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Government short on DHB capital
Friday, 15 December 2017, 2:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s incomplete ‘mini-Budget’ leaves the health system without a sufficient budget for capital expenditure, National Party Health Spokesperson Jonathan Coleman says. More >>
Bill to enrol newborns passes 1st reading
Friday, 15 December 2017, 1:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
A law requiring newborns to be enrolled in a general practice before they are six weeks old is a step closer, thanks to a private member’s Bill submitted by National MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar. More >>
Baby bonus adds to confused set of entitlements
Friday, 15 December 2017, 12:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is clear that Labour’s new baby bonus in its revised Families Package is a rushed addition to a spaghetti of entitlements that will only confuse families, National Party Finance Spokesman Steven Joyce says. More >>
Minister silent while farmers wilt
Friday, 15 December 2017, 12:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Minister for Primary Industries needs to officially declare a drought and mobilise the support mechanisms in place for farmers before it’s too late, National’s Primary Industries spokesperson Nathan Guy says. More >>
Government’s foreign buyer ‘ban’ unravelling
Friday, 15 December 2017, 9:35 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s foreign home buyer ‘ban’ is fast unravelling, with Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters confirming that Singaporeans may be exempted, along with Australians – begging the question which country is next? More >>
Govt’s child poverty figures all smoke and mirrors
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 4:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is hiding behind a smokescreen and is blustering about the number of children it plans to lift out of poverty, National’s spokesperson for Children Paula Bennett says. More >>
Government confirms less cash for 1.2m Kiwis
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Coalition Government’s legislation today to remove the tax threshold changes from Budget 2017 will mean less money for 1.2 million working Kiwis, National Party Finance Spokesperson Steven Joyce says. “This bill means hard-working Kiwis on ... More >>
Government debt going up instead of down
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 1:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s half yearly accounts from Treasury have confirmed that Government debt will be going up instead of dropping over the next five years after just 49 days of the new Coalition Government, National Party Finance Spokesman Steven Joyce says. More >>
PM dodges questions about KidsCan funding
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister has left more questions unanswered than not, following revelations her Government is cutting funding to children’s charity KidsCan, National’s Spokesperson for Children Paula Bennett says. More >>
MPI rebrand woeful waste of resources
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 2:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
13 December 2017 MPI rebrand woeful waste of resources The Minister of Agriculture has announced millions of dollars will be spent on a wasteful and ill-conceived rebrand of the Ministry for Primary Industries, National’s Primary Industries spokesperson ... More >>
Bill lodged to crack down on synthetic drugs
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 11:35 am | New Zealand National Party
A Bill to crack down on the supply of synthetic cannabis by increasing the penalty for suppliers from a maximum of two years’ imprisonment to a maximum of eight years has today been lodged as a Private Members Bill by National MP for Pakuranga Simeon ... More >>
Govt axes funding to important kids charity
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 6:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
Govt axes funding to important kids charity The Coalition government needs to front up and explain its decision to cut funding for one of New Zealand’s leading children’s charities, National’s Spokesperson for Children, Paula Bennett says. “This evening ... More >>
Scrapping National Standards bad news for parents
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 5:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is irresponsibly and recklessly scrapping National Standards without having a detailed nationwide system of progression to replace it with, leaving parents in the dark about their children’s achievement, National Party Education Spokesperson ... More >>
Public deserves to know cost of coalition promise
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 4:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Police Minister owes it to the public to come clean about the true cost of their coalition promise to recruit 1800 new sworn police, National Party Police Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. More >>
New Minister ignores industry
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 4:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Minister ignores industry Today’s announcement of a formal definition for Mānuka honey roundly ignores industry feedback, National’s Food Safety spokesperson David Bennett says. “The new Minister for Primary Industries has today announced ... More >>
Opotiki Harbour is the first test
Monday, 11 December 2017, 6:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
11 December 2017 Opotiki Harbour is the first test The much talked about Opotiki Harbour Development is the first big test for the Government’s provincial growth fund, National Party Economic Development Spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “Since ... More >>
Ardern Should Get Her Own Govt in Order First
Monday, 11 December 2017, 11:17 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Gerry Brownlee has urged the Prime Minister to concentrate on getting her own government in order, rather than continuing to interfere in the domestic politics of our neighbours. “The Australian Government ... More >>
This is the week average wage workers lose $1060
Monday, 11 December 2017, 10:28 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour is set to rush through legislation at the end of this week to remove $1060 from the pay-packets of average Kiwis next year in the vain hope that no one will notice, National Party Finance Spokesman Steven Joyce says. More >>
O’Connor under pressure as uncertainty piles up
Friday, 8 December 2017, 2:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Minister of Agriculture, Damien O’Connor, is under pressure on many fronts and his recent quote to the media that his Government “isn’t going to be a friend of the farmer” is already playing out, National’s spokesperson for Primary Industries ... More >>
Kiwibuild clarity after weeks of fudge
Friday, 8 December 2017, 1:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing Spokesperson Michael Woodhouse has welcomed Phil Twyford’s clarity that Kiwibuild would deliver 100,000 homes over and above what the private market or former National Government were going to deliver. More >>
