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Minister arrogantly ignores Reserve Bank estimates

Thursday, 29 November 2018, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party

Housing Minister Phil Twyford confirmed today he does not agree with the Reserve Bank’s forecast that KiwiBuild will only deliver between a quarter and a half of the number of houses he has promised, National’s Housing spokesperson Judith Collins ... More >>

PM finally admits Lees-Galloway got it wrong

Thursday, 29 November 2018, 3:34 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Prime Minister has finally admitted what the whole country already knew: that the Minister of Immigration made a bad mistake in granting drug-dealing criminal Karel Sroubek New Zealand residency, National’s Immigration spokesperson Michael ... More >>

Govt departments not the place for party politics

Thursday, 29 November 2018, 3:16 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Minister for Social Development needs to make it clear to the Government that it can’t use its departments to try to gain votes, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. More >>

Government continues to stall on mental health

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 7:22 pm | New Zealand National Party

The fact that the Government is delaying any formal response to the Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry until March next year is appalling, National’s Mental Health Spokesperson Matt Doocey says. More >>

Bridges thanks Finlayson for service to NZ

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 5:22 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Simon Bridges has thanked retiring MP Chris Finlayson for his immense contribution to New Zealand and the National Party, following his announcement today he will leave Parliament in January. More >>

Chris Finlayson to leave Parliament

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 5:01 pm | New Zealand National Party

National MP Chris Finlayson has confirmed he will leave Parliament in the New Year. “It’s been a real privilege to serve as a Member of Parliament since 2005, nine of them as a Cabinet Minister. I have greatly enjoyed my time here, and I am very ... More >>

Minister misses red flags for meningococcal outbreak

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 4:20 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Health Minister David Clark must come clean on the timeline of events that led to his Governments’ inadequate and extremely delayed response to the fatal meningococcal outbreak, National’s associate Health spokesperson Shane Reti says. “After the ... More >>

Courts strikes could cause a miscarriage of justice

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 4:03 pm | New Zealand National Party

Ongoing lightning strikes in our court system are having serious repercussions, National’s Courts spokesperson Chris Penk says. “Chief Judge for the District Court, Jan-Marie Doogue has said that as a result of lightning strikes ‘there may very well be a ... More >>

Minister’s leadership of Census 2018 abysmal

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 3:59 pm | New Zealand National Party

Statistics Minister James Shaw’s failure to show leadership and be out of the country when Census 2018 was falling to bits has meant that next year’s Budget will be developed on 2013 population statistics, National’s Statistics spokesperson Dr ... More >>

Low to middle income earners side-lined by Minister

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party

Housing Minister Phil Twyford is cancelling plans to build affordable houses just so he can label them KiwiBuild, National’s Housing spokesperson Judith Collins says. More >>

Another chance to stop SNA debacle

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 3:48 pm | New Zealand National Party

MP for Hutt South Chris Bishop is calling on Hutt City Councillors to fundamentally re-think the “Significant Natural Area” (SNA) process at their District Plan meeting tomorrow night. More >>

Jones’ forestry jobs cost at least $485k apiece

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 3:02 pm | New Zealand National Party

Shane Jones could hire the Prime Minister to work on his tree-planting schemes – and she’d get a pay rise – based on the fuzzy economics of the Provincial Growth Fund, National’s Economic and Regional Development spokesperson Paul Goldsmith ... More >>

Jones’ ports meddling smacks of nationalisation

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 3:01 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour has endowed its junior partner with wads of cash and latitude to meddle but its grandiose plans to reshape North Island port and transport infrastructure smacks of nationalisation, National’s Judith Collins and Paul Goldsmith say. More >>

Virtual Learning Network & online learning in limbo

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 2:37 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government has failed to give certainty of funding for the Virtual Learning Network (VLN) Primary which supports more than 1000 students with their contract expiring in a few weeks, National’s Education Spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>

Cullen confirms tax group will deliver CGT

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 2:22 pm | New Zealand National Party

Sir Michael Cullen has let Kiwis know what the Government has been too shy to reveal – the Tax Working Group was set up to design a capital gains tax which is only going to impose more costs on hard working New Zealanders and drive up rents, National’s ... More >>

Government confirms it got Sroubek decision badly wrong

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 1:51 pm | New Zealand National Party

Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway has confirmed he is unfit for office by finally coming to the same conclusion on convicted drug smuggler Karel Sroubek that every other New Zealander reached weeks ago, National Leader Simon Bridges says. “After ... More >>

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