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Delivering better healthcare: Patients come first
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 11:07 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says a National-led Government will continue to grow health funding and will focus its efforts on improving frontline healthcare delivery. More >>
National saddened by officer’s death
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 10:54 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says National is saddened by the death of the police officer shot in the line of duty in South Auckland early today. More >>
Flawed ETS bill will be amended by National
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 9:47 am | New Zealand National Party
The rushed passage of the Emissions Trading Bill will be a hospital pass for the incoming government, says National's Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
EPMU on employment law: Do as we say, not as we do
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 12:24 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Industrial Relations spokeswoman Kate Wilkinson is welcoming the EPMU’s decision to embrace probationary periods for new employees. More >>
Ryall not distracted by draft health policy releas
Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 3:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall is welcoming the opportunity to talk about healthcare in New Zealand, as presented by Labour and its stage-managed drip-feed of draft National Party policies. More >>
Clark must explain involvement in donation saga
Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 9:00 am | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark must explain why she hid from the public her knowledge about Winston Peters' donation from Owen Glenn, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
National commits to cutting building red tape
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 4:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will cut back on the excessive red tape in the building industry and instead drive quality by encouraging warranties, better standards and improved skills, says National’s Building and Construction spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Housing: Putting the Kiwi dream back in reach
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 4:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says keeping the Kiwi dream of home ownership within reach is a central focus of National’s housing policy. More >>
Educational standards target of latest billboard
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 1:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
The complacency with which Labour treats educational achievement has been targeted in National's latest billboard, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Action on Eltroxin now urgent
Monday, 8 September 2008, 3:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Immediate action is needed to resolve an unfolding crisis of ill health from a new formulation of Eltroxin, a medicine used to treat an underactive thyroid, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue. More >>
Key - National: Valuing Families
Monday, 8 September 2008, 11:36 am | New Zealand National Party
Let me start by acknowledging the many community organisations represented in the room today. You do important work. You have many different perspectives, and we don’t necessarily agree on every issue. But what we all do agree on is the importance of ... More >>
Prime Minister in denial on ED crisis
Monday, 8 September 2008, 11:30 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says the Prime Minister is in total denial about the crisis in our hospital emergency departments. “Perhaps the Prime Minister has stopped reading the newspaper. Month after month serious warnings have been sounded. ... More >>
Labour gives up on attracting Kiwis home
Monday, 8 September 2008, 11:20 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour has waved the white flag of surrender by axing the expat marketing programme that was aimed at luring Kiwis home from Australia, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Private tertiary sector must get fair go
Monday, 8 September 2008, 10:57 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour continues to show huge prejudice against private tertiary establishments (PTE’s), to the detriment of quality, choice, and value for money, says National’s Tertiary Education spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
Labour's appointments avalanche undemocratic
Monday, 8 September 2008, 8:24 am | New Zealand National Party
National is warning that they will feel absolutely no obligation to honour the dozens of government appointments Labour has made in the last few weeks, flouting the convention that no significant appointments should be made within three months of a general ... More >>
Clark challenged over Aussie wage gap
Sunday, 7 September 2008, 3:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Leader John Key has today challenged Helen Clark to tell New Zealanders what she is going to do to start closing the ever-widening wage gap between New Zealand and Australia. More >>
What's happening at Immigration?
Sunday, 7 September 2008, 2:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith says Labour's gone suspiciously quiet over the inquiries into the immigration service, what Ministers knew, and who was instructing staff to process unlawful applications. More >>
Embarrassing new errors found in ETS law
Sunday, 7 September 2008, 2:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
New errors identified in the emissions trading legislation in respect of co-generation and emissions from gas and coal bought through wholesalers, exposes the Government's reckless process on this complex bill, says National's Climate Change spokesman, ... More >>
Better environmental management aim of policy
Sunday, 7 September 2008, 10:52 am | New Zealand National Party
Better management of New Zealand’s environment is at the core of National’s environment and conservation policies, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
John Key: Speech to the Bluegreens Forum
Sunday, 7 September 2008, 10:50 am | New Zealand National Party
Let me say a big welcome to all of you at this the 10th Bluegreens Forum. More >>
