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National supports firearms reform
Thursday, 21 March 2019, 3:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges has welcomed the changes proposed by the Government today to reform our firearms legislation. More >>
Opposition Leader’s Address to Parliament on Christchurch
Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 5:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Leader’s Address to Parliament on Christchurch terror attacks More >>
Opposition Leader visits Christchurch
Saturday, 16 March 2019, 5:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges has today visited Christchurch alongside the Prime Minister and other Party Leaders and met with the Islamic community, some of the affected families and emergency responders. More >>
Opposition Leader condemns Christchurch attacks
Friday, 15 March 2019, 3:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges has condemned the Christchurch attacks and expresses condolences to the people of Canterbury. “Details are still emerging but the attacks are shocking. “We stand with and support the New Zealand Islamic ... More >>
Nash acting like Minister Against Small Business
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 2:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
Stuart Nash seems oblivious to the harm a Capital Gains Tax would cause small business owners, National’s Small Business spokesperson Jacqui Dean says. More >>
Taxpayers paying for Mr Twyford’s mistakes
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 2:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
Housing Minister Phil Twyford’s contract to underwrite KiwiBuild houses with developer Mike Greer Homes is looking murkier and murkier, National’s Housing spokesperson Judith Collins says. More >>
Wellington bustastrophe is now a Govt failure
Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 5:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
Continuing issues with Wellington’s public transport system, including driver shortages and service cut backs, demand a genuine response from central Government, local National Party Wellington-based MPs say. Associate Transport spokesperson Brett Hudson, MP ... More >>
Govt won’t rule out taxing the family home
Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 3:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is providing no certainty to home owners, despite claiming the family home would be exempt from a Capital Gains Tax, because it won’t say whether a home-based business or flatmates would trigger the tax, National’s Finance spokesperson Amy ... More >>
CGT valuations would pile on costs, benefit no-one
Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 2:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Valuing every single business, farm, rental property or family bach to comply with a Capital Gains Tax regime would impose billions of dollars of costs on New Zealanders while benefiting no-one apart from valuers, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges ... More >>
CGT would hit over 400,000 properties in New Zealand
Sunday, 10 March 2019, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s proposed Capital Gains Tax would apply to more than 400,000 properties around the country because they are greater than 4,500 square metres, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. More >>
Nash must be deaf to SME concerns over CGT
Thursday, 7 March 2019, 3:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is hard to believe that the Minister for Small Business hasn’t heard from a single small business on their concerns about a Capital Gains Tax, which amounts to a tax on their hard work, National’s Small Business spokesperson Jacqui Dean ... More >>
Bishop pushes for KGB upgrade
Thursday, 7 March 2019, 12:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
MP for Hutt South Chris Bishop is pushing for the NZ Transport Agency to prioritise an upgrade to the Major Drive, SH2 and Kennedy Good Intersection in Lower Hutt. More >>
CGT would take every dollar of Kiwis’ real gains
Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 2:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s Tax Working Group has recommended a Capital Gains Tax that doesn’t adjust for inflation and, based on its own assumptions, would be an effective tax rate of 100 per cent on real gains, National’s Finance spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
More tax on NZ & Aust. shares will hurt innovators
Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 1:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s Tax Working Group would impose one of the most aggressive Capital Gains Tax regimes in the world on Australasian shares, driving more of our businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators overseas, National’s Finance spokesperson Amy Adams ... More >>
Farmers not the cash cow for more Govt taxes
Monday, 4 March 2019, 7:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Rural Kiwis, from farmers and contractors to retailers, engineers and many other hardworking New Zealanders would be hurt by a Capital Gains Tax and a raft of new taxes aimed at the primary sector, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Nathan Guy ... More >>
If the CGT is bad for Māori, then it’s bad for all Kiwis
Sunday, 3 March 2019, 1:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
If the CGT is bad for Māori, then it’s bad for all Kiwis More >>
CGT a kick in the guts for NZ businesses
Saturday, 2 March 2019, 11:44 am | New Zealand National Party
The proposed Capital Gains Tax would discourage those trying to get a business going and hurt our innovators and entrepreneurs, National’s Finance Spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
CGT poses $64k question for ordinary Kiwis
Friday, 1 March 2019, 10:53 am | New Zealand National Party
A Capital Gains Tax would reduce retirement savings for an average earner’s KiwiSaver by $64,000 over the course of their working life, making a nonsense of the Prime Minister’s claim that her tax plans are about fairness, Leader of the Opposition ... More >>
Capital Gains Tax will deter R&D
Thursday, 28 February 2019, 1:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
New figures released today by Statistics New Zealand show strong progress in Research and Development (R&D) spending under the National-led Government’s R&D framework, while also showing what a Capital Gains Tax will put at risk, National’s ... More >>
Riverton Racetrack next in the firing line
Thursday, 28 February 2019, 9:45 am | New Zealand National Party
National MP for Invercargill Sarah Dowie is leading calls to save Riverton Racecourse after the historic course was slated for closure in a recent plan from New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing. More >>
