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Unprecedented abuse of power by Govt
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 11:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
In an extraordinary and potentially unprecedented abuse of power, the Government is attempting to impose new taxes on New Zealanders without proper debate, late at night and under cover of Urgency, National’s Shadow Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee ... More >>
Minister admits he misled NZ public
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 4:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
Minister admits he misled NZ public The Health Minister today admitted he has been misleading the New Zealand public on health spending to hide his broken promises and to mask the fact that he did not deliver to the expectations he raised, National’s ... More >>
Minister sitting on fire safety report
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 3:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Building and Construction Minister Jenny Salesa is sitting on her hands and reports outlining major safety concerns, while dangerous aluminium composite panels are still being used to construct new buildings, National’s Building and Construction spokesperson ... More >>
Jones runs amok again
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 3:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
The dysfunction and disunity at the heart of the Government has again been put on display by Shane Jones, National’s Regional Economic Development Minister Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Labour Party blurring lines with public service
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 3:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
The State Services Commission must immediately investigate the relationship between the Labour Party and the Department of Internal Affairs’ Office of Ethnic Communities, National’s State Services spokesperson Nick Smith says. More >>
Housing NZ should not be an overflow for prisons
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s ‘no eviction’ policy and soft stance on criminal and anti-social behaviour will see Housing New Zealand become an overflow for prisons, National’s Housing Spokesperson Judith Collins says. More >>
Hypocritical Greens fail on water bottling policy
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 10:16 am | New Zealand National Party
The Green Party’s claim the law prevented them from declining an overseas buyer’s application to expand their water bottling plant is merely an attempt to excuse their hypocrisy, National’s Land Information Spokesperson David Bennett says. More >>
Twyford’s ‘regional’ fuel tax anything but
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 10:02 am | New Zealand National Party
Phil Twyford has opened the floodgates to councils up and down the country wanting to hike taxes on motorists, proving his claims the regional fuel tax will be confined to Auckland are false, National’s Transport spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross says. More >>
Local Govt to be let down by Tourism Minister’s tax
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 9:41 am | New Zealand National Party
Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis is proposing a significant new cost on visitors coming to New Zealand to meet Labour’s election year promise to local government, yet he is woefully short on detail and doesn’t think his tax will make any difference, ... More >>
Overseas Investment Amendment a dog of a Bill
Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 5:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s Bill to ban foreign buyers is a textbook example of bad law-making and the changes made at select committee will do nothing to alter the fact it’s a dog, National’s Finance Spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
Government adding $100 a week to cost of living
Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 2:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to start thinking about the impact of its tax and bad economic policies on Kiwi families and stop loading the costs on to their weekly bills, Opposition Leader Simon Bridges says. More >>
Thousands sign to save regional roads
Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 2:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National has today lodged petitions in Parliament showing significant public support for key regional roading projects under threat as a result of the Government’s bad transport policies, says National Party Transport spokesperson, Jami-Lee Ross. More >>
Govt has responsibility to avoid nurses strikes
Monday, 18 June 2018, 3:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must intervene urgently and ensure that mediation with nurses and midwives takes place to prevent industrial action so that patients get the care they need, National Party spokesperson for Health Michael Woodhouse says. More >>
Government needs to rethink Landcorp
Monday, 18 June 2018, 10:38 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to shrink their ownership of farms through Landcorp and use them to give young Kiwi farmers the opportunity to lease and ultimately own some of these farms, National Party spokesperson for Agriculture Nathan Guy says. More >>
Law and Order targets sent to waste paper bin
Monday, 18 June 2018, 9:21 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s pledge to put fewer people in prison is already starting to bite, as it drops previous targets aimed at solving more crime and keeping New Zealanders safe, National’s Police spokesperson Chris Bishop says. More >>
Class A drug dealers to be let off the hook by Little
Saturday, 16 June 2018, 12:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s justice reforms continue to become more dangerous, with Justice Minister Andrew Little suggesting non-violent dealers of P and other Class A drugs should not be in prison and left in our communities instead, National’s Justice ... More >>
Government driving land into foreign ownership
Saturday, 16 June 2018, 11:23 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s backward and ill-thought through changes to overseas investment regulations are having a perverse affect and driving more land into the hands of overseas investors, National’s Spokesperson for Viticulture Stuart Smith says. More >>
Minister needs to get Wellington moving
Friday, 15 June 2018, 3:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
Following the release of the preferred Let’s Get Wellington Moving plan, the Government needs to quit stalling and be upfront with Wellingtonians about what funding they will commit to our transport system, Wellington based MPs Brett Hudson, Christopher ... More >>
Govt must take opportunity to fix broken LGOIMA
Friday, 15 June 2018, 2:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
The escalating transparency issues at Auckland Council are a sign that the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act is broken, and central Government must take steps towards reform by supporting National MP Denise Lee’s Member’s ... More >>
Green Party abandoning its ‘principles’
Friday, 15 June 2018, 12:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Green Party voters are feeling rightfully ripped off after Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage’s extraordinary U-turn to allow an overseas bottling plant to purchase more land to expand their operation, National’s Land Information Spokesperson David ... More >>
