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Bridges welcomes Green Party Questions
Sunday, 18 March 2018, 12:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Simon Bridges has welcomed the Green Party’s decision to give the Opposition its allocated Oral Questions in Parliament to allow it to better hold the weak Ardern-Peters Government to account. More >>
Shameless Shane Jones pimps his ride
Friday, 16 March 2018, 2:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Shameless Shane Jones is not just rolling out the pork for Northland, but focusing that pork in his own close neighbourhood to help him get around, National Party Regional Development Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Government breaching Bill of Rights
Friday, 16 March 2018, 12:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
Government breaching Bill of Rights The Government must reconsider amendments to the Electoral Act enabling party leaders to dismiss MPs from Parliament following today’s damning submission from leading political and legal academics, National’s ... More >>
National Delegation Show of Support at Field Days
Friday, 16 March 2018, 10:06 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party leader Simon Bridges is heading a large delegation of National Party MPs in a show of support for rural communities at this year’s Central District’s Field Days event in Fielding. More >>
Air Force not a taxi service for its Minister
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Defence Minister Ron Mark has some serious questions to answer over what appears to be totally inappropriate use of NZDF aircraft, National’s Defence spokesman Mark Mitchell says. More >>
Ardern-Peters Govt needs to stand alongside UK
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister needs to join Australia and others and immediately take a stand alongside the UK in the wake of the military-grade nerve agent attack on UK soil, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Todd McClay says. More >>
GDP figures show Government must nurture growth
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 1:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to be careful with its economic policy settings as Stats NZ figures show growth slowed slightly at the end of last year, National Party Finance Spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
Did David Parker really forget Ngāti Whātua?
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 11:18 am | New Zealand National Party
It’s an inconceivable blunder for David Parker to have blindsided Auckland iwi Ngāti Whātua with the latest America’s Cup base proposal, National’s America’s Cup spokesperson Gerry Brownlee and Crown-Maori Relations spokesperson Chris Finlayson ... More >>
Hipkins’ ideology could cost taxpayers $42m a year
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 10:30 am | New Zealand National Party
15 March 2018 Hipkins’ ideology could cost taxpayers $42m a year Education Minister Chris Hipkins’ unilateral decision to prevent parents from sending their children to school before the age of five as part of cohort entry could cost taxpayers up ... More >>
Megan Woods should stop re-announcing R&D programmes
Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 5:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
14 March 2018 Megan Woods should stop re-announcing R&D programmes Science and innovation Minister Megan Woods should stop re-announcing the previous Government’s R&D programmes and come up with some of her own, National Party Science and Innovation ... More >>
Politicking seriously risking Metro Sports Facility
Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 2:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is time for the Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration Megan Woods to stop deliberate holdups and political engineering and just get the Metro Sports Facility underway, National’s spokesperson for Greater Christchurch Regeneration Nicky Wagner ... More >>
Working group lines up more taxes
Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 12:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders will be deeply suspicious and rightly so about the Labour Party’s plan for new taxes as signalled today by their tax working group, National Party Finance Spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
Unions again hold weak Government to ransom
Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 3:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
The unions are clearly taking the new Labour-led Government for a ride with yet another strike underway today led by the Rail and Maritime Transport Union, National Party MPs Michael Woodhouse and Jami-Lee Ross say. More >>
Labour’s school donations policy expensive and unrealistic
Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 3:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour will need to come up with more cash if it is to go ahead with its unrealistic plan to end school donations, with data showing that over $130 million in donations was paid in 2016 – almost twice the estimated cost of Labour’s policy, National’s ... More >>
Clean Seas campaign is meaningless virtue signalling
Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 12:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Signing up to the United Nations (UN) Clean Seas campaign means little for New Zealand without accurate data, National’s Environment Spokesperson Scott Simpson says. More >>
Māori an afterthought in Govt’s education overhaul
Monday, 12 March 2018, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s education policies demonstrate that Māori are merely an afterthought rather than central to decision-making, National’s new Māori Education Spokesperson Jo Hayes says. More >>
Pork for Northland, scraps for the South Island
Monday, 12 March 2018, 2:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Shane Jones is ignoring the South Island in his three year pursuit for votes in Northland, National’s South Island Regional Development Spokesperson Andrew Falloon says. More >>
Bridges unveils team to take on Ardern-Peters Govt
Sunday, 11 March 2018, 2:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Bridges unveils team to take on Ardern-Peters Govt National Party Leader Simon Bridges has unveiled his new caucus line-up, saying it reflects his intention to make the most of the party’s considerable experience as well as new talent – and to recognise ... More >>
Air New Zealand dumps on Kapiti
Friday, 9 March 2018, 11:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Otaki MP Nathan Guy says Air New Zealand has robbed the Kapiti community by withdrawing its Auckland to Kapiti Coast air service, with just three weeks’ notice. More >>
Fees-free the biggest waste of money in decades
Friday, 9 March 2018, 10:12 am | New Zealand National Party
The list of reasons why Labour’s fees-free policy is one of the most wasteful and badly-executed policies in decades keeps getting longer, with the calculation that $38 million a year will be spent on university dropouts, National’s Tertiary Education ... More >>
