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Community pleas fall on deaf ears
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 3:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s decision to leave the fate of 380 traumatised children to chance, despite pleas from the community, is a failure of government, leadership, and priorities National’s spokesperson for Children Alfred Ngaro says. More >>
“No New Taxes” Govt plans to make Kiwis pay more
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 2:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government that promised not to increase the tax burden on Kiwis is already setting out to suck up the spare cash of Kiwi families and load more debt onto future generations, National’s Finance Spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
Minister rides roughshod over partnership schools
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 2:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Chris Hipkins has engaged in a terrible process over partnership schools, ruling out changes to allow the schools to maintain aspects of the partnership school model that enable the success of their students before the Select Committee ... More >>
When will they start listening?
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 1:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Yet another negative business confidence survey out today shows it is time for the Government to start listening to small and medium sized businesses, National’s Economic Development Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Leadership, not more reviews, needed for local govt
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 11:23 am | New Zealand National Party
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta should show some leadership on funding for councils rather than establishing yet another review to gather dust, National’s Local Government Spokesperson Jacqui Dean says. More >>
Working groups and reviews - 100 and counting
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 8:22 am | New Zealand National Party
The Ardern-Peters Government has just announced its 100th working group or review after just 200 days in office, National Party Leader Simon Bridges says. More >>
Govt’s inaction risks NZ being shut out of US
Monday, 14 May 2018, 4:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand exporters risk being shut out of the US market because of the Government inaction, given it’s made no effort to build a relationship with its US counterpart, National’s Trade spokesperson Todd McClay says. More >>
Mycoplasma Bovis confirmed in Waikato
Monday, 14 May 2018, 3:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
The cattle disease Mycoplasma Bovis continues to rampage across New Zealand with the Waikato region the latest to be declared, Waikato MP Tim van de Molen says. More >>
Income gap with Australia about to widen
Monday, 14 May 2018, 1:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
Completely opposite approaches to family incomes from Governments on either side of the Tasman risk re-starting the brain drain to Australia with the income gap for middle-income earners about to start widening for the first time in a decade, Leader ... More >>
More focus needed on reforming learning support
Sunday, 13 May 2018, 3:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s $21.5 million investment in early intervention is a positive step for children and families who need additional learning support, but there is a need to focus on reforming the system, National’s Education Spokesperson Nikki Kaye ... More >>
National celebrates 82 years
Sunday, 13 May 2018, 1:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National celebrates 82 years The National Party has marked its 82nd birthday by releasing a new video to help New Zealanders get to better know new Leader Simon Bridges. ‘’The National Party has a long and proud 82-year history exemplified ... More >>
Chilling attitude from Workplace Relations Minister
Sunday, 13 May 2018, 12:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
Workplace Relations Minister Iain Lees Galloway’s gob-smacking high-handed attitude to small and medium sized Kiwi businesses on TVNZ’s Q&A this morning will do nothing to boost sagging business confidence or employment and wage growth, National’s ... More >>
Culture of hostility coming from the top
Saturday, 12 May 2018, 1:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to stop blaming farmers for the ongoing spread of the cattle disease Mycoplasma Bovis and get on with the response, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Nathan Guy says. More >>
Environment struggles with Winston’s diplomat win
Saturday, 12 May 2018, 11:51 am | New Zealand National Party
Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage’s announcement today is another broken promise from a Government which continues to prove it is unable to back it up its unrealistic claims from Opposition, National’s Conservation spokesperson Sarah Dowie says. More >>
Forestry industry needs certainty not rhetoric
Friday, 11 May 2018, 5:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
After so much fanfare and expectation-raising Shane Jones’ announcement today is extremely disappointing, National’s Forestry spokesperson Alastair Scott says. More >>
People don’t want your fuel tax, Phil
Friday, 11 May 2018, 2:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
With Auckland Council’s latest round of public submissions on the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax closing Monday the public is loudly saying it doesn’t want it, National’s Transport Spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross says. More >>
KiwiBuild houses $50,000 more than Govt claimed
Friday, 11 May 2018, 10:46 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders will be shocked to learn the Government has hiked the price of its KiwiBuild houses by $50,000 in just three days – and that it either didn’t know or kept quiet about it, National’s Housing and Urban Development spokesperson Judith ... More >>
Confusion grows around East Lake decision
Friday, 11 May 2018, 9:32 am | New Zealand National Party
Questions must be asked about why the proposed East Lake seems to have been removed from the Residential Red Zone regeneration exhibition, and some answers are needed as to the reasons for its exclusion, National’s spokesperson for Greater Christchurch ... More >>
Secrecy surrounds ‘Open Government Strategy’
Thursday, 10 May 2018, 4:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Open Government Minister Clare Curran’s promise to be the most open and transparent government ever is looking increasingly ridiculous over the secrecy being applied to the Open Government Strategy, National’s State Services Spokesperson Dr Nick ... More >>
Hipkins’ ‘holes’ story unravelling
Thursday, 10 May 2018, 4:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Chris Hipkins is struggling to keep up with his ever-changing story about so-called funding ‘holes’ in the Christchurch schools rebuild programme, National’s Education Spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
