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Food Prices Increasing At Fastest Rate In 33 Years
Monday, 13 March 2023, 12:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Record food prices are crushing Kiwis at the checkout as the cost of living crisis becomes entrenched under Labour, National Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. Data released by Statistics New Zealand today shows that food prices have taken off ... More >>
Tracy Summerfield Selected As National’s Candidate In Wigram
Sunday, 12 March 2023, 2:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Christchurch accountant and businesswoman Tracy Summerfield has been selected as National’s candidate in Wigram for the 2023 General Election. “I’m incredibly excited to be standing as National’s candidate in Wigram and will get to work straight ... More >>
Retail Crime Continues To Soar Under Labour
Sunday, 12 March 2023, 2:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
New data shows that retail crime increased by almost 40 per cent last year, another sign of crime surging under Labour, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “A 39 per cent increase in a single year clearly indicates that Labour’s ... More >>
ED figures are worse than predicted
Saturday, 11 March 2023, 2:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s emergency department figures show why the Government has been trying to hide from accountability, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “It has been an embarrassing week for the Government which published incorrect emergency ... More >>
Labour Out Of Ideas On Mental Health
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
After promising to transform the mental health system and spending nearly $2 billion, Labour’s announcement of a new website today shows they are completely out of ideas, National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey says. ... More >>
Chris Bishop: Speech To Property Council Residential Development Summit
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 3:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is an absolute privilege to be National’s spokesperson for Housing, Infrastructure, Urban Development and RMA Reform. I think New Zealand’s approach to housing has been one of the most profound public policy disasters of the last ... More >>
National Announces Boost For Build-to-Rent Housing
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 3:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
The next National Government will unlock investment in purpose built ‘Build-to-Rent’ rental housing in New Zealand, National’s Housing spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Build-to-Rent developments typically consist of multi-unit residential developments ... More >>
Government Must Dump Fatally Flawed Jobs Tax
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 2:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must once and for all put its unaffordable Income Insurance Scheme proposal to death following new revelations the scheme would increase unemployment and cost billions more than claimed, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis ... More >>
Prime Minister Using Wrong Numbers – Again
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 4:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins showed in Parliament today that he lives in a fantasy land when he claimed incorrectly that ram-raids had reduced by three-quarters under his watch, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Today in Parliament, ... More >>
Show Me The Memo!
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 1:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins needs to explain where his memo instructing the public service to cut back on consultants went after the Public Service Commissioner said this morning he doesn’t recall receiving one, National’s Public Service spokesperson ... More >>
More On Consultants Instead Of The Frontline
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 1:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government continues to spend critical health resources on backroom consultants rather than frontline services, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall revealed that Health NZ hired 343 ‘new’ ... More >>
Infrastructure Commission Muzzled By Govt
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 11:27 am | New Zealand National Party
The Infrastructure Commission’s report on the Government’s RMA reforms should be immediately released to the Environment Committee considering the new laws and not kept secret, National’s RMA Reform and Urban Development spokesperson Chris ... More >>
National Seeks SC Inquiry Into Bank Competition
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 9:07 am | New Zealand National Party
A Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiry should be conducted into retail banking regulation and competition, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “I have today written to members of the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee ... More >>
Hipkins’ Fix For Consultancy Blowout: Send A Memo
Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 10:22 am | New Zealand National Party
Chris Hipkins thinks that fixing the Labour Government’s addiction to spending on expensive consultants is as simple as sending a memo, National’s Public Service spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Chris Hipkins’ tenure as Minister for the Public ... More >>
Labour Targets Hunters Instead Of Gangs
Monday, 6 March 2023, 4:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s plan to charge responsible hunters an excessive amount to get a firearms licence is wrong, National’s Hunting and Fishing spokesperson Todd McClay says. “The Labour Government could charge hunters as much as $1000 to gain or renew a ... More >>
Labour Must Rule Out Lowering Education Standards
Monday, 6 March 2023, 3:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must rule out lowering the standards required to obtain the NCEA literacy and numeracy co-requisites, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Revelations that the Government is considering lowering standards to help ... More >>
Big Four Make It Rain Under Chris Hipkins
Monday, 6 March 2023, 3:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
More than $300 million has been paid to the big four consultancy firms since Labour took office, with nearly $100m spent by ministries last year alone, National’s Public Service spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “The Government’s costly restructures ... More >>
National Will Reverse Labour’s Transport Plans
Monday, 6 March 2023, 12:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s Transport Minister Michael Wood has today announced that he will be raiding the road maintenance budget to fund cycleways and bus lanes as part of Labour’s proposed National Land Transport Plan 2024-2027, National’s Transport spokesperson ... More >>
SPEECH: Christopher Luxon - State of the Nation, 2023
Sunday, 5 March 2023, 1:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
Kia ora tatou, good morning, and welcome everyone. Thank you so much for being here on a Sunday morning. Before I start, I do want to acknowledge what an extraordinary beginning New Zealand has had to 2023, especially the North Island, including parts ... More >>
National Will Reduce Consultant Spending By $400m
Sunday, 5 March 2023, 1:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
A National Government will reduce Labour’s wasteful spending on contractors and consultants by $400 million a year, National’s Public Service spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Labour has created a gravy train for consultants through its obsession ... More >>
