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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 >>
Labour needs to let Māori make their own decisions
Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has continued its attacks on Māori progress, with Associate Crown Māori Relations Minister Meka Whaitiri reasserting the Government’s paternalistic view that it knows what’s best for Māori, National’s Māori Development spokesperson ... More >>
Govt allowing freedom campers too much freedom
Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 3:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to move with urgency to address freedom camping issues in communities with high tourist numbers during peak tourism season, National’s Tourism spokesperson Jacqui Dean says. More >>
Immigration vacuum damaging regional growth
Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 12:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
The vacuum that is the new Government’s immigration policy must be filled so it stops choking off regional growth opportunities, National Party Immigration Spokesperson Simon Bridges says. More >>
PM’s comments see asylum seekers target NZ
Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 11:40 am | New Zealand National Party
Suggestions that the Prime Minister’s ill-advised interference in Australia’s handling of illegal asylum seekers has led to a spike in such activity is further proof she should take more care with her remarks, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson ... More >>
Action needed, not another inquiry
Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party
The pending announcement of what’s likely to be a lengthy inquiry into the state of mental health services in New Zealand will delay action for those who need help now, National’s spokesperson for Mental Health Matt Doocey says. More >>
Govt must extend submissions on foreign buyers
Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 10:27 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government should extend the deadline for submissions on their Bill to ban foreign buyers to avoid having to go back and fix it later, National’s Trade spokesperson Todd McClay says. More >>
