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Primary Sector Visa to provide certainty for rural employers
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 12:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
13 June 2019 Primary Sector Visa to provide certainty for rural employers National is proposing a Primary Sector Visa to help provide workforce certainty for employers in the primary sector, National’s Immigration spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. ... More >>
Mobile Health Clinic for healthier rural communities
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 12:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
National is proposing a mobile rural health clinic to provide a ‘WOF’ type health check-up in remote areas to ensure people in rural communities have easy access to quality healthcare, National’s Rural Communities spokesperson Matt King says. “More ... More >>
Speech: Primary Sector Discussion Document
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 12:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Good afternoon, it’s great to be here again at Fieldays. More >>
Twyford not upfront about Ministerial meeting
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 4:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
Phil Twyford’s omission of a high-powered meeting from his Ministerial diary shows he subscribes to the Clare Curran theory of openness and transparency, National’s spokesperson for Local Government (Auckland) Denise Lee says. “The Housing and ... More >>
Motorists have little to show for $1.7 billion tax grab
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 3:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
People who drive continue to be treated like outlaws by this Government, which intends to milk them for $1.7 billion in fuel taxes and give them little in return, National’s Transport spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “The scale of the tax increases on ... More >>
Education Minister hiding from hard questions
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 3:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Chris Hipkins has today refused to answer questions on collective bargaining, an issue impacting teachers, parents and students across the country, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
KiwiBuild little more than middle class welfare
Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 3:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
Revelations that some people have qualified for KiwiBuild with house deposits upwards of $600,000 is further evidence the scheme is basically taxpayer-funded welfare, National’s Housing spokeswoman Judith Collins says. More >>
Auckland failed by Government on transport
Sunday, 9 June 2019, 2:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
A reported shortfall in funding for planned Auckland transport projects shows more incompetence and broken promises from the Government, National’s Transport spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “The Government has stopped bunch of projects that were ready ... More >>
Road safety funding cut in Botched Budget
Sunday, 9 June 2019, 9:27 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to explain why the Budget contains a $10 million funding cut for Police to deliver the Road Safety Programmes, National’s Spokesperson for Police Chris Bishop says “The Government has repeatedly said that it has made road safety ... More >>
Labour’s report card shows broken promises
Saturday, 8 June 2019, 11:06 am | New Zealand National Party
The Budget has highlighted that Labour has failed to deliver on more than 50 promises in education and only partially delivered on another 30, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. “National has released a website to ensure the Government is held ... More >>
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 >>
