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Average Emergency Housing Stays Have Soared
Saturday, 6 May 2023, 5:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
The average stay for families in emergency housing has increased nearly eightfold in the last six years and is now approaching six months, National Housing spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “When Labour came to office, the average stay in emergency housing ... More >>
Govt Must Explain Cynical Attendance Data Release
Friday, 5 May 2023, 3:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must explain how a senior minister did not know her staff actively delayed publishing critical school attendance data only to release it alongside a political announcement, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. ... More >>
Tinetti Playing Politics With Crucial Attendance Data
Thursday, 4 May 2023, 6:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has been caught red-handed trying to deceive New Zealanders over the delay of critical school attendance data to cover up its failings in education, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “On 22 February, I asked ... More >>
Immunisation Rates For Children In Steep Decline
Thursday, 4 May 2023, 2:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has failed to protect our children from preventable diseases and viruses, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Measles is an incredibly contagious virus that can be deadly to young children but is easily preventable with ... More >>
RBNZ Report Shows Kiwis’ Finances On The Brink
Thursday, 4 May 2023, 11:49 am | New Zealand National Party
Rising interest rates are putting further strain on the financial health of New Zealanders, according to the Reserve Bank’s latest Financial Stability report, National Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “The Reserve Bank’s latest ... More >>
Labour Needs To Act Faster For Cyclone Hit Regions
Wednesday, 3 May 2023, 8:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Cyclone-hit communities will be devastated at revelations that the Government’s decisions around land use have been further delayed, National’s Cyclone Recovery spokesperson Chris Penk says. “The Government said they would have the information ... More >>
$327 Million Of Auckland’s Fuel Tax Collecting Dust
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 4:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
Over $327 million collected by the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax is sitting idle in the Government’s bank account, while Aucklanders remain stuck in traffic that is only getting worse, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “New ... More >>
Kiwis Struggling To Pay The Bills Under Labour
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 12:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has mismanaged the economy and New Zealanders are paying the price, with new data showing even more people are drowning in debt, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “New data from Centrix confirms that the number of people falling ... More >>
Another Kick In The Guts For Farmers And Tradies
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 9:34 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s announcement that they are increasing the Ute Tax to pay for wealthy kiwis to continue to get subsidies for Teslas is a kick in the guts for Kiwi farmers and tradies, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “These changes ... More >>
Minister Must Front Up Over 2023 Census Failure
Monday, 1 May 2023, 3:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
This year’s Census is set to be the second consecutive expensive and embarrassing census failure, National's Statistics spokesperson Simon Watts says. “This Census, which is expected to cost $272 million, is well on its way to missing its 90 per ... More >>
Government Incompetence Causes Train Havoc
Monday, 1 May 2023, 10:11 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government's failure to keep commuter trains operating is causing significant and unnecessary disruption throughout Wellington, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Thousands of Wellington commuters have been left stranded or ... More >>
National Will Deliver More Nurses And Midwives
Sunday, 30 April 2023, 12:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will incentivise more Kiwis to study nursing or midwifery in return for bonding them to work in New Zealand for the first five years of their career, National Leader Christopher Luxon says. “New Zealand’s health system is in crisis, with ... More >>
National’s Firearms Policy Will Keep Kiwis Safe
Saturday, 29 April 2023, 7:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s firearms policy will make New Zealanders safer, while ensuring that responsible Kiwis can use firearms for legitimate reasons, National’s Paul Goldsmith, Mark Mitchell and Todd McClay say. “Firearms are important for many people, particularly ... More >>
Labour Must Come Clean On Secret Tax Plans
Saturday, 29 April 2023, 12:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour is cooking up a new capital gains tax and needs to come clean with New Zealanders about it, National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Make no mistake: Labour have always wanted a capital gains tax, they still want one and they are more ... More >>
KiwiRail failure will disrupt thousands of commuters
Friday, 28 April 2023, 6:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
An urgent investigation is needed into KiwiRail's equipment failure which will cause disruption for thousands of Wellington rail commuters from next week, National's Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “KiwiRail's one-and-only rail track evaluation ... More >>
Hardship Payments Reach New Record
Friday, 28 April 2023, 12:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
The amount spent on hardship payments has reached a new record, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “The recent release of benefit statistics shows that the cost-of-living crisis is completely out of control ... More >>
Consultancy Is The Only Industry Being Transformed
Friday, 28 April 2023, 11:56 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s industry transformation plans are proving transformational only to the consultancy industry, National’s Economic Development spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “The Government has spent a staggering $38 million on writing a series of ... More >>
19,000 Nurses Leave Under Labour
Friday, 28 April 2023, 10:00 am | New Zealand National Party
New data shows that thousands of nurses have left the public health sector in just five years and the rate at which the essential workers are leaving is increasing, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Labour has repeatedly taken ... More >>
Half Of Students Still Not Attending School Regularly
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 7:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Attendance data from Term 4 2022 shows that Labour has barely made a dent when it comes to getting kids back to school, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Today’s data showing that half of Kiwi students did not attend school ... More >>
Budget Offers No Hope For Struggling Kiwis
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 3:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hard-working New Zealanders face another year of struggle under Labour, with no tax relief coming despite the prolonged cost of living crisis, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “New Zealanders looking for signs of hope in the ... More >>
