 11:07 am | New Zealand National Party
The Minister for the Environment needs to step in and provide tangible Government support for the West Coast landfill spill, says National’s Environment spokesperson Scott Simpson. More >>
Cutting speed limits could put handbrake on NZ
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 10:03 am | New Zealand National Party
A wholesale reduction in speed limits could do more harm than good by further isolating regional New Zealand and weakening the economy, National’s Transport spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
More evidence Govt to blame for slowing economy
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 2:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The release of today’s Terms of Trade data shows more evidence that New Zealand’s economic slowdown is due to domestic factors like Government policy, National’s Finance spokeswoman Amy Adams says. More >>
Sport funding at risk from rushed Racing Bill
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 10:30 am | New Zealand National Party
Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson needs to give assurances there will be no net loss to sporting organisations as a result of the Government’s Racing Reform Bill, National’s Sport and Recreation spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
National calls for Budget inquiry to be widened
Monday, 3 June 2019, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister must be open and transparent about what questions she has asked her Finance Minister since spurious allegations were made that National acquired Budget documents through criminal activity, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Paula ... More >>
Govt reduces funding for people with disabilities
Monday, 3 June 2019, 9:30 am | New Zealand National Party
The Botched Budget is a bitter pill to swallow for people with disabilities who have been completely ignored, National Disability Issues spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Disability advocates requested a $250 million increase, but received $7 million ... More >>
Predator Free funding freeze - ideology before environment
Sunday, 2 June 2019, 5:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage has again let her ideology cloud her judgement by not upping the ante with more money for Predator Free 2050 in the Botched Budget, National’s Conservation spokesperson Sarah Dowie says. More >>
Govt admits defeat on Social Housing in Botched Budget
Saturday, 1 June 2019, 1:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Botched Budget has revealed the Government has no solutions to the increasing state housing waiting list and the exploding numbers of people needing emergency housing help makes a mockery of its so-called wellbeing focus, National’s Social ... More >>
School donations policy full of holes
Saturday, 1 June 2019, 12:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
This week Labour scaled back on another promise, this time on ending school donations, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
More perverse logic from Jones on capital gains tax
Friday, 31 May 2019, 5:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
‘You should thank us for not punching you in the face’, is the analogy Shane Jones seems to be using to justify the absence of a solid economic plan in the Botched Budget, National’s Economic and Regional Development spokesperson, Paul Goldsmith ... More >>
Funding for Technology Valley in Hutt is good news
Friday, 31 May 2019, 4:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
MP for Hutt South Chris Bishop is welcoming funding to rejuvenate the Gracefield Innovation Quarter in Lower Hutt, the ‘Technology Valley’ of New Zealand. Budget 2019 contains $25 million in operating funding and $50 million in capital funding ... More >>
