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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 >>
How Many More Businesses Will Close Due To Crime?
Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 11:43 am | New Zealand National Party
Unprecedented levels of retail crime have Kiwi business owners fearing for their lives, National’s Justice and acting Police spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “It is a sad day for New Zealand when business owners are choosing to close because they ... More >>
Botched Measles Campaign Cost $1,300 Per Person
Monday, 22 May 2023, 6:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today the Auditor General confirmed that Labour’s botched measle’s catch-up campaign lacked targets and did not achieve its goals, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Labour spent $32 million over two years on a measles catch-up ... More >>
Hipkins Needs A Commitment On India FTA Today
Monday, 22 May 2023, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
With Canada and India announcing they are about to conclude a trade agreement, Chris Hipkins must secure a commitment to restart negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement from Indian Prime Minister Modi when they meet in Papa New Guinea today, National’s ... More >>
More Crime Is Reported When There Is More Crime
Monday, 22 May 2023, 11:59 am | New Zealand National Party
Ginny Andersen attempting to justify rising crime rates by saying it's now easier to report offending shows how out of touch the Police Minister is, National’s Justice and acting Police spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Since Labour came to power, ... More >>
Four New Gang Members Every Single Day
Sunday, 21 May 2023, 5:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
Police Minister Ginny Andersen’s claims New Zealanders feel safer since Labour came into office is unbelievable given rampant violent crime and retail crime, National’s Justice and acting Police spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “The police minister ... More >>
National Launches ‘Get NZ Back On Track’ Tour
Sunday, 21 May 2023, 5:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
This week National launches a nationwide tour to show voters the clear choice they face this election – a choice between the Coalition of Chaos or a National government that will fix the economy to lower the cost-of-living, lift incomes, deliver better ... More >>
Robertson’s Head In The Sand On Mortgage Pain
Saturday, 20 May 2023, 2:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s Budget spend-up will bring more pain for Kiwis – pushing up inflation and interest rates and bringing more pain for the 60 per cent of homeowners that need to refix their mortgage in the coming 12 months, National’s Finance spokesperson ... More >>
Budget 2023: Fiscal Vandalism
Friday, 19 May 2023, 4:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s Budget spends an eye-watering amount, yet achieves nothing for most New Zealanders, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “In Budget 2023, Grant Robertson has taken his spending up to $137 billion – $61 billion more since ... More >>
Blowout Budget Shows Labour’s Time Is Up
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 2:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Budget 2023 shows why New Zealand needs a change of direction and a change of government this year, National Leader Christopher Luxon says. “Finance Minister Grant Robertson promised a bread-and-butter Budget. What he delivered was a spending spree creating ... More >>
Tom Rutherford Selected As National’s Bay Of Plenty Candidate
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 11:04 am | New Zealand National Party
Mount Maunganui-based communications executive Tom Rutherford has been selected by local delegates as National’s candidate in Bay of Plenty for the 2023 General Election. “I’d like to thank local party members for trusting me as National’s ... More >>
