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Hamilton For Hamilton: Ryan Hamilton Selected As National’s Candidate In Hamilton East
Friday, 17 February 2023, 8:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Ryan Hamilton has been selected by local party members as National’s candidate in Hamilton East. Mr Hamilton has served as a Hamilton City Councillor since 2018 and has lived in and around Hamilton for 30 years. He is also a small business owner ... More >>
Labour’s Truancy Crisis Is Down To Hipkins’ Inaction
Sunday, 12 February 2023, 2:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
In half a decade as Minister of Education, Chris Hipkins proved utterly incapable of turning around plummeting school attendance rates and falling achievement levels, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Today we hear Mr Hipkins ... More >>
New Health Minister, Same Problems
Friday, 10 February 2023, 12:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was right to demote Andrew Little, but changing the Health Minister will do nothing by itself to improve New Zealand’s declining health statistics, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “It is no secret ... More >>
Labour Cranks Waste Machine Into Top Gear
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 11:32 am | New Zealand National Party
Chris Hipkins’ “policy bonfire” is no more than a smoke and mirrors exercise, highlighting yet again Labour’s addiction to spending, National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “While the cost-of-living Crisis has deepened, the Labour Government ... More >>
Labour Stores Pet Projects For Another Day
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Chris Hipkins is making up for five years of incompetence and non-delivery by pretending to get rid of Labour’s ideological pet projects, says National Leader Christopher Luxon. “Chris Hipkins wants Kiwis to think Labour is listening to voters’ concerns ... More >>
Labour Must Scrap Blanket Speed Limit Reductions
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 12:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
Pressure from National and communities up and down the country might soon force Minister of Transport Michael Wood to slam the brakes on his highly unpopular blanket speed limit reductions across our state highways, National’s Transport spokesperson ... More >>
Farmer Confidence At All Time Low
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 12:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Farmer confidence has hit a record low under Labour, indicating a seismic disconnect between the rural sector and the Government, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Todd Muller says. “The latest Federated Farmers survey showed 65.2 per cent of ... More >>
Courts Still A Low Priority For Labour
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 10:01 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government’s entirely apathetic approach to New Zealand’s courts has seen them fall into an appalling state, with victims and their families often waiting years for justice, National’s Courts spokesperson Chris Penk says. “The ... More >>
Labour Sets A New Retail Crime Record
Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 3:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
The latest data from Police shows that the number of reported retail crime incidents has spiked to more than 10,000 in a single month – the highest in recorded history, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “In the twelve months to 30 ... More >>
Labour Keeps Handbrake On Tourism
Monday, 6 February 2023, 6:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ shuffling of the deck chairs around Tourism will be no consolation for the thousands of tourism businesses who remain desperately short of staff, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford and Tourism ... More >>
Unemployment On The Rise Despite Workforce Shortages
Sunday, 5 February 2023, 7:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
The increase in unemployment, despite businesses still crying out for workers, shows that the Government is not doing enough to support people off welfare into work, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “The ... More >>
Corrections Minister Must Front Over Tragic Error
Friday, 3 February 2023, 6:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has to front up and explain how incorrect advice was provided to the Parole Board, leading to the tragic death of an innocent woman, National’s Corrections spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. The chairman of the Parole ... More >>
Hate Speech Legislation Should Be Dropped
Friday, 3 February 2023, 2:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Justice Minister Kiri Allan should be asking the Prime Minister to drop Labour’s hate speech legislation so she can prioritise more pressing issues, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “When violent crime has increased by ... More >>
Labour Failing New Zealand Women
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 3:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
Reports that New Zealand’s breast cancer screening programme has failed to meet its target for the third year in a row is putting New Zealand women at risk, National’s spokesperson for Health Dr Shane Reti and spokesperson for Women Nicola Grigg say. ... More >>
Standards For NZ Children In Care Not Being Met
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 2:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Minister for Children Kelvin Davis needs to explain why the care of New Zealand children in state custody has not improved under his Government, National’s spokesperson for Children/Oranga Tamariki Harete Hipango says. The second annual report from Aroturuki ... More >>
If Labour Doesn’t Scrap Light Rail, National Will
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 10:15 am | New Zealand National Party
One of the new Minister for Auckland’s first tasks could be dismantling Labour’s flagship transport project - light rail – which has gone absolutely nowhere despite costing tens of millions of taxpayers’ dollars, National’s Transport spokesperson ... More >>
Ministry Of Education Says Schools Can Reopen
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s good that the Ministry of Education has seen sense and allowed Auckland schools to open at their discretion from tomorrow, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “The communication about whether Auckland schools are open or closed ... More >>
New Leader, Same Old Ideas
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 2:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s fuel excise announcement by Prime Minster Chris Hipkins shows he is bereft of any new ideas for addressing New Zealand’s deepening cost of living crisis, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Today the Prime Minister ... More >>
New Leader, Same Labour
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 12:52 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour has retained the same leadership team that has failed to deliver for New Zealanders, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “Today’s Cabinet reshuffle proves once and for all that the Government has a new leader, but it is the same ... More >>
All Labour Delivers Is A Pedestrian Crossing
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 12:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
Five years after promising to ‘get Wellington moving’, Labour has finally delivered its first transport project in the capital – a $2.4 million pedestrian crossing on Cobham Drive, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “The fact ... More >>
