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Government must commit to Melling
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 2:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
MP for Hutt South Chris Bishop is calling on the New Zealand Transport Authority (NZTA) and the Government to provide at least some good transport news for the Hutt and commit to a new interchange at Melling. More >>
Economy slowing while Government in denial
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 11:05 am | New Zealand National Party
The newly released Performance of Services Index (PSI) shows that the services sector just had its weakest month in six years, National’s Finance spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
Bridges thanks Korako for services to Parliament
Monday, 15 April 2019, 9:42 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Simon Bridges has thanked retiring MP Nuk Korako for his hard work and dedication to the National Party after he announced his retirement today. More >>
Nuk Korako to retire from Parliament
Monday, 15 April 2019, 9:37 am | New Zealand National Party
National List MP based in Port Hills, Nuk Korako, today announced he will retire from Parliament. More >>
Capital Gains Tax response will still bring pain to many
Sunday, 14 April 2019, 5:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government will this week report back on what it will do with a Capital Gain Tax, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges understands. More >>
Health Minister needs to sort his mess out before strike
Saturday, 13 April 2019, 11:38 am | New Zealand National Party
The decision made by junior doctors to walk off the job for five days will cause enormous disruption and needs to be addressed by Health Minister David Clark, National Spokesperson for Health Michael Woodhouse says. More >>
Jones clearly intervened in trucking case
Thursday, 11 April 2019, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Despite his bluster in the House, there is no doubt Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones intervened in an NZ Transport Agency case against Semenoff Logging, National’s Economic and Regional Development spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Fees Free critical for only six per cent of students
Thursday, 11 April 2019, 11:39 am | New Zealand National Party
A recent survey of Canterbury University students condemns the Labour-led Government’s fees free policy, National’s spokesperson for Tertiary Education Shane Reti says. More >>
Petone to Grenada effectively cancelled
Wednesday, 10 April 2019, 7:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Petone to Grenada effectively cancelled MP for Hutt South Chris Bishop says today’s project update from the NZTA confirms that the important Petone to Grenada Link Road (P2G) is now effectively cancelled. “The project was re-evaluated following the ... More >>
Pharmac inquiry voted down by Government members
Wednesday, 10 April 2019, 1:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s underfunding of medicines is behind their failure to support a Health Select Committee Inquiry into Pharmac, says National Health Spokesperson Michael Woodhouse. More >>
Auditor-General slates Govt polytech reforms
Wednesday, 10 April 2019, 9:43 am | New Zealand National Party
The Office of the Auditor-General yesterday released a damaging submission on the Government’s plans to dissolve regional polytechnics and merge them into one central body, National’s spokesperson for Tertiary Education Shane Reti says. More >>
Double Trouble with Census 2018
Tuesday, 9 April 2019, 6:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
Stats NZ’s confirmation that the problems with Census 2018 is not just with the record low response rate, but a doubling in the partial response rate compounds the problems for the State Sector, says National’s State Services Spokesperson Nick ... More >>
From Maggie Barry on End of Life Choice bill
Tuesday, 9 April 2019, 5:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
After 16 months of working through a record 39,000 written submissions and hearing from1350 submitters at 42 public hearings in 14 towns, the Justice Select Committee today tabled its report on the ‘End of Life’ bill. More >>
Jones quizzed NZTA about conduct of prosecution
Tuesday, 9 April 2019, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Shane Jones has inserted himself into a court case between the NZ Transport Agency and a Northland trucking firm by quizzing NZTA’s top executive about the conduct of the case, National’s Economic and Regional Development spokesperson Paul Goldsmith ... More >>
‘Wellbeing’ indicators impossible to deliver
Tuesday, 9 April 2019, 3:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
The 100+ ‘wellbeing’ indicators released by Stats NZ today are not achievable and will not improve the wellbeing of New Zealand families, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. More >>
Govt putting rural ambulance services at risk
Tuesday, 9 April 2019, 1:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
The week after St John held its annual appeal and called on the Government to fully fund the organisation, it’s ironic that it’s the Government who may end up axing funding for St John volunteers and placing its rural ambulance service at risk, National’s ... More >>
Tomorrow’s Schools needs strengthening not restructuring
Tuesday, 9 April 2019, 12:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
Eight weeks of public meetings across New Zealand on Tomorrow’s Schools show many people see room to improve our education system but they don’t want it radically restructured into a hub model, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
‘Significant disruption’ signalled for primary schools
Monday, 8 April 2019, 1:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s spokesperson for Education Nikki Kaye is concerned for students and parents potentially facing continued strikes in 2019 as the Government has yet again failed to reach an agreement with primary teachers. More >>
Capital Gains Tax would hit 500,000 businesses
Sunday, 7 April 2019, 1:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Capital Gains Tax would hit 500,000 businesses National can reveal that more than 500,000 small businesses would be hit by the Government’s proposed Capital Gains Tax and no region of New Zealand would escape this damaging new tax, Leader of the ... More >>
