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Waikato Hospital Forced To Divert Ambulances
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 6:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Waikato has been left off Labour’s emergency department ‘hot spot’ list and the winter preparedness plan despite recent reports of serious staff shortages, ambulance ramping and ambulance diversions, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti ... More >>
Labour’s ITPs Consultant Gravy Train Continues
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 2:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
Budget documents show Labour is continuing to spend millions on consultants rather than helping industries to grow and boost our economy, National’s Economic Development Spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “In 2019 Labour established the Industry Transformation ... More >>
Benefit Numbers Projected To Rise
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 1:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Budget shows a concerning rise in benefit numbers in the next two years, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “Treasury is forecasting an extra 33,000 New Zealanders to be added to the Jobseeker benefit in ... More >>
Ram Raids Up 55 Per Cent Since February
Monday, 29 May 2023, 6:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s only answer to ram raids is to shovel more fog cannons out the door instead of actually stopping the criminals who are destroying businesses and traumatising workers, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. "New Police data ... More >>
You Can’t Trust Labour With Your Child’s Education
Monday, 29 May 2023, 5:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour leader Chris Hipkins’ dismal record in education is likely to continue today with the announcement of yet another education policy that probably won’t see the light of day, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Under ... More >>
National’s Going For Housing Growth Plan
Monday, 29 May 2023, 5:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will fix New Zealand’s housing crisis by unlocking land for housing inside and around our cities, building infrastructure, and making sure communities share in the benefits of growth, National’s Housing & Infrastructure spokesperson ... More >>
Labour’s Budget Announcement Falls Apart – Again
Monday, 29 May 2023, 3:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
For two years in a row, Labour’s Budget centrepiece policy has been a shambles, National’s Early Childhood Education spokesperson Penny Simmonds says. “This is the second year in a row that Labour’s Budget announcement has failed to deliver ... More >>
Labour Gets Health Data Wrong – Again
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 3:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Health Minister has published another error – this time in the Budget, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “In another data embarrassment for the Health Minister, the Ministry of Health has confirmed that incorrect performance ... More >>
NZ’s Largest High School Gives Labour’s NCEA A Fail
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 2:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
More schools are choosing to ditch NCEA Level One sending an embarrassing vote of no confidence in the education minister and Labour, says National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford. “Labour’s rewriting of NCEA has been a disaster from start to ... More >>
Labour Can’t Be Trusted On Super
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 2:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour have given up on their own ideas, their own Budget, and their own vision. They are more interested in political attacks than fixing our country, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Labour should be presenting New Zealanders ... More >>
Labour’s Budget Centrepiece A Shambles
Friday, 26 May 2023, 4:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour Minister Michael Wood's admission today that the detail of Labour’s plan to extend 20 hours free early childhood education to two-year-olds is still to be figured out shows the Government’s centrepiece Budget policy is a shambles, National’s ... More >>
You Can’t Trust Labour To Deliver
Friday, 26 May 2023, 2:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
Chris Hipkins will head into his first Labour conference as leader this weekend with an impressive track record of non-delivery, says National’s campaign chair Chris Bishop. Since taking over as leader in January, Hipkins has made a raft of ... More >>
Contacting Patients Is Incompetence Cloaked As Empathy
Friday, 26 May 2023, 1:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
Reports that Health NZ will be contacting New Zealanders languishing on the surgical waitlist to see if they still need their surgery is incompetence cloaked as empathy, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Miracles can happen, but ... More >>
Budget Leaves Pothole In Road Maintenance Funding
Friday, 26 May 2023, 11:48 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s Budget has turned a blind eye to road maintenance, with funding for State Highway and local road maintenance decreasing by millions, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Funding for State Highway maintenance has decreased ... More >>
Key Health Measures Dumped In Budget 2023
Friday, 26 May 2023, 10:05 am | New Zealand National Party
Budget 2023 has scrapped more vital health targets while the health sector remains in crisis, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Labour is hiding from accountability by discontinuing a number of health performance measures in this ... More >>
Bloated Bureaucracy Continues To Balloon
Thursday, 25 May 2023, 11:30 am | New Zealand National Party
The public service’s bloated bureaucracy is continuing to balloon under Labour, with new figures showing another rise in the number of public servants, National’s Public Service spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “The Public Service Commission recently ... More >>
Sector Slams Labour’s Flagship ECE Policy
Thursday, 25 May 2023, 7:45 am | New Zealand National Party
The early childhood education sector has overwhelmingly rejected Labour’s policy to extend 20 hours free to two-year-olds, National’s Early Childhood Education spokesperson Penny Simmonds and Education spokesperson Erica Stanford say. “Labour’s ... More >>
Kiwis Deserve Leadership Not A Lecture
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 4:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
Not content with worsening inflation with its reckless spending, Labour is now lecturing New Zealanders to turn the heating down and to have shorter showers to beat the cost-of-living crisis, says National Campaign Chair Chris Bishop. “Kiwis need some leadership ... More >>
Labour Puts Kiwis In Mortgage Firing Line
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 3:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s decision by the Reserve Bank to further increase interest rates, even as they forecast recession this year, will be tough news for any Kiwi with a mortgage, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “This latest interest rate ... More >>
Assaults On Frontline Police Nearly Double In A Year
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 10:56 am | New Zealand National Party
The fact that assaults on Police have almost doubled in the past year is a damning indictment on the state of law and order under Labour, National’s acting Police spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Last year, our frontline Police were the victims ... More >>
