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Labour market reforms will hurt New Zealanders
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 12:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-led Government’s planned labour market reforms would mean fewer jobs for Kiwi workers, increases in the cost of living and make our businesses less competitive, National Party Workplace Relations Spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
Rt Hon Bill English – State of the Nation 2018
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 12:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
We have all experienced extraordinary events over the last few months - a Wellington summer with no wind and Invercargill’s hottest day in 100 years. More >>
Minister putting Mānuka honey industry at risk
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 9:32 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s last minute announcement of a change in the Mānuka honey definition puts one of New Zealand’s iconic export industries at risk, National’s Food Safety spokesperson David Bennett says. More >>
National to support rates rebates for retirement villages
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 9:17 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party will be supporting changes to allow retirement village residents to claim a rates rebate, Local Government spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross says. More >>
Ill-prepared Government still short of work
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 6:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
On the first day back in Parliament it’s clear the Government – which was late delivering new bills to the House before Christmas – is still woefully short of legislation, Shadow Leader of the House Simon Bridges says. More >>
Child poverty legislation all intention and no substance
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 4:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s proposed child poverty legislation is predictably full of positive intentions but contains no substance to address the drivers of deprivation, National Party leader Bill English says. More >>
Waka Jumping Bill bad for Māori
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 4:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Coalition Government’s Waka Jumping Bill is bad for Māori representation and is an affront to democracy, National’s Māori Development spokesperson Nuk Korako says. More >>
$100 million that should be improving lives
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 4:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has parked $100 million committed to 17 well-thought through initiatives that should be improving lives, while it kicks the can down the road by refusing to act alongside its mental health inquiry, National’s spokesperson for Mental ... More >>
Govt needs to get on side with Kiwi businesses
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 2:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Coalition Government needs to convince New Zealand businesses of all sizes that they understand them and will work with them rather than against them, National Party Finance Spokesperson Steven Joyce says. More >>
Questions remain around foreign student policy
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 10:07 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s U-turn on their international students policy has given the international education industry a last minute reprieve, but questions remain about why Labour cynically stoked anti-immigrant sentiment during the campaign with promises it never ... More >>
O’Connor’s December surprise causes legal mess
Monday, 29 January 2018, 5:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor must explain why he has exposed the Government to legal action by ramming through new Mānuka honey standards without appropriate consultation, National’s Food Safety spokesperson David Bennett says. More >>
Public services targets to continue, without Govt
Monday, 29 January 2018, 1:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
National has today pledged to ensure the Government is held accountable for the spending of billions of dollars of tax-payer money by the public service - and the impact that has on vulnerable New Zealanders, Party leader Bill English says. More >>
Govt simply picking up where National left off
Friday, 26 January 2018, 2:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
The new Government has taken a good first step in helping support our vulnerable kids by picking up where National left off, the Party’s spokesperson for Children Paula Bennett says. More >>
Fees-free honesty box system ripe for abuse
Friday, 26 January 2018, 1:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
Millions of taxpayers’ dollars are at stake with tertiary providers having to rely on an honesty box system when accepting enrolments from people wanting to take up the Government’s fees-free policy, National’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson ... More >>
Flowery rhetoric won’t deliver jobs Mr Jackson
Friday, 26 January 2018, 11:52 am | New Zealand National Party
The Employment Minister’s lofty ambition to build ‘a kete of tightly woven pastoral care around individuals’ in a bid to stem youth unemployment just goes to show that Labour doesn’t understand where jobs actually come from, National’s employment ... More >>
Parker must show bipartisanship on TPP
Friday, 26 January 2018, 9:17 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Trade spokesperson Todd McClay has today written to Trade Minister David Parker requesting a full briefing on changes to the TPP agreement and an assurance that the full text and National Interest Analysis will be released in sufficient ... More >>
Employment changes will reduce job opportunities
Thursday, 25 January 2018, 2:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-led Government’s employment law changes announced today can only slow down New Zealand’s high-performing job market, National Party Workplace Relations Spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
National welcomes news of TPP agreement
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 10:03 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Trade spokesperson Todd McClay has welcomed news that an agreement on the TPP has been reached – and called on the Coalition Government to release the details of the agreement to the public as soon as possible. More >>
Bill to speed up insurance claim process
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 9:33 am | New Zealand National Party
A Members Bill to introduce a legal timeline for insurance companies to assess and present a settlement offer to claimants has been lodged by Kaikoura MP Stuart Smith. More >>
Government needs to build on progress for Māori
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 8:12 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to explain how it will ensure Māori continue to make real progress, after axing the public targets which have helped drive improvements in everything from education to immunisation, National’s Crown/Iwi Relations spokesperson Todd ... More >>
