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Government complacent as NEETs rate soars

Thursday, 7 February 2019, 1:10 pm | New Zealand National Party

With unemployment rising and the number of young Kiwis not in employment, education or training (NEETs) soaring to the highest in almost a decade, the young are doing it harder under the Labour-led Government, National’s Social Development spokesperson ... More >>

Unemployment up as jobs growth stalls

Thursday, 7 February 2019, 11:56 am | New Zealand National Party

While we should be cautious reading too much into quarterly employment data, today’s figures add to signs that the economic momentum the Government inherited has ended, and the economy is now slowing, National’s Finance spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>

National to release eight policy discussion docs

Wednesday, 6 February 2019, 6:56 pm | New Zealand National Party

National will lead the policy debate in 2019 by releasing eight discussion documents with new ideas to tackle the serious issues facing New Zealanders, and to help ensure New Zealand remains a great place to live, work and raise a family, Simon Bridges ... More >>

Jones’ fund hires 2 bureaucrats for each PGF job

Wednesday, 6 February 2019, 3:29 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government may be in denial over the realities of Shane Jones’ slush fund, but official figures show so far it has hired two bureaucrats for every new job created, National’s Economic and Regional Development spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>

Government must take a position on Venezuela

Tuesday, 5 February 2019, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party

New Zealand must choose a side in the escalating situation in Venezuela, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Todd McClay says. More >>

Behind the hype, slush fund creates just 54 jobs

Monday, 4 February 2019, 7:52 pm | New Zealand National Party

Shane Jones’ Provincial Growth Fund has created just 54 jobs in its first year, making a mockery of the Government’s claim to be helping regional New Zealand, National’s Economic and Regional Development spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>

Woods reveals weak grasp of NZ energy needs

Monday, 4 February 2019, 5:25 pm | New Zealand National Party

Megan Woods has again exposed her flimsy grasp of New Zealand’s energy needs, demonising hydrocarbons at a time when many countries are using natural gas to reduce emissions, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Jonathan Young says “All around ... More >>

Pharmac funding cuts stop new drugs, costs lives

Monday, 4 February 2019, 2:15 pm | New Zealand National Party

Pharmac’s ability to fund new cancer drugs would be much greater if the Government hadn’t cut $200 million from the medicines budget, National’s Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. More >>

Open letter to PM to protect Northland kids from Meningitis

Monday, 4 February 2019, 9:28 am | New Zealand National Party

An open letter in the Northern Advocate today urges the Prime Minister to vaccinate the 20,000 Northland children who are currently ineligible for the Meningitis vaccine, Shane Reti, MP for Whangarei says. “The cost to vaccinate all 20,000 ineligible ... More >>

Otangarei Papakāinga funding approved

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 5:28 pm | New Zealand National Party

Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta today congratulated the tiny Northland community of Otangarei for significant steps towards achieving its vision of a proud, vibrant, prosperous community. More >>

National to hold 40 education public meetings

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 4:52 pm | New Zealand National Party

National to hold 40 education public meetings There has been huge interest from communities since National announced its Future of Education public meetings with a focus on the Tomorrow’s Schools proposals and wider education issues, National’s ... More >>

More confusion over regional roads

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 2:06 pm | New Zealand National Party

The investment from the Provincial Growth fund for transport links in Kaipara will no doubt be welcomed by local residents but the Government’s overall approach to roading in Northland makes no sense, National’s spokesperson for Transport Paul ... More >>

Government keeps ignoring reality on e-cigarettes

Sunday, 3 February 2019, 12:51 pm | New Zealand National Party

New research that proves that electronic cigarettes are far more effective than existing cessation tools shows the Government must move urgently to make e-cigarettes more available as to smokers who want to quit,” National MP Nicky Wagner says. More >>

CTV building appeal disappointing

Friday, 1 February 2019, 2:14 pm | New Zealand National Party

An appeal lodged this week against the High Court decision to allow the Institute of Professional Engineers to complete its inquiry into the professional standards of engineering on the CTV building is disappointing and should be dealt with urgently, ... More >>

Government’s new tourist tax will hurt industry

Friday, 1 February 2019, 2:03 pm | New Zealand National Party

Tourism has been at record levels but anecdotal signs of a slowdown mean the last thing the Government should be doing is imposing new taxes on tourists, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. More >>

Robertson wrong and lacking credibility

Thursday, 31 January 2019, 2:00 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Minister of Finance lacks any credibility in criticising National’s plan to index tax thresholds to the cost of living given his Government’s wasteful use of taxpayer money while he appears to have a limited understanding of how tax indexation ... More >>

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