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Cunliffe steals yet another National policy
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 10:48 am | New Zealand National Party
“David Cunliffe has taken yet another National Party policy by announcing spot audits and public disclosure of audit reports on rest-homes,” says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Clark offers non-answers
Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 5:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says Helen Clark clearly made a decision today to avoid answering serious questions about why she kept secret the Owen Glenn revelations of a donation to Winston Peters. More >>
ETS amendments irresponsible
Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 1:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Introducing more than 700 amendments to the complex emissions trading legislation just days before it becomes law is reckless and irresponsible, says National’s Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Collins: Celebrating Families - 2 September 2008
Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 12:58 am | New Zealand National Party
I recently attended the opening of the new Kip McGrath education centre in Beachlands . This is a fantastic service which will really benefit children in the area. The centre offers help with spelling, reading, English and maths but it’s not only ... More >>
Nursing crisis not imagined, Minister
Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 12:56 am | New Zealand National Party
“Labour’s ‘crisis, what crisis?’ denial of the nursing workforce crisis in our nation’s hospitals is coming back to haunt Health Minister David Cunliffe,” says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jo Goodhew. More >>
Clark in trouble as attack backfires
Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 12:56 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says Helen Clark’s increasingly erratic behaviour is a sign that she’s in trouble. “Helen Clark has lashed out at numerous independent agencies, accusing them of bias and strategic leaks. This is the same ... More >>
Hamilton Collision Involving A Bus
Monday, 1 September 2008, 3:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hamilton Police are crediting the actions of a bus driver following a collision in the city late this morning. More >>
National launches first election billboard
Monday, 1 September 2008, 3:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key today launched the first of a series of billboards highlighting the issues the party believes matter to New Zealanders. More >>
Welfare fraud gaps not closed despite promises
Monday, 1 September 2008, 11:50 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says the Ministry of Social Development does not appear to have closed the gaps that allow fake birth certificates to be used to fraudulently collect wefare. More >>
Prisoners partying on work programmes unacceptable
Monday, 1 September 2008, 11:49 am | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Phil Goff must assure the public that breaches of release-to-work conditions are not rife throughout the prison system, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
NZ lagging way behind in heart surgery
Monday, 1 September 2008, 10:47 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders’ chances of getting life-saving heart surgery are significantly lower than comparable countries, according to a draft Ministry of Health report obtained by the National Party. More >>
Clark should answer the real questions
Monday, 1 September 2008, 10:46 am | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark should answer the real questions about why she kept the public in the dark for six months about the Owen Glenn donation to her Foreign Affairs Minister, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Anderton reveals Labour’s desperation
Sunday, 31 August 2008, 2:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Jim Anderton has today revealed Labour’s desperation by indicating that Helen Clark is only prepared to call the election for the last possible day in November, says National’s Shadow Leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee. More >>
Conservation Board appointments outrageous
Sunday, 31 August 2008, 2:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Conservation spokesman, Nick Smith, says Labour is being breathtakingly arrogant with its eleventh hour appointment of 52 people to New Zealand’s 14 Conservation Boards for terms of three years. More >>
So who is running the show?
Friday, 29 August 2008, 4:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Headlines throughout the country today show that the public health system is lurching from crisis to crisis, while the government is nowhere to be seen, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall More >>
The Mapp Report: The ETS Rush
Friday, 29 August 2008, 3:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is starting to look like we are in the last two weeks of this Parliament. The government is trying to rush through under urgency the Emissions Trading Scheme. We all know that the government has bought off the Greens and New Zealand First – ... More >>
News Worthy: Ramming the ETS through Parliament
Friday, 29 August 2008, 3:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Emissions Trading Scheme is a major piece of economic and environmental legislation that will impact on the lives of every New Zealander for years, so it is too important to be rushed through Parliament just prior to an election. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 29 August 2008
Friday, 29 August 2008, 3:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
They say that a week is a long time in politics. Well, that expression simply doesn’t come close to encapsulating the scale of the seismic events that have occurred this week. The tectonic plates of New Zealand politics have shuddered in realignment. ... More >>
Pansy Speak: A bright future
Friday, 29 August 2008, 11:57 am | New Zealand National Party
It’s always wonderful to celebrate the success of our children. Last week I was lucky enough to present a $2,500 grant to Baverstock Oaks School to help them fund a worm farm. More >>
Cullen has no answers as economy slows
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 3:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says the Finance Minister has laid out a recipe for the economy which will see New Zealand slip further and further behind others in the OECD. More >>
