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National will not proceed with electoral law panel
Sunday, 7 September 2008, 10:43 am | New Zealand National Party
National will not proceed with the electoral law panel appointed by Labour and the Greens, says National Party Deputy Leader Bill English. More >>
Cosgrove backs ‘who you know’ immigration policies
Friday, 5 September 2008, 5:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith is making no apologies for an immigration framework that focuses on skills and investment as opposed to Labour’s “who you know” policies. More >>
Electoral forum already on wrong path
Friday, 5 September 2008, 3:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says the partisan announcement today of a panel to review electoral law has already got off on the wrong foot. More >>
Labour keeps quiet on 20% spike in unemployment
Friday, 5 September 2008, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour should explain why it hasn’t made public new figures which show the number of people on the unemployment benefit rose by 20% in a month, says National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>
The Mapp Report: Defence Force Under Stress
Friday, 5 September 2008, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Defence Force Under Stress; National’s Immigration Innovations; Out And About More >>
News Worthy - 5 September 2008
Friday, 5 September 2008, 11:43 am | New Zealand National Party
Choice, Not Chance for Older New Zealanders; "Cometh the hour, cometh the man"; "Ghoti and tchoghs" More >>
Disability inquiry constructive, reveals failings
Friday, 5 September 2008, 11:30 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Disability Issues spokesman, Paul Hutchison, is welcoming the findings of a parliamentary inquiry into the quality of care and service provision for people with disabilities, but is worried the report has outlined some shortcomings. More >>
Latest wage gap figure is a real concern
Friday, 5 September 2008, 11:27 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says the latest figures on the Australia/New Zealand wage gap show the cost of nine years of complacency under Labour as Kiwis head across the Tasman in record numbers More >>
Labour puts politics ahead of NZ’s growth
Friday, 5 September 2008, 12:32 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s sad attempt to discredit National’s immigration policy confirms how out of touch this Government has been over the past nine years, says National’s Immigration spokesman, Lockwood Smith. More >>
Doctors, nurses to fore in latest billboard
Friday, 5 September 2008, 12:02 am | New Zealand National Party
Putting resources into more frontline doctors and nurses in our public health system is the theme of National’s next election billboard, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Immigration policy: Bring more Kiwis home
Thursday, 4 September 2008, 1:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s immigration policy aims to stem the exodus of Kiwis and bring more home, as well as to create a climate that encourages skilled immigrants to our shores, says National’s Immigration spokesman, Lockwood Smith. More >>
Pollyanna Phil defends Defence Force indefensible
Thursday, 4 September 2008, 10:27 am | New Zealand National Party
Revelations that New Zealand’s entire Defence Force is critically ill-resourced are in direct contradiction to Phil Goff’s Pollyanna view of his portfolio, says National’s Defence spokesman, Wayne Mapp. More >>
Drop the standards – there’s a dumb idea
Thursday, 4 September 2008, 12:11 am | New Zealand National Party
A suggestion that NCEA Level 1 should be dumbed down has astounded National’s Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. “At a time when one in five children leave school unable to read, write or do maths anywhere near their chronological age, this ... More >>
Labour buries its head in sand over ETS
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 1:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Climate Change Minister David Parker has yet again buried his head in the sand over the effect the ETS will have on New Zealand's primary sector, says National's Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>
National calls halt to new childhood regulations
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 1:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Restrictive new regulations and criteria for the early childhood sector will not be introduced on 1 December if National is in government, says National's Associate Education (Early Childhood) spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>
Billboard highlights Youth Guarantee
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 1:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key today underlined his commitment to a strong focus on education at the launch of a new billboard in Wellington that features National's policy for a Youth Guarantee. More >>
Prisoners run drugs under Labour's nose
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 11:22 am | New Zealand National Party
If Labour had taken the issue of prison contraband seriously and introduced cellphone blocking technology and telephone monitoring when it said it would, prisoners would not be trafficking drugs, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon ... More >>
Election watchdog says law is unenforceable
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 11:19 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says the Electoral Commission has confirmed that Labour's Electoral Finance Act is unenforceable and has had a 'chilling' impact on our democracy. More >>
Heart surgery depends on where you live
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 11:01 am | New Zealand National Party
More and more Kiwis' access to heart surgery depends on where they live rather than how sick they are, according to information released by the National Party today. More >>
ETS shambles parallels EFA
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 10:49 am | New Zealand National Party
Government assurances that the hundreds of last minute changes to the legislation to set up the emissions trading scheme will solve concerns are as unconvincing as those put up by Labour on the Electoral Finance Act (EFA), says National’s Climate ... More >>
