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‘Fair Pay’ plans would hurt economy, productivity
Thursday, 31 January 2019, 9:19 am | New Zealand National Party
The Fair Pay Agreement Working Group has confirmed our worst fears with economically damaging proposals to impose national awards and let a minority of workers force industry-wide pay talks, National’s Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson ... More >>
National would introduce rolling tax relief
Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 3:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
A National Government would link income tax brackets to inflation, ensuring income taxes are adjusted every three years in line with the cost of living and allowing New Zealanders to keep more of what they earn, National Leader Simon Bridges says. ... More >>
Simon Bridges – State of the Nation
Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 3:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
Good afternoon everyone. It’s fantastic to be here in Christchurch to speak to you about National’s vision for New Zealand, our principles and our priorities for this year and beyond. We’re starting to see here the city you deserve with ... More >>
Govt needs to do more on teacher shortages
Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 2:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says teacher vacancy figures being reported do not reflect an accurate picture of the retention and recruitment issues faced by schools and that the Government must do more to address the shortages. More >>
Govt tax tentacles reach for your steak & ice cream
Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 12:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
Julie Anne Genter’s refusal to rule out a red meat tax and the Health Ministry’s work on a sugar tax show nothing is off limits for this Government when it comes to taking more from hardworking New Zealanders, National’s Finance spokesperson ... More >>
New Zealand must support democracy in Venezuela
Monday, 28 January 2019, 2:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand must join the international community in calling for fresh elections in Venezuela, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Todd McClay says. More >>
Unwanted KiwiBuild houses a blot on Government
Monday, 28 January 2019, 1:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
Three months on and selling the 175 KiwiBuild houses in Te Kauwhata is looking more like a far-fetched dream rather than reality for Housing Minister Phil Twyford, but it’s not the case for other non-KiwiBuild homes in the same development, National’s ... More >>
Government must safeguard NZ’s ability to innovate
Monday, 28 January 2019, 12:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government claims to be committed to building a more innovative economy, so it should explain why New Zealand’s innovation ranking is sliding, National’s Research, Science and Innovation spokesperson Parmjeet Parmar says. More >>
New year – new approach to try sell KiwiBuild
Sunday, 27 January 2019, 11:22 am | New Zealand National Party
This year Housing Minister Phil Twyford is employing a new method in order to try and sell his KiwiBuild homes – prospective first home buyers can begin the process of buying a home on the spot without entering a ballot, National’s Housing spokesperson ... More >>
MPs petition to protect all Northland children
Saturday, 26 January 2019, 10:57 am | New Zealand National Party
MPs petition Govt to protect all Northland children from Meningitis MP for Whangarei Dr Shane Reti and MP for Northland Matt King have launched a petition challenging the Government to vaccinate all Northlanders under 20 years of age to protect against ... More >>
Minister silent on City Rail Link cost blowout
Saturday, 26 January 2019, 10:55 am | New Zealand National Party
Leaked information that the cost of Auckland’s City Rail link, New Zealand’s largest transport project, has blown out by $500 million is deeply concerning and raises questions about the Government’s ability to manage its finances, National’s ... More >>
‘Wellbeing’ budget masks economic policy vacuum
Thursday, 24 January 2019, 12:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is going all out to hype its well-being budget but New Zealanders will rightly wonder if it will differ in substance from previous budgets or just be a fluffy PR exercise masking the lack of an economic plan, National’s Finance ... More >>
Where’s Westland Milk loan as bidders circle?
Thursday, 24 January 2019, 11:01 am | New Zealand National Party
Reports that Westland Milk is talking to well-financed potential bidders for the company raise serious questions about the $9.9 million soft loan from Shane Jones’ Regional Slush Fund, National’s Economic and Regional Development spokesperson ... More >>
Govt’s ‘fair pay’ agenda is unionisation by stealth
Thursday, 24 January 2019, 10:13 am | New Zealand National Party
The recommendations of Iain Lees-Galloway’s Fair Pay Agreement Working Group show the Government’s industrial relations agenda amounts to compulsory unionism by stealth, National’s Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson Scott Simpson says. More >>
Govt sets NZ up for epic year of strikes
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 1:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
Less than a month into 2019 the signs are that New Zealand is facing another epic year of strikes thanks to a Government that seesaws between egging on the unions and arguing with them, National’s Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson Scott ... More >>
United Nations address an insult to New Zealand
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 1:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
In a move typical of a Government which wants to tell New Zealanders we are failing, Justice Minister Andrew Little has sold New Zealand short at the United Nations when we should be promoting ourselves proudly on the world stage, National’s Justice ... More >>
Defeated Housing Minister drops KiwiBuild target
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 10:19 am | New Zealand National Party
Housing Minister Phil Twyford’s outstanding admission today his policy of building 1000 KiwiBuild houses by July this is year is just ‘a target’, and further he can’t guarantee he will hit that target shows just how muddled this Government ... More >>
Govt in denial as most coal burned in five years
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 9:48 am | New Zealand National Party
It is a sad irony that in the first year of a Government that talks a big game on climate change, New Zealand burned the most coal in five years to keep the lights on, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Jonathan Young says. More >>
Coordinated approach to drug reform needed
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party
A coordinated approach across health, education, law and order and border control is needed to counter the complex issues around drugs in New Zealand, National’s new spokesperson for Drug Reform Paula Bennett says. More >>
National announces spokesperson for Drug Reform
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 11:10 am | New Zealand National Party
National Leader Simon Bridges has appointed Paula Bennett to the new position of Spokesperson for Drug Reform as the Government pushes ahead with its agenda of drug decriminalisation, to signal National’s commitment to holding them to account. More >>
