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Pansy Wong: Comment on Yang (Bill) Liu
Sunday, 19 October 2008, 11:44 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Pansy Wong has confirmed that she wrote a letter to the Internal Affairs Department after being approached by Mr Yang (Bill) Liu who was concerned about a delay in the processing of his bid for citizenship. More >>
Events to mark 90th anniversary of Armistice
Saturday, 18 October 2008, 1:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
Embargoed 6.00pm Friday 17 October Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark today announced a series of public events will be held to mark the 90th anniversary of the Armistice which ended the First World War. More >>
Anne Tolley's Newsletter
Saturday, 18 October 2008, 1:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
On Monday John Key announced National's policy to improve the literacy and numeracy skills of New Zealand's children. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 17 October 2008
Friday, 17 October 2008, 5:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
The pre-election opening of the books, as reported last week, saw expressions of triumph clearly evident on the faces of members of the Clark/Cullen Government. More >>
News Worthy by Richard Worth
Friday, 17 October 2008, 1:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
There should be no parole for worst repeat violent offenders Parole is not a right for prisoners; it’s a privilege – a privilege that must be earned. Any decision to grant parole to an offender should put the public’s right to safety first. Parole ... More >>
Off again, on again – Labour in hot water
Friday, 17 October 2008, 1:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Building and Construction spokesman Nick Smith says it appears Labour’s shower flow and hot water cylinder restrictions are on again. More >>
Record number of assaults on police under Labour
Friday, 17 October 2008, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s failure to get on top of violent crime is to blame for more police officers being assaulted on the job than ever before, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Election law stifles free speech weeks from vote
Friday, 17 October 2008, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Shadow Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee says just weeks out from an election there is still huge confusion over the laws that cut to the heart of our democracy. More >>
Labour attempts cover up on hot water rules
Friday, 17 October 2008, 1:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Building & Construction spokesman Nick Smith says Labour is attempting to cover up its embarrassing new nanny state hot water and shower rules by pulling the official announcement from its website. More >>
Special Education announcement timing 'cynical'
Friday, 17 October 2008, 12:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokeswoman Anne Tolley says it's hard not to be cynical about Labour's timing of a long overdue announcement for more funding for the Kapi Mana Special School in Porirua. More >>
$1.3 billion day for big spending Clark
Friday, 17 October 2008, 10:30 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says Helen Clark needs to tell the public where the $1.3 billion she promised on the campaign trail yesterday is going to come from. More >>
Labour adopts National’s benefits policy
Friday, 17 October 2008, 10:05 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says the benefits announcement by Helen Clark today is too little, too late. More >>
Jones confused on hot water and shower rules
Friday, 17 October 2008, 10:04 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Building and Construction spokesman Nick Smith is calling on Shane Jones to explain the status of new rules that would regulate shower flows, and put restrictions on the size of hot water cylinders. More >>
Clark digs Labour even deeper into the red
Friday, 17 October 2008, 10:03 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says Helen Clark’s low-key announcement today that Labour would maintain the floor of national superannuation at 66% of the average after-tax wage is uncosted, and wasn’t in the PREFU. More >>
Question for Clark: Where is it coming from?
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 2:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
"It's another day, there's another big spending promise from Helen Clark, but there's still no clues as to where all the money is coming from." More >>
John Key's Campaign Blog - 16 October
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 10:37 am | New Zealand National Party
National will put a greater portion of the large capital pool sitting in the New Zealand Superannuation Fund into the New Zealand economy. More >>
Govt retracts false health figures
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 9:41 am | New Zealand National Party
"The Government's decision to retract the false elective surgery figures released by David Cunliffe does little to clear the suspicious fog hanging over these election-year stats," says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall More >>
National: Better value from your taxes
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 12:59 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says an incoming National-led Government will treat every dollar it spends as carefully as householders do when they're totting up the weekly budget. More >>
Labour has super cuts on its books
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 12:46 am | New Zealand National Party
“Labour continues to avoid any commitment to keeping the floor for national superannuation at 66% of the average wage,” says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
Nine years on, public servants still take fall
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 12:36 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says after nine years and billions of taxpayer dollars, Labour is still making officials take the fall when things go wrong. More >>
