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Labour Spends Taxpayer Cash Campaigning For Brain Drain
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Party has spent around $10,000 of taxpayers’ money advertising the Australian Government’s changes to citizenship for people who’ve left New Zealand for opportunities in Australia. The ads were pushed by the New Zealand Labour Party ... More >>
No Mental Health Nurses In Six Months
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 12:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
No mental health nurses have arrived in New Zealand in the last six months, National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “For more than a year, Labour ignored the pleas from National and the health sector to urgently ... More >>
Global Study Shows NZ Reading Ability At Lowest Ever
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 8:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
Thousands of young people are being let down as New Zealand hits unprecedented lows in an international assessment of Year 5 students’ reading abilities, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “The latest Progress in International ... More >>
SPEECH: Christopher Luxon - Pre-Budget Auckland Chamber Speech
Monday, 15 May 2023, 4:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
This is the most difficult moment for New Zealand’s economy since the Global Financial Crisis – and arguably since well before that. Real wages have experienced their most significant period of decline since records began. Inflation has outstripped ... More >>
National To Restore Fiscal Discipline
Monday, 15 May 2023, 4:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Taxpayers are being abused by the Labour Government and National will restore fiscal discipline, end Labour’s wasteful spending and deliver clear reporting of public finances, National Leader Christopher Luxon says. “I won’t put up with pouring ... More >>
Tinetti Misreads The Empty Classroom
Monday, 15 May 2023, 4:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
New classrooms will sit empty if the Government continues failing to keep kids in school and learning the basics, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Unless the Government has a plan to turn around dire levels of school attendance, ... More >>
PM Must Ask Greg O’Connor To Please Explain
Sunday, 14 May 2023, 2:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins must ask Ōhāriu MP Greg O’Connor to please explain the comments he made to a Sri Lankan family enquiring about accessing student loans, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “ BusinessDesk has reported ... More >>
Labour’s Harbour Crossing Designed To Distract
Saturday, 13 May 2023, 4:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
New information shows Labour’s announcement around a second Auckland Harbour crossing in March was designed simply to distract attention from Labour’s personnel woes, says National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown. “The information shows Cabinet ... More >>
National Will Work With Cyclone-affected Businesses
Friday, 12 May 2023, 11:09 am | New Zealand National Party
A National-led government will work with cyclone-affected businesses to help them build back better, National’s Cyclone Recovery spokesperson Chris Penk says. “Businesses in cyclone-affected Hawke’s Bay and other areas are still awaiting decisions and ... More >>
Education Minister Delivers One Attendance Officer
Friday, 12 May 2023, 11:06 am | New Zealand National Party
Nearly three months after Labour’s $74 million announcement of 82 school attendance officers, it turns out that just one is on the job, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “School attendance is at shocking lows and Labour’s so-called ... More >>
Majority Of Police Stations Worse Off Under Labour
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 4:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Ginny Andersen has again demonstrated that she is out of her depth as Police Minister, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Questioned in Parliament today about her belief that New Zealanders feel safer, Ms Andersen told the House ... More >>
Food Price Inflation Crushing Kiwis’ Budgets
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 11:42 am | New Zealand National Party
With food price inflation hitting even higher highs, the Government must prioritise tax relief in next week’s Budget, National finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. The latest data from Stats NZ shows food inflation has hit a fresh high of 12.5 per ... More >>
Robertson’s Savings Too Little, Too Late
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 11:06 am | New Zealand National Party
After six years of high-spending and high-waste budgets, the Minister of Finance’s late and reluctant entry to the cost-saving party will be a huge let-down for struggling New Zealanders, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Labour have ... More >>
National Selects First Tāmaki Makaurau Candidate Since 2002
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 11:04 am | New Zealand National Party
Creative sector executive and governance professional Hinurewa te Hau (Ngāti Hine, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Kahungungu, Ngāti Rereahu mē Ngāti Maniapoto, Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa) has been selected as National’s candidate in the Māori seat of ... More >>
Labour Has Forgotten About Mental Health
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 9:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has failed our most vulnerable New Zealanders and has not prioritised mental health, National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “Labour has completely failed to deliver on its Budget 2022 promises in mental ... More >>
Tourism Minister Undermines Operators
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 4:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Tourism Minister’s recent comments that New Zealand is being hit with extreme pricing from tourist operations is undermining an industry already doing it tough, National’s Tourism spokesperson Joseph Mooney says. “Tourism Minister Peeni Henare’s ... More >>
Labour’s Inaction Costing The Horticulture Industry
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 3:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour needs to front up and make decisions around land use in the cyclone-affected Hawke’s Bay to stop the local horticulture industry from bleeding further money, National’s Cyclone Recovery spokesperson Chris Penk says. “A report out today ... More >>
Coromandel Still In Limbo Over SH25A Reopening
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 11:20 am | New Zealand National Party
A lack of commitment to a firm reopening date for State Highway 25A is devastating news to residents and businesses across the Coromandel Peninsula, National’s MP for Coromandel Scott Simpson says. “It has taken three months for the Government ... More >>
Advertising Spend Almost Triples Under Labour
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 10:52 am | New Zealand National Party
Spending on advertising within the core public service has almost tripled since Labour took office in 2017, National’s Public Service spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Figures compiled from the core public services’ annual reviews show that ... More >>
Matt Stock Selected As National’s Candidate In Christchurch East
Sunday, 7 May 2023, 6:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Christchurch teacher Matt Stock has been selected as National’s candidate in Christchurch East for the 2023 General Election. “I’m looking forward to campaigning for a National Government that will deliver for people in Christchurch East,” says Mr ... More >>
