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Key Notes No.34: Valuing Families
Friday, 25 July 2008, 9:51 am | New Zealand National Party
Supporting parents and families is hugely important. It's one of National's core principles and it's something I'm absolutely committed to. That's why, in June, I outlined how National will help get kids back into sports at school. And that's why, ... More >>
Predictable fear campaign by Labour’s mates
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 1:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Industrial Relations spokeswoman Kate Wilkinson says she is disappointed by the hysterical response from a couple of Labour’s biggest cheerleaders over National’s balanced industrial relations policy. More >>
More empty Labour platitudes on cancer
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 11:38 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue says it is ironic that Labour says it will keep a close eye on a new prostate cancer drug trial, the results of which will be some years away. More >>
Interest rates: The good news is the bad news
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 11:04 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says “the good news is the bad news” when it comes to today’s Reserve Bank decision to cut interest rates. More >>
Workplace policy: expanding job opportunities
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 9:44 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Employment & Workplace Relations policy will expand job opportunities for those having difficulty getting work and let businesses grow, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
HNZ’s ‘wild goose chase’ nets dozens of geese
Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 4:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
“An exercise to identify Housing New Zealand scams which the Minister once described as a wild goose chase, has bagged dozens of ‘geese’,” says National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley. More >>
Labour killing white collar investigation skills
Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 4:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Justice spokesman, Simon Power, is more convinced than ever that the Serious Fraud Office’s skills in investigating white-collar crime will be lost when it is merged into the Organised and Financial Crime Agency. More >>
Trustee puts kibosh on Labour’s vote-grabbing plan
Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 1:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Maori Trustee has put a spoke in the wheel of Labour’s grand plan to steal $35 million to set up a separate Maori economic development agency, says National’s Maori Affairs spokesman (Education and TPK), Tau Henare. More >>
Employers not happy with Modern Apprenticeships
Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 1:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
The depth of discontent with Labour’s handling of the Modern Apprenticeships scheme has been starkly highlighted in the latest Skills and Training survey says National’s Associate Education spokesman, Colin King. More >>
Name the five other ‘Belhavens’
Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 11:24 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is calling for spot checks of resthomes and a major review of auditing following the Health Minister’s alarming comments that there are as many as five homes in the same league as Auckland’s Belhaven. More >>
National welcomes Police Association policies
Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 4:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Police spokesman Chester Borrows welcomes the Police Association’s law and order policy document. More >>
Going, going, gone
Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 2:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
More than 80,000 people voted with their feet in the past 12 months, says National’s Immigration spokesman, Lockwood Smith. More >>
Out-of-control state sector hits businesses
Monday, 21 July 2008, 2:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s State Services spokesman, Gerry Brownlee, is not surprised by reports that Labour’s obsession with growing the public sector is making life hell for businesses up and down the country. More >>
Labour must front over South Is. cancer failings
Monday, 21 July 2008, 10:43 am | New Zealand National Party
The Health Minister must explain why some South Island cancer patients are getting painkillers instead of radiotherapy, says National’s Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Clark should name poll day after appointments
Monday, 21 July 2008, 8:50 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee has called on Helen Clark to tell New Zealanders the election date following an astonishing number of Labour Government appointments in just one month. More >>
Five more rest home disasters in the making?
Monday, 21 July 2008, 8:49 am | New Zealand National Party
The current outcry about care in rest homes is another gross failure on the Labour Government’s watch, says National Party Associate Health Spokeswoman Jo Goodhew. More >>
Minister must explain why restraints rules ignored
Monday, 21 July 2008, 12:09 am | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Minister must explain why his department is allowing rules on the use of waist restraints on prisoners to be ignored, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Jo Goodhew Address To College Of General Practice
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 3:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Good morning. Today I am going to talk particularly on how you in primary care will play a pivotal role in the future of the health system, and ideas to deal with the health workforce crisis. I am also going to touch on why we need a new approach ... More >>
SOEs to be retained under National
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 2:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says National wants to build New Zealand’s asset base, and so will not sell all or part of any state-owned enterprises or Crown company. More >>
Owen Glenn: Helen Clark has explaining to do
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 2:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
The revelation that Labour donor Owen Glenn gave $100,000 to help pay Winston Peters’ legal bills for his battle with Bob Clarkson leaves Helen Clark with a lot of explaining to do, says National Party Deputy Leader Bill English. More >>
