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More Māori leaders fight for partnership schools
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 4:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s spokesperson for Māori Education Jo Hayes stands in support of Dame Tariana Turia who has joined the fight for partnership schools, their students and their families. More >>
MMP law change would breach German constitution
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 3:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Government changes to New Zealand MMP electoral law enabling a party leader to dismiss an MP would break the constitutional law Allied Powers put in place following the end of the Second World War, National’s Electoral Law spokesperson Dr Nick Smith ... More >>
Natural gas shortage forecast for 2020 and beyond
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 2:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders who rely on gas for power and heating are in trouble, with shortages forecast in every year of the 2020s, in part as a result of the Government’s ban on future offshore oil and gas exploration National’s spokesperson for Energy and ... More >>
Combustible cladding ban better late than never
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 12:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s decision to suspend certificates for combustible cladding similar to that found in horrific Grenfell Tower fire is welcomed by National Party Building and Construction spokesperson Andrew Bayly. More >>
Govt working in shadows to hike fuel taxes
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 10:24 am | New Zealand National Party
Reports that the Transport Minister is coaching councils behind the scenes on how to best impose new fuel taxes around New Zealand shows a woeful disregard for the expenses he is imposing on New Zealanders, National’s transport spokesperson Jami-Lee ... More >>
Pugh takes O’Connor to task in Parliament
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 9:14 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s List MP Maureen Pugh, has slammed incumbent West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O’Connor for what she describes as twenty five years of absence and continued failure to stick up for the interests of his constituents at the most critical times for ... More >>
Govt won’t support better health for newborns
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 8:42 am | New Zealand National Party
Last night the Government voted down my Members Bill that would improve health outcomes for mothers and their babies by ensuring that newborns are enrolled with a GP before they are six weeks old, National MP Parmjeet Parmar says. More >>
Conflicting priorities leave regions hanging
Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 4:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage is increasingly showing how hamstrung she is as the Government’s competing coalition priorities continue to go against her, National’s Conservation spokesperson Sarah Dowie says. More >>
Bishop blasts Hutt SNA process
Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 2:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hutt South MP Chris Bishop is calling on the Hutt City Council to immediately halt its “Significant Natural Area” (SNA) process and go back to the drawing board. More >>
National puts forward medicinal cannabis regime
Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 1:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
National has today lodged a Member’s Bill to implement a comprehensive medicinal cannabis regime that would widen access to medicinal cannabis and license high quality domestic production, Opposition Leader Simon Bridges says. More >>
Hipkins kneecaps most vocal partnership schools
Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 12:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
Chris Hipkins continues to disrespect partnership schools, overseeing a vindictive process to axe the model, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
KiwiBuild is a risky business
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 5:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Housing Minister confirmed today that he is happy to put hardworking taxpayers’ money at risk for his KiwiBuild project, National’s Housing spokesperson Judith Collins says. More >>
Clark using NZDF to prop up the health sector
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 4:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
Revelations that the Government had to call in the army to prop up its hospitals during the recent nurses’ industrial action is further evidence that this Government has lost control of the health sector, National’s spokesperson for Health Michael ... More >>
Fuel tax costs Kiwis $1bn more yet regions miss out
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 4:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders are set to pay over $1 billion more in additional fuel taxes over the next three years according to the Governments own numbers, National’s Transport spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross says. More >>
Police overzealous with liquor licences
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 3:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Police spokesperson Chris Bishop says Wellington Police are being overzealous and heavy-handed in objecting to the liquor licence renewals of bowling clubs in the region. More >>
Renewed calls for essential rural healthcare
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 1:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
A petition calling on the Government to deliver for rural New Zealanders and provide essential healthcare for 600,000 rural New Zealanders has been tabled in Parliament by Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger. More >>
Haumaha farce continues
Monday, 23 July 2018, 5:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
The terms of reference of the inquiry into the appointment of Wally Haumaha as Deputy Police Commissioner do not go far enough and as a result the inquiry is likely to be a $150,000 waste of time, National’s Police spokesperson Chris Bishop says. More >>
More benefits but fewer responsibilities
Monday, 23 July 2018, 8:53 am | New Zealand National Party
More people are moving onto a benefit but fewer sanctions are being imposed on those who fail to hold up their end of the bargain as the Government reduces the responsibilities placed on beneficiaries to help themselves, Opposition Leader Simon Bridges says. More >>
Govt’s approach to waste must not increase taxes
Sunday, 22 July 2018, 11:44 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government must be responsible with Kiwi families’ incomes in their approach to waste and must consider their commitment to impose no new taxes when deciding on extending the waste disposal levy, National’s spokesperson for the Environment ... More >>
Industry concerns prevalent in R&D tax credit submission
Saturday, 21 July 2018, 5:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
The only publically released submission so far on the proposed R&D tax credit scheme will worry the Government as it highlights some industry concerns about whether the tax credit system will boost R&D investment, National’s Research, Science ... More >>
