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Labour extra debt confirmed at $15.6 Billion
Sunday, 6 November 2011, 4:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
6 November 2011 Media Statement Labour extra debt confirmed at $15.6 Billion The Labour Party’s hurried release of its fiscal numbers on Friday is a failed attempt to hide at least $15.6 billion dollars in extra debt Labour would rack up over the ... More >>
Commerce policy encourages investment
Sunday, 6 November 2011, 12:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister and National Party Leader John Key today released National’s commerce policy, which is designed to further improve investor and consumer confidence to help businesses grow and create jobs. "National has worked hard to clean up the mess ... More >>
Building better housing under National
Saturday, 5 November 2011, 12:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will continue to build better housing and more effectively manage the State housing stock, National Party Housing Spokesman Phil Heatley says. "Over the past three years, National has increased the overall State housing portfolio by more ... More >>
National continues to provide warmer, drier homes
Saturday, 5 November 2011, 12:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister and National Party Leader John Key today announced the National Party housing policy, which includes a commitment to complete the insulation of every State house built before 1978 by the end of 2013. "This will ensure thousands of New ... More >>
Key: Building a Brighter Future
Friday, 4 November 2011, 5:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
It's about a week since the election campaign started and I've been busy explaining National's plan to build a brighter future for families and the country. More >>
Immigration policy supports economic growth
Friday, 4 November 2011, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Growing the economy and attracting the skilled migrants and investment capital New Zealand needs is the main focus of the National Party’s immigration policy, says Immigration Spokesman Jonathan Coleman. More >>
Labour learns nothing from its past ACC debacle
Friday, 4 November 2011, 4:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s ACC policy demonstrates it has learned nothing from its past financial mismanagement of the scheme, National’s ACC Spokesman Nick Smith says. “Labour cannot make bold promises to reverse changes made to the ACC scheme under National ... More >>
Labour + Goff = billions of dollars more debt
Friday, 4 November 2011, 4:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
Phil Goff and Labour have confirmed they have no credibility on economic policy by digging a multi-billion dollar debt hole that Greece would be proud of, National Party campaign chair Steven Joyce says. “There’s so much dodgy accounting in ... More >>
Building a strong and inclusive nation
Friday, 4 November 2011, 2:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will continue to build strong relationships between ethnic communities and New Zealanders and improve the settling-in process for new migrants and refugees, National Party Ethnic Affairs Spokeswoman Hekia Parata says. More >>
Law and order policy puts victims first
Friday, 4 November 2011, 12:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister and National Party Leader John Key today released the first part of National's law and order policy, which puts a stronger emphasis on victims. More >>
New policies will further protect victims of crime
Friday, 4 November 2011, 12:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Doubling the penalty for breaching a protection order is among initiatives which will make the justice system even more responsive to the needs of victims, National's Law and Order Spokeswoman Judith Collins says. More >>
Goff to play hide and seek with Labour's debt
Friday, 4 November 2011, 11:28 am | New Zealand National Party
Phil Goff will be up to his old tricks today by trying to hide how much Labour would really have to borrow over the next four years - and New Zealanders deserve better than that just three weeks out from the election, National Party campaign chair Steven ... More >>
Show us the money - Joyce
Thursday, 3 November 2011, 11:38 am | New Zealand National Party
Just over three weeks out from election day and Labour still hasn't produced a credible set of figures which show how Phil Goff and David Cunliffe would pay for billions of dollars worth of extra spending and soaring debt, says National Party Associate ... More >>
Nine years inaction on Rheumatic fever reversed
Thursday, 3 November 2011, 11:24 am | New Zealand National Party
"Labour should be ashamed of its nine years of inaction on Rheumatic fever - a serious third world disease that affected more and more Kiwi children under Labour," says National Party health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
National continues to support art and culture
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will continue to support the arts and culture to ensure they make a strong economic and social contribution to New Zealand, Arts, Culture and Heritage Spokesman Chris Finlayson said today. More >>
Clear choice for voters on RMA - Nick Smith
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 11:49 am | New Zealand National Party
National has a clear plan for a second phase of improvements to the Resource Management Act to support a stronger economy, better management of natural resources and simplify planning processes, National Party Environment Spokesman Nick Smith says. More >>
John Key: RMA changes to support growth, create jobs
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 11:48 am | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister and National Party Leader John Key today announced the National Party's resource management policy, which includes a new six-month time limit on processing consents for medium-sized projects. More >>
What promises will Labour drop?
Tuesday, 1 November 2011, 1:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hon Steven Joyce National Party Campaign Chair Associate Finance Spokesman MEDIA STATEMENT 1 November 2011 What promises will Labour drop? Phil Goff and David Cunliffe need to come clean on which policies they will try to drop to avoid borrowing an ... More >>
Goff telling porkies on SOEs
Monday, 31 October 2011, 4:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff is making up numbers in order to criticise the National Party’s Future Investment Fund says Associate Finance Minister and National Party Campaign chair Steven Joyce. More >>
National to balance the books sooner, repay debt
Monday, 31 October 2011, 9:55 am | New Zealand National Party
National is on track to get the Government's books back to surplus by 2014/15 and start repaying debt when most other countries are still running deficits and borrowing more, National Party Leader John Key and Finance Spokesman Bill English said today. More >>
