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Race Has No Place In Surgical Decisions
Monday, 19 June 2023, 10:09 am | New Zealand National Party
Race has no place in surgical priorities and the Government should immediately drop ethnicity as one of the criteria surgeons have been told to use to rank patients, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “While there has been historical ... More >>
Gangs To Face Tougher Consequences Under National
Sunday, 18 June 2023, 7:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will make membership of a gang an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing, so gang members convicted of an offence face tougher consequences for their crimes, National Party Leader Christopher Luxon says. “Gangs have been an unwelcome part ... More >>
Presumption Of Home Detention Plan Revealed
Friday, 16 June 2023, 7:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour Ministers must front up about their proposal for offenders imprisoned for up to two years to be automatically assumed to get released to home detention, says National’s Justice Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Seven Cabinet papers were ... More >>
Layoffs Begin At Embattled Mega Polytech
Friday, 16 June 2023, 12:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hundreds of polytechnic staff are paying the price of financial mismanagement at Labour’s Te Pūkenga mega-merger, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Penny Simmonds says. “Te Pūkenga staff around the country are being called into ... More >>
Labour Must Delay NCEA Change Programme
Friday, 16 June 2023, 11:27 am | New Zealand National Party
The Education Minister must delay changes to NCEA Level 1 that are due to be implemented next year, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Students have become the collateral damage in Labour’s changes to NCEA, which have been an utter ... More >>
Parker Must Go Back To The Drawing Board
Friday, 16 June 2023, 10:25 am | New Zealand National Party
Proposed tax legislation will create uncertainty for taxpayers, give unconstrained powers to the IRD and should be withdrawn, National’s Revenue spokesperson Andrew Bayly says. “Revenue Minister David Parker’s Tax Principles Reporting Bill appears ... More >>
National Welcomes Pūhoi To Warkworth Motorway
Friday, 16 June 2023, 9:28 am | New Zealand National Party
After years of delays, the opening of the long-awaited Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway is welcome news for commuters in Auckland and Northland, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “The Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway is a big win for the Auckland ... More >>
Labour’s Priorities All Wrong
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 7:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s decision to spend $2 million repairing cycle trails affected by Cyclone Gabrielle rather than providing relief to affected residents raises questions about its judgement, National’s Cyclone Recovery spokesperson Chris Penk says. “Labour’s ... More >>
Robertson’s Red-light Recession
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 11:40 am | New Zealand National Party
Red lights are flashing for the New Zealand economy, which has shrunk even while inflation rages on, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. Data released by Statistics NZ confirms that New Zealand’s economy shrank in the first three ... More >>
Michael Wood Misled Coromandel Over SH25A
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 10:37 am | New Zealand National Party
Former Transport Minister Michael Wood has been caught misleading the Coromandel community regarding the re-opening of the critical State Highway 25A reconstruction, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “In May, the then-Transport ... More >>
Labour Fails To Deliver Key Election Rehab Promise
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 10:35 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour has failed to deliver its centre-piece 2020 law and order policy for meth rehabilitation, fuelling crime in communities across New Zealand, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith and Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti say. “Labour's ... More >>
Unshackle Farmers, Bring Down Food Prices
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 1:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Kiwi families continue to come under strain as food inflation sits above 12 per cent for four months in a row, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Food prices haven’t climbed this fast, this persistently since 1987. Kiwi families ... More >>
National Welcomes Labour’s U-turn On Gene Technology
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 12:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
National welcomes Labour’s U-turn on gene technology but says the Prime Minister needs to act now and end the effective ban - not seek more advice, National’s Science, Innovation, and Technology spokesperson Judith Collins says. “National’s Harnessing ... More >>
Another Of Labour’s Budget Promises Set To Fail
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 11:01 am | New Zealand National Party
Another of Labour’s flagship Budget policies looks destined for the scrap heap with Wellington Regional Council saying there’s no way it will be ready to roll out subsidised transport for under-25s by July 1, National’s Transport spokesperson ... More >>
Labour Fudging The Numbers On New Police
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 11:00 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour is fudging the numbers when it claims to have added 1,800 Police officers, with about 15 per cent of that number having no powers to arrest or role on New Zealand’s streets, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “In 2018, Labour ... More >>
Mismanaged Retreat Delays Continue To Disappoint
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 2:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Aucklanders whose homes suffered damage from Cyclone Gabrielle and other recent flood events are the latest to be told they face fresh delays until they learn their fate, National’s Cyclone Recovery spokesperson Chris Penk says. “While ministers ... More >>
Who Is In Charge In Ōpōtiki?
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 10:21 am | New Zealand National Party
The closure of Ōpōtiki schools for up to a week because of gang tensions in the town is a graphic and shocking illustration of the extent of lawlessness in parts of New Zealand, National’s acting Police spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Today ... More >>
Report Into PGF ‘reset’ Shows It Is Still A Shambles
Monday, 12 June 2023, 6:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Auditor-General’s report into the Provincial Growth Fund reset is a damning indictment on a Government more intent on announcements and ribbon cutting than respect for taxpayer dollars, National’s Economic Development spokesperson Michael Woodhouse ... More >>
National’s Plan For Reducing Agricultural Emissions
Monday, 12 June 2023, 1:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
A National government will help farmers and growers embrace new technology to reduce agricultural emissions and reach New Zealand’s climate change targets, National’s Agricultural spokesperson Todd McClay says. “National is committed to reaching ... More >>
National Will Meet NZ’s Climate Change Targets
Monday, 12 June 2023, 1:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
A National government will meet New Zealand’s climate change targets by super-charging renewable energy and unlocking new technology to reduce agricultural emissions, National’s Climate Change spokesperson Simon Watts says. “National signed the Paris Climate ... More >>
