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Clark's 'Could've Been' campaign about spending

Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 11:18 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says after nine long years in Government, Helen Clark has been reduced to running a 'Could've Been' election campaign. More >>

John Key's Campaign blog: 27 October

Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 10:22 am | New Zealand National Party

On Friday I was tasting the delights of fantastic whitebait patties in white bread at an eatery in Greymouth. This was in the middle of a visit to the West Coast where I received a great welcome from everyone I met. [Click image or here for video] More >>

All talk, no action from Labour over failing kids

Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 8:33 am | New Zealand National Party

Labour's latest plan to identify at-risk kids is simply more bureaucracy and fast talk, says National's Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>

Labour nine years too slow and too late on health

Monday, 27 October 2008, 5:18 pm | New Zealand National Party

New Zealanders will be choking on Labour's promise to streamline bureaucracy in the health system and deal with hospital waiting lists. Both things have got worse under Labour, says National's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>

Key welcomes United Future's support

Monday, 27 October 2008, 4:58 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader John Key has welcomed a pledge of post-election support from United Future Leader Hon Peter Dunne. More >>

National: Building for a Brighter future

Monday, 27 October 2008, 4:53 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader John Key says a National-led Government will make $8.6 billion available for new infrastructure projects over the next six years, while reducing development delays. More >>

www.mccully.co.nz - 24 October 2008

Friday, 24 October 2008, 5:53 pm | New Zealand National Party

The election is now a fortnight away. But over the past twelve months hanging around to vote has been too much to ask for a record number of New Zealanders who have simply voted with their feet. A massive 82,254 Kiwis left this country for good in the year ... More >>

Emergency department delays for most

Friday, 24 October 2008, 12:17 pm | New Zealand National Party

There's yet more proof of how gridlocked the country's hospitals are becoming with the latest emergency department waiting time report from the Government, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>

Another week: still no costings on Labour promises

Friday, 24 October 2008, 12:01 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says another week has passed and Labour still hasn’t supplied a set of costings for all the promises it has made since it delivered a set of books showing a decade of deficits. More >>

Labour papers over cracks in building bureaucracy

Friday, 24 October 2008, 9:23 am | New Zealand National Party

Labour papers over cracks in building bureaucracy “I find it laughable that Shane Jones is talking about reducing red tape in the building industry when less than 12 months ago he told Parliament that the consent process was going ‘swimmingly ... More >>

Labour ignores own failings in defence

Thursday, 23 October 2008, 5:11 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour's defence policy released today glosses over and ignores serious problems, says National's Defence spokesman, Wayne Mapp. More >>

More Cunliffe scaremongering

Thursday, 23 October 2008, 3:23 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says poor old David Cunliffe has been reduced to jumping at shadows as National rolls out its comprehensive strategy to help get the health system delivering better, sooner, more convenient healthcare. More >>

John Key's Campaign Blog: 23 October

Thursday, 23 October 2008, 1:37 pm | New Zealand National Party

There were two distinct parts to my visit to New Plymouth yesterday. In the morning I visited an Irish-designed dairy facility called "Supershed" in rural Taranaki. It's an impressive state-of-the-art milking facility that includes a viewing theatre ... More >>

Cullen glosses over KiwiSaver concerns

Thursday, 23 October 2008, 1:17 pm | New Zealand National Party

“Michael Cullen is deliberately ignoring serious concerns about the minimum contribution rates for KiwiSaver in a politically loaded attack on National’s plan to make the scheme more accessible,” says National’s Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>